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==Candidates==
==Candidates==
===Mike Kennedy===
Mr. Kennedy is an Ottawa resident who has lived most of his life in Ottawa. He is concerned about the effects of rising taxes and cost of living expenses imposed on us by inefficient municipal and provincial governments. His platform focuses on family value and controlling rising expenses.
*'''Website: [http://www.ilikemike.ca/ www.ilikemike.ca]


===Cesar Bello===
===Cesar Bello===
Bello, 47, is a businessperson who has lived in Ottawa for 20 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. He is the organizing chair of the [[Green Party of Canada]]. [http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/greaterottawa/archive/2010/04/28/cesar-bello-for-mayor.aspx]
Bello, 47, is a businessperson who has lived in Ottawa for 20 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. He is the organizing chair of the [[Green Party of Canada]]. [http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/greaterottawa/archive/2010/04/28/cesar-bello-for-mayor.aspx]

Revision as of 12:58, 9 September 2010

Ottawa mayoral election, 2010
← 2006 October 25, 2010 2014 →
 
Nominee Larry O'Brien Jim Watson
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote TBD TBD
Percentage TBD TBD
Mayor before election

Larry O'Brien

 Elected mayor

TBD

The next Ottawa municipal election will be held on October 25, 2010 to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election will be held on the same date as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.

Background

In Ottawa's 2006 municipal election, newcomer Larry O'Brien defeated former city councillor Alex Munter and then-incumbent Bob Chiarelli in an election largely based on the expansion of Ottawa's light rail transit system. A Léger Marketing poll published by the Ottawa Sun on May 26, 2007 put O'Brien's approval ratings at 24%, and stated that if an election were held today, both he and Munter would be tied with 35% of the vote.[1]

Terry Kilrea, who had dropped out of the previous mayoral race on August 30, 2006, accused O'Brien of offering him up to $30,000 and a political appointment if Kilrea would withdraw from that race and support O'Brien.[2] On August 5, 2009, Larry O'Brien was acquitted of bribery charges stemming from this accusation.[3]

Alex Munter, the second-place candidate in 2006, has stated that he does not intend to run in the 2010 election.[citation needed] Bob Chiarelli, mayor from 1997–2006, was elected in a March 2010 by-election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, replacing another former mayor, Jim Watson, who left the legislative seat to run in the 2010 mayoral race.[4]

On June 30, O'Brien announced that he would seek another term as mayor.[5]

An Ottawa Citizen poll conducted in June 2010 showed public transit to the most important policy issue among city voters, ahead of taxes and the Lansdowne Park redevelopment.[6]

The race will feature the largest amount of candidates for mayor and for city council in the history of Ottawa.

Candidates

Mike Kennedy

Mr. Kennedy is an Ottawa resident who has lived most of his life in Ottawa. He is concerned about the effects of rising taxes and cost of living expenses imposed on us by inefficient municipal and provincial governments. His platform focuses on family value and controlling rising expenses.


Cesar Bello

Bello, 47, is a businessperson who has lived in Ottawa for 20 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. He is the organizing chair of the Green Party of Canada. [2]

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: April 16, 2010[7]
  • Date officially registered: April 16, 2010[7]
  • Date campaign launched: N/A
  • Website: www.cesarbello.ca

Clive Doucet

Doucet, 64, is the city councillor for Capital Ward. He represented Capital Ward on the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council from 1997 to 2000 and on Ottawa City Council since 2000. Along with Bob Chiarelli, he spearheaded the development of Ottawa's O-Train. He is a graduate from the University of Toronto, receiving a B.A. in Urban Anthropology. He received a Masters Degree in the same field from the Université de Montréal. Before being elected, he served as a public servant both on a provincial and federal level. He has lived in Ottawa since 1972, and is also an accomplished writer.[3] Doucet is also associated with the New Democratic Party.[4]

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: July 6, 2010
  • Date officially registered: July 6, 2010
  • Website: elect.clivedoucet.com

Robin Lawrance

Lawrance, 53, is a visually impaired transit activist and former soldier. He has claimed to have run federally and provincially in the past, but no records indicate such a claim. Lawrance was once a supporter of Larry O'Brien. He was born in Scotland, and he emigrated to Canada in 1962. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces. [5]

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement:
  • Date officially registered: c. June, 2010
  • Website:

Vincent M. Libweshya

Libweshya, 25, was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and claims to be a distant relative of Barack Obama.[citation needed] He is a musician, entrepreneur and business owner. He originally supported Jim Watson, but decided to run on his own.

