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Alta Vista Ward

Coordinates: 45°24′N 75°39′W / 45.400°N 75.650°W / 45.400; -75.650
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Alta Vista
Location within Ottawa
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°24′N 75°39′W / 45.400°N 75.650°W / 45.400; -75.650
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CityOttawa
Government
 • CouncillorMarty Carr
Area
 • Total20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Population
 • Total42,410
 • Density2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
Languages (2016)
 • English57.2%
 • French16.9%
 • Arabic6.4%
 • Somali2.2%
 • Spanish1.7%
 • Mandarin1.5%
 • Persian1.3%
 • Tagalog1.0%
Avg. income$34,941

Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two councillors (then called aldermen). Prior to the 1980 election, the Ward was split in half, with the western half remaining as Alta Vista ward and the eastern half became Canterbury Ward. They were reunited prior to the 1994 Election and was known as Ward 10, and given the name Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward in 1995. During this time, on regional council it was known as just Alta Vista Ward. It was renamed to Alta Vista in 2000.

The ward is located in Ottawa's southeast end, and covers the neighbourhoods of Eastway Gardens, Riverview, Alta Vista, Heron Gate and Sheffield Glen. The Ward is often advertised by candidates as "Alta Vista-Canterbury-Riverview", as there was a plan to name it that in 1997.[2] The ward covers an area of 20.3 km2. There is only a small boundary change for the 2006 election: the boundary will follow Highway 417 instead of the old city limits from Walkley north to the CPR right-of-way.

Until 2014, the ward was represented by Peter Hume. He defeated incumbent Allan Higdon in the 2000 election. It was a battle of incumbents, as Hume was a regional councillor until the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton was abolished. Jean Cloutier replaced Hume in 2014.

Key issues affecting the Alta Vista ward since 2000 have been: the proposed Alta Vista transportation corridor Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, the fate of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, as well as the O-Train expansion.

Councillors

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Council Aldermen
1967-69 Don Kay Pierre Benoit
1970-72 Jeffrey King
1973-74 Don Kay
1975-76
1977-78
1978-80
1980-82 Greg MacDougall
1982-85
1985-88 Darrel Kent
1988-91
1991-94 Peter Hume
Council City Councillor Regional Councillor
1994-97 Allan Higdon Peter Hume
1997-00
Council City Councillor
2001-03 Peter Hume
2003-06
2006-10
2010-14
2014-18 Jean Cloutier
2018-22
2022-26 Marty Carr

School trustees

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Population data

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The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the Canada 2001 Census it had 44,435 people.

Languages (mother tongue)

  1. English: 54.6%
  2. French: 15.6%
  3. Arabic: 7.9%
  4. Spanish: 1.8%
  5. Chinese: 1.6% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
  6. Italian: 1.1%

Religion

  1. Roman Catholic: 40.0%
  2. Muslim: 11.7%
  3. No religion: 11.4%
  4. Anglican: 8.3%
  5. United Church of Canada: 8.2%
  6. Jewish: 2.0%
  7. Presbyterian: 1.6%
  8. Buddhist: 1.3%
  9. Baptist: 1.3%
  10. Pentecostal: 1.1%

Income

  • Average household income: $64,697
  • Average income: $34,941

Election results

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1966 elections

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  • 2 elected
1966 Ottawa municipal election: City council
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay 6,879 37.49
Pierre Benoit 4,309 23.48
Jack Stanton 2,957 16.11
Ralph Stewart 2,645 14.41
Charles Kruger 1,560 8.50

1969 elections

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  • 2 elected
1969 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay 6,914 39.36
Jeffrey King 6,419 36.54
Gwendeline Power-Binns 2,250 12.81
Ross Potter 1,982 11.28

1972 elections

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1972 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay Acclaimed

1974 elections

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1974 Ottawa municipal election: City and council
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay 4,596 57.27
Phil Graham 3,429 42.33

1976 elections

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1976 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay 3,702 54.07
Nancy McGee 3,145 45.93

1978 elections

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1978 Ottawa municipal election: City council and regional
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay 5,749 48.85
Keith Martin 3,571 30.35
Darrel Kent 2,448 20.80

1980 elections

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1980 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Greg MacDougall 2,927 43.38
Roy Bushfield 2,124 31.48
John Coe 1,005 14.90
Fern Payne 691 10.24

1982 elections

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1982 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Greg MacDougall 6,413 79.31
Earle MacPhail 1,673 20.69

1985 elections

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Dylan McGuinty (brother of future Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty) lost to Tory Darrel Kent.

1985 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Darrel Kent 2,927 36.57
Dylan McGuinty 2,725 34.05
Angie Herzog 1,831 22.87
Phil Massad 353 4.41
Rebecca Liff 169 2.11

1988 elections

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1988 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Darrel Kent ACCLAIMED

1991 elections

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1991 Ottawa municipal election: City and regional council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume 4,660 55.80
Stephen Amesse 2,827 33.85
Rebecca Liff 865 10.36

1994 elections

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1994 Ottawa municipal election: City council
Candidate Votes %
Allan Higdon 6,401 46.83
Jack MacKinnon 4,057 29.68
Georges Jarbouh 1,526 11.16
Patrick Basham 977 7.15
Robert White 489 3.58
J.J. Pawlak 218 1.59
RMOC elections, 1994: Regional council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume 11,142 82.66
Rebecca Liff 1,172 8.69
Sean Abdallah 1,166 8.65

