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 Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward. 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." 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.
For the 2006 Election year, some of the issues which most deeply impact the Alta Vista ward are: The proposed Alta Vista transportation corridor, The Canada Science and Technology Museum, as well as the O-Train expansion.
Councillors
School trustees
Population data
The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the Canada 2001 Census it had 44,435 people.
Languages (mother tongue)
- English: 54.6%
- French: 15.6%
- Arabic: 7.9%
- Spanish: 1.8%
- Chinese: 1.6% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
- Italian: 1.1%
Religion
- Roman Catholic: 40.0%
- Muslim: 11.7%
- No religion: 11.4%
- Anglican: 8.3%
- United Church of Canada: 8.2%
- Jewish: 2.0%
- Presbyterian: 1.6%
- Buddhist: 1.3%
- Baptist: 1.3%
- Pentecostal: 1.1%
Income
- Average household income: $64,697
- Average income: $34,941
Election results
1966 elections
1969 elections
1972 elections
1974 elections
1976 elections
1978 elections
1980 elections
| Ottawa municipal election, 1980: 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
1985 elections
Dylan McGuinty (brother of future Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty) lost to Tory Darrel Kent.
| Ottawa municipal election, 1985: 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
1991 elections
1994 elections
1997 elections
| 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 |
| 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.
| Ottawa municipal election, 2006: 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 |
| Ottawa Mayor (Ward results)[2] |
| 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 |
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