  • Endorsements:
  • Date officially registered: August 5, 2010
  • Date of campaign launch: August 8, 2010 [6]
  • Website: [7]

Mike Maguire

Maguire, 49, was born in Montreal, and has been living in Kars since 1966. He is a graduate of Algonquin College. In 1990 he ran for School Board Trustee. In 2003, he won the Canadian Alliance nomination for the 2004 federal election in Nepean—Carleton, but the party merged with the Progressive Conservatives, nullifying it. He is an independent management consultant and is a former public servant. He worked on both the Terry Kilrea and Larry O'Brien campaigns last election.

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: February 5, 2010
  • Date officially registered: February 5, 2010
  • Date campaign launched: August 24, 2010
  • Website: mikeformayor.ca

Larry O'Brien

O'Brien, 61 is the incumbent mayor, serving from 2006. O'Brien is a graduate from Algonquin College. A businessman by trade, he only entered politics in 2006. He is the former CEO of Calian Technologies Ltd. He lives in the ByWard Market on Rideau Street and describes himself as a conservative.

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: June 30, 2010
  • Date officially registered: July 6, 2010
  • Date campaign launched: September 8, 2010
  • Website: larryobrien.net

Stan Pioro

Pioro, 58, is a resident of Richmond. He was born in Ottawa and is a graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology. He has worked 30 years in Ottawa's high tech industry. He is a small business owner who sells items to the Canadian Forces.[8] Pioro is a Conservative.

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: January 28, 2010
  • Date officially registered: January 28, 2010
  • Date campaign launched: May 1, 2010
  • Website: www.mayorstan.com

Eric Romolock

Romolock, 21, is a student at the University of Ottawa. [8]

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: June 24, 2010
  • Date officially registered: June 24, 2010 [9]
  • Date campaign launched:
  • Website:

Sean Ryan

Ryan, 27, moved from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Ottawa in 2005. He works at a local software company. [10]

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: January 18, 2010
  • Date officially registered: January 18, 2010
  • Date campaign launched: N/A
  • Website: SeanRyanMayor.com

Jane Scharf

Scharf, in her 50s, is a longtime political activist in Ottawa who has fought against the Safe Streets Act and other government legislation which she sees as being anti-homeless. She previously organized a tent city at City Hall and was one of the initial organizers of the Ottawa Panhandlers Union. Scharf previously ran for mayor in 2006, finishing fourth with 0.5% of the total vote.[9]

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: January 20, 2010
  • Date officially registered: January 20, 2010
  • Date campaign launched: N/A
  • Website: JaneScharf.com

Charlie Taylor

Taylor, 33 is a journalism student at Carleton University. He was raised in Westboro. He attended Algonquin College and has claimed to have had "about 50 jobs" over 11 years in 45 different countries. In the summer time, he drives a truck for the Sound and Light Show on Parliament Hill.

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: February 18, 2010[10]
  • Date officially registered: February 18, 2010
  • Date campaign launched: N/A
  • Website: www.charlietaylor.ca

Jim Watson

Watson, 48, is a former mayor of Ottawa (1997–2000). He was first elected to provincial office in 2003, and he served in the provincial Cabinet as Minister of Consumer and Business Services (2003–2005), Minister of Health and Promotion (2005–2007), and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (2007–2010). Prior to being mayor, Watson served on Ottawa City Council from 1991 to 1997, representing Capital Ward. Prior to serving on city council, he was in the public service. He left his first post as Mayor before the term was over. Between 2000 and 2003 he was a journalist.

  • Endorsements: David Pratt, former MP and federal cabinet minister; former regional councillor Frank Reid.[11] Jim Durrell, mayor of Ottawa from 1985–1991, Janet Stavinga, former mayor of Goulbourn Township and city councillor from Goulbourn Ward, Mary Pitt, former mayor of Nepean, Guy Cousineau, former mayor of Vanier, Penny Collenette, 2008 Ottawa Centre federal Liberal candidate and local lawyer, Ed Mahfouz, 2008 federal Liberal candiate for Nepean-Carleton, Richard Patten, former Ottawa Centre MPP.,[12] and Coun. Christine Leadman.
  • Date of Announcement: January 12, 2010[11]
  • Date officially registered: February 1, 2010[13]
  • Date campaign launched: April 18, 2010
  • Website: jimwatson.ca

Samuel Wright

Wright, 35 is a resident of Ottawa's Byward Market. He grew up in Westboro.[14]

  • Endorsements:
  • Date of Announcement: March 11, 2010 [15]
  • Date officially registered: March 11, 2010 [16]
  • Date campaign launched: N/A
  • Website: wrightmanforthejob.ca

Withdrawn

Alex Cullen

Cullen, 58, has sat on Ottawa City Council since 2001, representing Bay Ward in Ottawa's west end. He also sat on Ottawa City Council from 1991 to 1994 representing Richmond Ward. After working as a policy analyst with the federal government, he was elected to serve as a public school trustee in 1982. After serving on city council from 1991 to 1994, he was elected exclusively to the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council from 1994 to 1997 when he was elected to become the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament for Ottawa West. He served until losing re-election in 1999. While in office, he crossed the floor to join the Ontario NDP. Between 1999 and 2001 he served as an executive director of the Council on Aging, a United Way agency and lobby group for seniors. Cullen dropped out on August 31, 2010, citing low funds. He will run for re-election in Bay Ward.

  • Date of Announcement: April 2, 2009[17]
  • Date officially registered: January 4, 2010[18]
  • Dropped out: August 31, 2010
  • Website: electalexcullen.ca

Robert Gauthier

Gauthier publishes a small local newspaper. He is a perennial candidate for office. He ran for mayor in 1997, coming in second with 12.1% of the vote. He ran as an independent in the 2003 provincial election in Ottawa West—Nepean, receiving 0.4% of the vote. He also ran as an independent in the 2004 federal election in Ottawa Centre, receiving 0.2% of the vote.

  • Date of Announcement: January 5, 2009[19]
  • Date officially registered: January 5, 2010
  • Date withdrawn: February 18, 2010[20]

Gordon Skinner

  • Date officially registered: January 12, 2010[21]
  • Date withdrawn: January 19, 2010[22]

Robert White

  • Date officially registered: February 11, 2010
  • Date withdrawn: March 9, 2010 [23]

Robert Taylor Larter

Larter, 65 ran in the previous election, and received 0.2% of the vote. He was an unknown candidate who never returned phone calls, didn't show up to all-candidate debates, and the press was unable to find out who he was.[24] There was some news when he reportedly used strong, sometimes racist language whilst emailing other candidates during that election. [11] Larter ran in the Canadian federal election, 2008 in the riding of Ottawa—Vanier as an independent. He received 226 votes, or 0.44% (5th of 7 candidates). Larter initially dropped out of the mayor race on March 2, but entered the race once again in June. In the mean time, he registered and withdrew himself from running as city councillor in 10 different wards.

  • Date officially registered: January 28, 2010
  • Date withdrawn (first time): March 2, 2010 [25]
  • Date re-registered: June 26, 2010
  • Date withdrawn: August, 2010

Mayoral Results

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Larry O'Brien (X)
Cesar Bello
Clive Doucet
Joseph Furtenbacher
Robert Gauthier
Robert Larter
Robin Lawrence
Vincent M. Libeshya
Mike Maguire
Eric Romolock
Sean Ryan
Jane Scharf
Charlie Taylor
Jim Watson
Samuel Wright

Candidates who declined to run

Polls

Date Firm Alex Cullen* Clive Doucet Larry O'Brien Jim Watson Source
May 14–21 Leger 16 - 31 53 [12]
June 22–24 Ipsos-Reid 11 - 23 41 [13]
July 2–4 Harris-Decima 10 - 22 29 [14]
Aug 17-20 Leger 5 6 22 31 [15]

* Dropped out

City Council

Map of Ottawa's Wards.
1. Orléans Ward
2. Innes Ward
3. Barrhaven Ward
4. Kanata North Ward
5. West Carleton-March Ward
6. Stittsville Ward
7. Bay Ward
8. College Ward
9. Knoxdale-Merivale Ward
10. Gloucester-Southgate Ward
11. Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward
12. Rideau-Vanier Ward
13. Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
14. Somerset Ward
15. Kitchissippi Ward
16. River Ward
17. Capital Ward
18. Alta Vista Ward
19. Cumberland Ward
20. Osgoode Ward
21. Rideau-Goulbourn Ward
22. Gloucester-South Nepean Ward
23. Kanata South Ward.

Orléans Ward

Candidate Vote %
Bob Monette (X)
Jennifer Robitaille
Fred Sherwin

Innes Ward

Candidate Vote %
Rainer Bloess (X)
Roger Furmanczyk
Keith Jansa

Barrhaven Ward

Candidate Vote %
Jan Harder (X)
Derek Hallworth
Rustin Hollywood
Joseph King

Kanata North Ward

Candidate Vote %
Marianne Wilkinson (X)
Herntz Golmann

West Carleton-March Ward

Candidate Vote %
Eli El-Chantiry (X)
Alexander Aronec
James Parsons

Stittsville Ward

Incumbent Shad Qadri has announced his intention and has also filed his papers for re-election.[28]

Candidate Vote %
Shad Qadri (X)
Richard Eveleigh

Bay Ward

Candidate Vote %
Alex Cullen (X)
Ike Awgu
Georges Guirguis
G.J. Hagenaars
Peter Heyck
Oni Joseph
Terry Kilrea
Shawn Little
Erik Olesen
Greg Ross
Mark Taylor

College Ward

Candidate Vote %
Rick Chiarelli (X)
Ralph Anderson
John Campbell
Catherine Gardner
Lynn Hamilton
William McKinnon
Julia Ringma

Knoxdale-Merivale Ward

Incumbent Gord Hunter will not be running for re-election.[29]

Candidate Vote %
James Dean
Keith Egli
Syed Asghar Hussain
Mike Kennedy
Paul Obeda
James O'Grady
Jules Ruhinda
Rod Vanier

Gloucester-Southgate Ward

Candidate Vote %
Diane Deans (X)
Lilly Obina
Leslie Saintilma
Wade Wallace

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward

Candidate Vote %
Michel Bellemare (X)
O'Neil Brooke
Tim Tierney

Rideau-Vanier Ward

Candidate Vote %
Georges Bédard (X)
Mathieu Fleury
Andrew Nellis
Sriyan Pinnawala

Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward

Incumbent Jacques Legendre not running for re-election

Candidate Vote %
Corry Burke
Peter D. Clark
Harley Collison
Rawlson King
Maurice Lamirande
Perry Marleau
James Parker
Sheila Perry
Bruce Poulin

Somerset Ward

Candidate Vote %
Diane Holmes (X)
Robert Dekker
Don Fex
Barkley Pollock

Kitchissippi Ward

Candidate Vote %
Christine Leadman (X)
Katherine Hobbs
Daniel Stringer

River Ward

Candidate Vote %
Maria McRae (X)
Ian Boyd
Michael Kostiuk
Nadia Willard

Capital Ward

Incumbent Clive Doucet is running for mayor

Candidate Vote %
Bob Brocklebank
David Chernushenko
Mano Hadavand
Ron Le Blanc
Isabel Metcalfe

Alta Vista Ward

Candidate Vote %
Peter Hume (X)
Clinton Cowan
Kevin Hogan
Ernie Lauzon

Cumberland Ward

Candidate Vote %
Rob Jellett (X)
Stephen Blais[18]
Patrick Paquette

Osgoode Ward

Candidate Vote %
Doug Thompson (X)
Bob Masaro
Mark Scharfe

Rideau-Goulbourn Ward

Candidate Vote %
Glenn Brooks (X)
Bruce Chrustie
J. Iain McCallum
Scott Moffatt
Bruce Webster

Gloucester-South Nepean Ward

Candidate Vote %
Steve Desroches (X)
Stephen Knight

Kanata South Ward

Incumbent Peggy Feltmate will not be running for re-election.

Candidate Vote %
Marc Favreau
Aaron Helleman
Allan Hubley[18]
Perry Simpson
Roodney Tellez

School Board Trustee

Ottawa Catholic School Board

  • Anita MacDonald (Zone 3)

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Zone 1 Vote %
Lynn Scott (X)
Zone 2 Vote %
Cathy Curry (X)
Christine Boothby
Zone 3 Vote %
Donna Blackburn
Zone 4 Vote %
Doug Lloyd (X)
Theresa Kavanagh
Zone 5 Vote %
Pam FitzGerald (X)
Kimberly J. Brown
Zone 6 Vote %
Bronwyn Funiciello (X)
John Marshall
Zone 7 Vote %
Mark Fisher (X)
Pam Morse (X)
Zone 8 Vote %
John Shea (X)
Lale Eskicioglu
Zone 9 Vote %
Rob Campbell (X)
Julian Kirby
Lorne Rachlis
Daniel Rogers
Zone 10 Vote %
Jennifer McKenzie (X)
Zone 11 Vote %
Riley Brockington (X)
Shirley Seward
Zone 12 Vote %
Katie Holtzhauer

Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est

Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario

  • Georges Orfali (Zone 6)
  • Pierre Maheu (Zone 7)
  • Sylvain Bélanger(Zone 9)
  • Lucille Collard (Zone 10)
  • Jean-Paul Lafond (Zone 11)
  • Bernard Bareilhe (Zone 12)

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