1982 Ottawa municipal election
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The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.
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November 8, 1982
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Mayor Marion Dewar was re-elected, defeating conservative alderman Darrel Kent.
Mayor
Official results[1]
Dewar was re-elected, thanks to support from the city's urban wards, plus her home region in the suburban west and the Francophone east end of the city. She won 10 of the city's 15 wards, with her strongest support in the city's core, where she won over 60% of the vote in three wards: St. George's (63.7%), Wellington (63.2%) and Capital (61.6%). Kent was the strongest in the city's suburban south end, doing his best in his home ward of Canterbury, where he won 59% of the vote.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Marion Dewar (X) | 57,168 | 52.02 |
| Darrel Kent | 48,461 | 44.10 |
| T. Joseph McCarthy | 2,060 | 1.87 |
| Marc Gauvin | 1,725 | 1.57 |
| Arnold Guetta | 487 | 0.44 |
Ottawa City Council
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 | % |
| Greg MacDougall (X) | 6,413 | 79.31 |
| Earle MacPhail | 1,673 | 20.69 |
| Billings Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Brian Bourns (X) | 3,703 | 55.25 |
| Bill Zlepnig | 2,999 | 44.75 |
| Britannia Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Marlene Catterall (X) | 2,840 | 49.80 |
| Paul MacKay | 1,487 | 26.07 |
| Terry O'Neill | 1,376 | 24.13 |
| By-Rideau Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Marc Laviolette (X) | 4,466 | 54.53 |
| Pierre Labelle | 3,724 | 45.47 |
| Capital Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Howard Smith (X) | 3,150 | 43.22 |
| Dave Hagerman | 2,795 | 38.35 |
| David Brasset | 1,343 | 18.43 |
| Canterbury Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Michael McSweeney | 3,706 | 44.44 |
| Sue Snider | 3,154 | 37.82 |
| Sig Schmidt | 1,479 | 17.74 |
| Carleton Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Toddy Kehoe (X) | 2,631 | 36.56 |
| Bob Morrison | 2,395 | 33.28 |
| Barbara Lajeunesse | 2,171 | 30.17 |
| Queensboro Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Terry Denison (X) | 5,476 | 75.97 |
| Gordon MacMichael | 1,732 | 24.03 |
| Dalhousie Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Rolf Hasenack (X) | 3,285 | 56.66 |
| Warren Ralph | 2,513 | 43.34 |
| Elmdale Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Graham Bird (X) | 4,742 | 81.94 |
| Geoffrey Sharpe | 1,045 | 18.06 |
| Overbrook-Forbes Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Rhéal Robert (X) | 4,383 | 58.53 |
| Fernande Casey | 2,819 | 37.64 |
| Marion Cray | 287 | 3.83 |
| Richmond Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jacquelin Holzman | 4,796 | 48.51 |
| Bob Chiarelli | 4,214 | 42.63 |
| Rick Stewart | 876 | 8.86 |
| Riverside Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jim Durrell (X) | 6,856 | 87.53 |
| Gregory Minion | 977 | 12.47 |
| St. George's Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Nancy Smith (X) | 4,644 | 77.41 |
| Sam MacLean | 826 | 13.77 |
| Serge Girard | 529 | 8.82 |
| Wellington Ward | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Diane Holmes | 2,920 | 46.28 |
| Joe Cassey (X) | 2,522 | 39.97 |
| Jack Bowie-Reed | 867 | 13.74 |
Ottawa Board of Education Trustees
Six to be elected in each zone
| Eastern Zone (529/530 polls) | Vote |
|---|---|
| Jane Dobell (X) | 17,501 |
| Russ Jackson | 13,053 |
| Ted Best (X) | 12,781 |
| Roy Bushfield | 12,423 |
| Don Francis | 11,942 |
| John Smart | 10,587 |
| Marjorie Loughrey (X) | 9,701 |
| John Samuel | 8,872 |
| David Armstrong | 9,027 |
| Michael McKenna (X) | 8,540 |
| Ken Ellis | 6,069 |
| Anne Dupuis | 6,156 |
| Anne-Marie Kolinski-Corneau | 5,230 |
| Allan Simpson | 4,483 |
| David Delisle | 3,953 |
| George Denison | 3,709 |
| Colin Simpson | 2,997 |
| Barry Lemoine | 2,344 |
| William Voller | 2,283 |
| Western Zone | Vote |
|---|---|
| Bill Law (X) | 13,733 |
| Robert Beatty (X) | 12,769 |
| Sandra Goldstein (X) | 10,903 |
| Bill Gowling | 10,817 |
| Kathy Yach | 9,058 |
| Alexander Cullen | 8,595 |
| Wayne Wilson (X) | 7,527 |
| John Jackson (X) | 7,310 |
| John Wright (X) | 7,262 |
| Abby Pollonetsky | 7,221 |
| Marion Lothian | 6,377 |
| Robert Grace | 6,366 |
| Harry Albright | 5,381 |
| Stephen Delaney | 5,306 |
| Barbara Mollon | 4,455 |
| Calvin Kempffer | 3,041 |
| Dale Alkerton | 2,373 |
4 to be elected
| Separate school supporters: Ottawa (937/938 polls) | Vote |
|---|---|
| Jacques Beauchamp (X) | 18,925 |
| Robert Belanger (X) | 17,877 |
| Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X) | 16,585 |
| Lucien Bradet (X) | 15,755 |
| Thomas Kent | 15,442 |
| Edouard Gagnon | 10,905 |
| Ken Bruton | 8,152 |
1 to be elected
| Separate school supporters: Vanier | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Claudette Boyer | 3,378 | 56.21 |
| Alain Gougeon | 2,632 | 43.79 |