Ottawa Municipal Election 2010

Ottawa will elect a new mayor and city council on October 25, 2010. We'll also elect new school board trustees. This page has links to candidate web sites plus voting info and more.

Local Mayoral Debates

Sept 12: Apartment 613 and the Institute On Governance host a mayoral debate at the National Arts Centre. Also broadcast on Rogers 22.
Sept 13, 5:00pm: “No New Money” Mayoral & Council Debate at City Hall, hosted by the Ottawa Taxpayer Advocacy Group. Admission $10.
Sept 26, 6:30pm: Environmental Mayoral Debate, hosted by Ecology Ottawa at St. Paul's University
Oct 4, 7:30pm: Hunt Club Community Organization, the Riverside Park Community & Recreation Association - "Mayor & River Ward Councillor" debate at Hunt Club-Riverside Community Center.

(Ward debates are listed below.)

If you have another local debate to add, please send us an email.

Candidate List

An unofficial list of candidates in Ottawa ridings. Last updated June 30.
Links and listings are free -- please click here to suggest a site to our editors.
NOTE: The official list of candidates, including school board trustees, is available here.
Mayor:
Cesar Bello
Alex Cullen
Clive Doucet
Robin Lawrance
Vincent M. Libweshya
Mike Maguire
Larry O'Brien
Stanley Pioro
Eric Romolock
Sean Ryan
Jane Scharf
Charlie Taylor
Jim Watson
Samuel Wright

Ottawa Citizen: Who's running ... and why
From August 7, the Citizen profiles all of the "non-mainstream" mayoral candidates.
Orleans - Ward 1:
Bob Monette
Jennifer Robitaille
Fred Sherwin
Innes - Ward 2:
Rainer Bloess
Keith Jansa
Barrhaven - Ward 3:
Derek Hallworth
Jan Harder
Rustin Hollywood
Joseph King
Kanata North - Ward 4:
Marianne Wilkinson
West Carleton-March - Ward 5:
Alexander Aronec
Eli El-Chantiry
James Parsons
Stittsville - Ward 6:
Richard Eveleigh
Shad Qadri
Bay - Ward 7:
Ike Awgu
George Guirguis
G.J. Hagenaars
Peter Heyck
Oni Joseph
Erik Olesen
Greg Ross
Mark Taylor
College - Ward 8:
Ralph Anderson
John Campbell
Catherine Gardner
Lynn Hamilton
William McKinnon
Julia Ringma
Knoxdale-Merivale - Ward 9:
James Dean
Keith Egli
Syed Asghar Hussain
Paul Obeda
James O'Grady
Jules Ruhinda
Rod Vanier
Gloucester-Southgate - Ward 10:
Diane Deans
Lilly Obina
Leslie Saintilma
Wade Wallace
Beacon Hill-Cyrville - Ward 11:
Michel Bellemare
O'Neil Brooke
Tim Tierney
Rideau-Vanier - Ward 12:
Georges Bedard
Mathieu Fleury
Andrew Nellis
Sriyan Pinnawala
Rideau-Rockliffe - Ward 13:
Corry Burke
Peter D. Clarke
Harley Collison
Rawlson King
Norman Kruse
Maurice Lamirande
Jacques Legendre
Perry Marleau
James Parker
Bruce Poulin
Somerset Ward 14:
Robert Dekker
Don Fex
Diane Holmes
Barkley Pollock
Kitchissippi - Ward 15:
Katherine Hobbs
Christine Leadman
Daniel Stringer

Ward Debates:
Sept 15, 7pm - Condominium association all candidates Meeting - Hampton Inn, 200 Coventry
Sept 30: Champlain Park All Candidates Meeting
Oct 5: Civic Hospital AGM & Candidates Presentation
Oct 8, 8am-noon: All candidates CUPE Meeting on Public and Private Partnerships. Sheraton Hotel
River - Ward 16:
Michael Kostiuk
Nadia Willard

Ward Debates:
Oct 4: Rogers TV River Ward Debate, 7pm
Oct 4, 7:30pm: Hunt Club Community Organization, the Riverside Park Community & Recreation Association - "Mayor & River Ward Councillor" debate at Hunt Club-Riverside Community Center.
Capital - Ward 17:
Bob Brocklebank
David Chernushenko
Mano Hadavand
Ron Le Blanc
Isabel Metcalfe
Alta Vista - Ward 18:
Clinton Cowan
Kevin Hogan
Peter Hume
Cumberland - Ward 19:
Stephen Blais
Robert Jellett
Osgoode - Ward 20:
Bob Masaro
Mark Scharfe
Doug Thompson
Rideau-Goulbourn- Ward 21:
Glenn Brooks
Bruce Chrustie
J. Iain McCallum
Scott Moffatt
Bruce Webster
Rideau River South - Ward 22:
Steve Desroches
Stephen Knight
Kanata South - Ward 23:
Marc Favreau
Aaron Helleman
Allan Hubley
Perry Simpson