1997 elections

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1997 Ottawa municipal election: City council
Candidate Votes %
Allan Higdon ACCLAIMED
RMOC elections, 1997: Regional council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume 6,277 65.32
Patricia O'Reilly 2,383 24.80
John Yarmo 657 6.84
John Wiebe 239 3.05
City council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume 8,625 55.67
Allan Higdon 6,345 40.96
Ahmed Mohamed Nor 522 3.37
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Votes %
Bob Chiarelli 9,410 60.48
Claudette Cain 5,387 34.62
Georges Saade 449 2.89
Marc-André Belair 93 0.60
James A. Hall 54 0.35
Ken Mills 48 0.31
John Turmel 48 0.31
Paula Nemchin 37 0.24
Morteza Naini 34 0.22
2003 Ottawa municipal election: City council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume ACCLAIMED
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Votes %
Bob Chiarelli 5,382 56.90
Terry Kilrea 3,421 36.17
Ike Awgu 247 2.61
Ron Burke 117 1.24
John A. Bell 103 1.09
Paula Nemchin 66 0.70
John Turmel 66 0.70
Donna Upson 56 0.59

After running unopposed in 2003, Hume is facing off against Perry Marleau, (a civil servant with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) Ismael Lediye, notable in the Somali-Canadian community, Yusef Al Mezel (President of the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 1688), Ahmed Ibrahim, an engineer, and Jim Ryan, a retired Bell Canada and Nortel employee.

2006 Ottawa municipal election: City council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume 10,433 69.53
James Ryan 1,955 13.03
Perry Marleau 1,190 7.93
Yusef Al Mezel 1,063 7.08
Ahmed Ibrahim 224 1.49
Ismael Lediye 141 0.94
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Votes %
Larry O'Brien 6,784 44.25
Alex Munter 5,319 34.70
Bob Chiarelli 3,055 19.93
Jane Scharf 78 0.51
Robert Larter 45 0.29
Piotr Anweiler 36 0.23
Barkley Pollock 13 0.08
2010 Ottawa municipal election: City council
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume 7,553 59.49
Clinton Cowan 2,374 18.70
Ernie Lauzon 1,851 14.58
Kevin Hogan 919 7.24
Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)[3]
Candidate Votes %
Jim Watson 6,666 51.44
Larry O'Brien 2,672 20.62
Clive Doucet 2,114 16.31
Andrew S. Haydon 801 6.18
Mike Maguire 265 2.04
Idris Ben-Tahir 89 0.69
Robert G. Gauthier 74 0.57
Charlie Taylor 60 0.46
Cesar Bello 58 0.45
Jane Scharf 52 0.40
Samuel Wright 22 0.17
Robin Lawrance 15 0.12
Sean Ryan 15 0.12
Julio Pita 13 0.10
Joseph Furtenbacher 12 0.09
Daniel J. Lyrette 9 0.07
Robert Larter 8 0.06
Michael St. Arnaud 8 0.06
Vincent Libweshya 5 0.04
Fraser Liscumb 2 0.02
City council
Candidate Vote %
    Jean Cloutier 5,295 47.37
    Clinton Cowan 3,287 29.40
    Hussein Mahmoud 1,600 14.31
    Daher Muse Calin 263 2.35
    Brandon Scharfe 195 1.74
    Jeff Dubois 169 1.51
    Perry Marleau 159 1.42
    Adam Bowick 112 1.00
    John Redins 99 0.89
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote %
    Jim Watson 8,766 79.08
    Mike Maguire 1,719 15.51
    Anwar Syed 228 2.06
    Rebecca Pyrah 105 0.95
    Darren W. Wood 74 0.67
    Robert White 72 0.65
    Michael St. Arnaud 65 0.59
    Bernard Couchman 56 0.51
City council
Council candidate Vote %
    Jean Cloutier 3,866 32.81
    Raylene Lang-Dion 3,665 31.10
    Kevin Kit 2,616 22.20
    Clinton Cowan 1,415 12.01
    John Redins 127 1.08
    Mike McHarg 84 0.80
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote %
    Jim Watson 7,898 69.86
    Clive Doucet 2,729 24.14
    Bruce McConville 147 1.30
    Hamid Alakozai 88 0.78
    Craig MacAulay 86 0.76
    Joey Drouin 81 0.71
    Ahmed Bouragba 75 0.66
    Moises Schachtler 52 0.46
    Ryan Lythall 50 0.44
    James T. Sheahan 43 0.38
    Michael Pastien 34 0.30
    Bernard Couchman 23 0.20
City council
Council candidate Vote %
Marty Carr 6,088 47.12
Carolyn Kropp 4,107 31.79
Bob Perkins 2,453 18.99
Angelo Gino Scaffidi 271 2.10
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote %
Mark Sutcliffe 5,757 45.96
Catherine McKenney 5,417 43.25
Bob Chiarelli 655 5.23
Nour Kadri 329 2.63
Mike Maguire 83 0.66
Graham MacDonald 64 0.51
Brandon Bay 46 0.37
Param Singh 43 0.34
Celine Debassige 34 0.27
Jacob Solomon 23 0.18
Zed Chebib 20 0.16
Gregory Jreg Guevara 19 0.15
Bernard Couchman 18 0.14
Ade Olumide 18 0.14

References

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  1. ^ (Open Data Ottawa)
  2. ^ "New ward name had Canterbury feeling left out". Ottawa Citizen. May 16, 1997. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2014-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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