1991 Ottawa municipal election

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1991 Ottawa mayoral election
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Nominee Jacquelin Holzman Nancy Smith Marc Laviolette
Popular vote 38,725 35,525 21,101
Percentage 39.61% 36.34% 21.58%
Mayor before election

Marc Laviolette

 Elected Mayor

Jacquelin Holzman

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1991.

Right wing Britannia Ward councillor Jacquelin Holzman defeated left wing St. George's councillor Nancy Smith and mayor Marc Laviolette. Holzman ran on a platform to "keep a lid on city taxes".[1]

Mayor[]

Candidate Votes %
Jacquelin Holzman 38,725 39.61
Nancy Smith 35,525 36.34
Marc Laviolette (X) 21,101 21.58
Michael Bartholomew 2,417 2.47

City council[]

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. Alta Vista Ward
2. Billings Ward
3. Britannia Ward
4.
5. Capital Ward
6.
7. Carleton Ward
8. Dalhousie Ward
9. Elmdale Ward
10.
11. Carlington-Westboro Ward
12.
13. Riverside Ward
14. St. George's Ward
15. Wellington Ward .
Alta Vista Ward
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume 4,660 55.80
Stephen Amesse 2,827 33.85
Rebecca Liff 865 10.36
Billings Ward
Candidate Votes %
(X) Acclaimed
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
1,859 33.13
Gregory Ross 1,558 27.77
Geoffrey Sharpe 831 14.81
(X) 665 11.85
Clarence S. Dungey 273 4.87
Randy McCooeye 214 3.81
Andy Sammon 211 3.76
Candidate Votes %
Richard Cannings 3,657 45.41
Pierre Bourque (X) 2,461 30.56
Maurice Pagé 1,717 21.32
Richard Beaudry 218 2.71
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jim Watson 4,123 58.40
(X) 1,817 25.74
Michael Lynch 638 9.04
Frank De Jong 482 6.83
Candidate Votes %
1,530 22.37
Ed Concordia 1,435 20.98
Mireille Landry-Kennedy 1,132 16.55
Ernie Lauzon 1,041 15.22
Douglas Sears 943 13.78
Carl Langroix 340 4.97
Elaine Lindsay 288 4.21
Garry J. Fischer 132 1.93
Carleton Ward
Candidate Votes %
(X) 3,442 54.93
Jim Bonner 2,824 45.07
Carlington-Westboro Ward
Candidate Votes %
(X) 5,011 81.85
Lynda Flowers 1,111 18.15
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
2,807 48.89
Elisabeth Arnold 2,602 45.32
Andy Haydon, Jr. 333 5.80
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
3,383 47.60
(X) 3,194 44.94
Steve Rimek 530 7.46
Candidate Votes %
Jacques Legendre 1,945 36.56
(X) 1,758 33.05
Eve Elliott 918 17.26
Michael Green 699 13.14
Candidate Votes %
Alex Cullen 3,268 37.91
Ron Kolbus 2,922 33.90
Daniel Stringer 2,430 28.19
Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Brown (X) 4,140 67.88
John Ross 1,959 32.12
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
2,499 42.86
Gordon Brownlee 938 16.09
Ed Barter 921 15.79
Geoff Nimmo 780 13.38
Maurice Dumoulin 543 9.31
Paul Kerston 114 1.96
George Ibrahim 36 0.62
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes (X) 3,579 78.09
Keith Shirreffs 709 15.47
M. Ross Taylor 295 6.44

Ottawa Board of Education Trustees[]

Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes)
3 to be elected
(98% of polls reporting) 		Vote %
Jane Dobell (X) 5,175
Cynthia Bled (X) 4,294
Harriet Lang (X) 3,927
Debbie Morey 2,546
Donna Silver 2,047
Jeannine Denis-Ladouceur 1,733
Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington)
2 to be elected 		Vote %
Anne Scotton (X) 5,928 44.33
Brian McGarry (X) 5,737 42.90
Rick Alexanderson 1,708 12.77
Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale)
4 to be elected
(98% of polls reporting) 		Vote %
Marian Lothian (X) 6,720
Mary Lou Fleming (X) 5,891
Elda M. Allen (X) 5,843
Ted Best (X) 3,806
Walter Robinson 3,644
William J. Taylor 3,253
Bill Pugsley 3,253
John Dodson 2,402
Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond)
2 to be elected
(95% of polls reporting) 		Vote %
Margaret Lange (X) 4,977
Bill Gowling (X) 3,376
Sandra Bertrand 2,976
Sandra R. Goldstein 2,351
Irma Cohen 1,752
Christopher Assad 688
Ed Halla 408
Zone 5 (Carleton, Carlington-Westboro)
3 to be elected 		Vote %
Brian Mackey (X) 5,235 27.15
Kathy Yach (X) 4,161 21.58
Linda Hunter (X) 4,018 20.83
Shawn Marmer 3,126 16.21
John M. Wright 2,742 14.22
Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury)
4 to be elected
(99% of polls reporting) 		Vote %
Margaret Woodley 6,607
John Sutherland (X) 6,216
Marjorie Loughrey (X) 6,210
Russ Jackson (X) 6,115
Sue Mack 5,047
Roy Bushfield (X) 4,453
Wayne Mannion 1,271
Henry Assad 1,111

References[]

  • Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 1991
  1. ^ Ottawa Citizen, Nov 13, 1991, pg A1, "It's Mayor Holzman"
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