Robert Larter: Unknown candidate. The Ottawa Citizen reported his registered number was traceable to an apartment in Vanier where he moved away from in the summer. The Citizen was unable to contact him.
Barkley Pollock: 27 year old wants to look at the possibility of a municipal income tax to increase money for the poor. Campaigned for LiberalRichard Mahoney in Ottawa Centre in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections.
Jane Scharf: Local poverty activist. She has been arrested more than once including an arrest during the Homeless Action Strike on City Hall. All charges were dropped.(Source:[1])
Don Rivington: A single-issue candidate who wants an ombudsman for the city. Ran for city council in the 2003 election in Bay Ward but lost. Dropped out of the Orléans Ward by-election in 2006.
?indicates statistic not stated/unknown —indicates candidate's name not included in polling question *indicates poll release date - actual polling date(s) unknown ^indicates percentage of decided voters only †2indicates percentage of votes for Piotr Anweiller, Robert Larter, Barkley Pollock and Jane Scharf †indicates percentage of votes for Piotr Anweiller, Barkley Pollock and Jane Scharf 1 Source: Ottawa Sun, 30 April 2005
May 2, 2006 - Pollock declares his intention to run for mayor. [21]
June 1, 2006 - Anweiler declares his intention to run for mayor. [22]
June 13, 2006 - Gloucester-Southgate Councillor Diane Deans declares that she will not run for mayor and instead decided to run for re-election. (Ottawa Citizen, June 14)
July 26, 2006 - High-tech businessman Larry O'Brien announces his intention to run for the mayoralty as a "centrist candidate," planning to file his nomination papers within a few weeks. [23]
August 8, 2006 - O'Brien fills out nomination papers.
October 10, 2006 - John Baird, president of the federal Treasury Board, announced that the 200M$ promised from the federal government for the O-Train project would not be given until the new elected council approves the project.
Dana Barnett withdrew as per her Media Release dated Sept. 6, 2006.
Kanata South (Ward 23)
Noel Z. Gondek withdrew and declared his support for candidate Amrik Dhami on Sept. 29, 2006.
Ward boundary changes
New ward boundaries will be drawn for the 2006 election. Under the new plan, the size of city council will be increased by two members. The boundary commission made the following proposal that was adopted by city council: