The ballots have been cast, and the votes have been counted. After a month-long campaign — in the midst of which a tornado struck the city — Ottawa residents have chosen their new city council.
Kanata North, Orléans, Bay and Innes all have new representatives at the table, as Bob Monette and Marianne Wilkinson have both retired. Jody Mitic elected not to run again for his seat, and Mark Taylor is fulfilling his promise to only run for two terms.
In a ward with 17 candidates vying for a seat on council, Matthew Luloff came out on top with a little under 24 per cent of the vote to replace the retiring Monette.
Residents in Stittsville will also have a new councillor, as incumbent Shad Qadri was upset by Glen Gower, who seized 57 per cent of the vote.
In Innes, Laura Dudas was elected with 41 per cent of the vote to take over the seat from Jody Mitic, who elected not to run for re-election this term.
In Kanata North, Jenna Sudds, who was endorsed by retiring incumbent Wilkinson, won her seat with 46 per cent of the vote.
In Gloucester-South Nepean, Ottawa news anchor Carol Ann Meehan defeated incumbent Micheal Qaqish with 42 per cent of the vote.
Two former Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustees have made the leap to council, as Shawn Menard for Capital and Theresa Kavanagh for Bay have made the leap to the big seat. Menard unseated incumbent David Chernushenko with 30 per cent of the vote, and Kavanagh won with 55 per cent.
The amount of women representatives on city council has increased from four to seven.
Here are the representatives:
Ward 1: Orléans
- Matthew Luloff
Ward 2: Innes
- Laura Dudas
Ward 3: Barrhaven
- Jan Harder
Ward 4: Kanata North
- Jenna Sudds
Ward 5: West Carleton-March
- Eli El-Chantiry
Ward 6: Stittsville-Kanata West
- Glen Gower
Ward 7: Bay
- Theresa Kavanagh
Ward 8: College
- Rick Chiarelli
Ward 9: Knoxdale-Merivale
- Keith Egli
Ward 10: Gloucester-Southgate
- Diane Deans
Ward 11: Beacon Hill-Cyrville
- Tim Tierney
Ward 12: Rideau-Vanier
- Mathieu Fleury
Ward 13: Rideau-Rockliffe
- Tobi Nussbaum
Ward 14: Somerset
- Catherine McKenney
Ward 15: Kitchissippi
- Jeff Leiper
Ward 16: River
- Riley Brockington
Ward 17: Capital
- Shawn Menard
Ward 18: Alta Vista
- Jean Cloutier
Ward 19: Cumberland
- Stephen Blais
Ward 20: Osgoode
- George Darouze
Ward 21: Rideau-Goulbourn
- Scott Moffatt
Ward 22: Gloucester-South Nepean
- Carol Anne Meehan
Ward 23: Kanata South
- Allan Hubley
As a reminder, these results are unofficial. The official results will be released later this week.
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