1985 Ottawa municipal election

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1985 Ottawa mayoral election

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Candidate Jim Durrell Marlene Catterall
Popular vote 56,988 35,711
Percentage 59.95% 37.57%

Results by ward

Mayor before election

Marion Dewar

Elected Mayor

Jim Durrell

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1985.

Riverside Ward alderman Jim Durrell defeated Britannia Ward alderman Marlene Catterall to become the new mayor of Ottawa.

Mayor[edit]

Durrell swept 12 of the city's 15 wards en route to victory, doing particularly well in the city's suburbs. His best ward was Riversdie, which he represented on council, where he won 72% of the vote. Catterall won the remaining three wards, all in the inner-city. Her strongest ward was Wellington, the only one where she won a majority of the vote. There, she won 52% of the vote. Catterall was not even able to win her home ward of Britannia, which she lost by 108 votes.[1]

Candidate Votes %
Jim Durrell 56,988 59.95
Marlene Catterall 35,711 37.57
R. Allan Jones 942 0.99
Walter J. McPhee 886 0.93
Nabil Fawzry 529 0.56

City council[edit]

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. Alta Vista Ward
2. Billings Ward
3. Britannia Ward
4. By-Rideau Ward
5. Capital Ward
6. Canterbury Ward
7. Carleton Ward
8. Dalhousie Ward
9. Elmdale Ward
10. Overbrook-Forbes Ward
11. Queensboro Ward
12. Richmond Ward
13. Riverside Ward
14. St. George's Ward
15. Wellington Ward .
Alta Vista Ward
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
Billings Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joan O'Neill 3,202 59.86
Bill Zlepnig 1,776 33.20
John Kroeker 371 6.94
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Ruth Wildgen 1,310 24.45
Jim Jones 1,263 23.57
Greg Ross 1,083 20.21
Sandra Presley 972 18.14
Bud Downing 350 6.53
Kurt Orlik 204 3.81
Donald Holmes 176 3.28
By-Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marc Laviolette (X) 4,343 72.61
Wayne MacKinnon 1,638 27.39
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rob Quinn 2,612 37.93
David Hagerman 1,880 27.30
Howard Smith (X) 1,603 23.28
Susan Pond 791 11.49
Canterbury Ward
Candidate Votes %
Michael McSweeney (X) 5,197 73.46
Ernest Lauzon 1,878 26.54
Carleton Ward
Candidate Votes %
Bob Morrison (X) 2,377 36.81
Tim Kehoe 2,288 35.43
Barbara Lejeunesse 1,792 27.75
Queensboro Ward
Candidate Votes %
Mark Maloney 2,902 41.22
Gordon MacMichael 1,846 26.22
Mary Hegan 1,731 24.58
Phil MacNeill 562 7.98
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Mac Harb 1,780 36.17
Denis LeBlanc 1,725 35.05
Michael Janigan 1,416 28.77
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jamie Fisher 1,780 35.32
Penina Coopersmith 1,375 27.28
Steve Grattan 1,063 21.09
Ed Barter 822 16.31
Overbrook-Forbes Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Kelly 2,391 48.12
Claudette Cyr-Smith 1,636 32.92
Gillian Sloan 942 18.96
Richmond Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jacquelin Holzman (X) Acclaimed
Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Brown 3,746 44.45
Fidel Palumbo 2,206 26.17
Marc Wallace 1,336 15.85
Tom Quinn 1,140 13.53
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Nancy Smith (X) 2,997 51.43
Rheal Leroux 2,699 46.32
Serge Girard 131 2.25
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes (X) 2,902 69.98
Terry McLaughlin 1,245 30.02

Ottawa Board of Education Trustees[edit]

Two to be elected in each zone

Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes) Vote %
Jane Dobell 6,685
Harriet Lang 3,934
Gary Hough 3,340
Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington) Vote %
John Smart (X) 3,513
Brian McGarry 3,030
D. Paterson 2.989
Don Francis (X) 2,253
Gord Hauser 1,337
James Bowie-Reed 712
Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale) Vote %
Marian Lothian 4,523
Ted Best (X) 4,360
Sandra Goldstein (X) 2,850
Julia Brady 2,524
Terry Kilrea 1,710
Bente Addison 1,683
Harry Albright 1,104
Barry Lemoine 648
Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond) Vote %
Bill Gowling (X) 4,273
Robert Beatty (X) 3,377
Wayne Wilson 2,512
Margo Deriger 2,191
E. C. Stoddon 1,103
Dale Alkerton 1,111
John Teller 818
Larry Arpaia 713
Zone 5 (Carleton, Queensboro) Vote %
Alex Cullen (X) 3,222
Kathy Yach 3,067
Brian Mackay 2,968
Beth Little 2,299
C. J. Kempffer 1,018
Kevin Kinsella 875
Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury) Vote %
Marjorie Loughrey 5,652
Russ Jackson (X) 5,296
Roy Bushfield (X) 5,085
Arthur Dufays 2,324
Brian Elliott 1,599
Leonard Haggstrom 519

Four to be elected

Separate school: Ottawa Vote %
Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X) 16,346
Robert Belanger (X) 16,278
Jacques Beauchamp (X) 15,822
Frank Dalton 13,302
Lucien Bradet (X) 12,560
Patrick Holt 10,188

One to be elected

Separate school: Vanier Vote %
Claudette Boyer 2,653 54.55
Denise Matte 2,210 45.45

References[edit]

  1. ^ Official results, City of Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch