River Ward

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Field	Value
name	River
image_map	River Ward locator map.svg
map_caption	Location within Ottawa
pushpin_map
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Ontario
subdivision_type2	City
subdivision_name2	Ottawa
leader_title	Councillor
leader_name	Riley Brockington
population_footnotes	Canada 2016 Census
population_total	44,345
population_as_of	2016
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages (2016)
demographics1_title1	English
demographics1_info1	59.6%
demographics1_title2	French
demographics1_info2	10.8%
demographics1_title3	Arabic
demographics1_info3	6.6%
demographics1_title4	Italian
demographics1_info4	2.2%
demographics1_title5	Spanish
demographics1_info5	2.2%
demographics1_title6	Mandarin
demographics1_info6	2.0%
demographics1_title7	Cantonese
demographics1_info7	2.0%
demographics1_title8	Somali
demographics1_info8	1.2%
demographics1_title9	Tagalog
demographics1_info9	1.0%
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Prior to amalgamation, this area was part of Mooney's Bay Ward (Ward 8), which existed from 1994 to 2000. Before this, the ward was called Riverside Ward which was created in 1980 from parts of Elmdale-Victoria Ward and Gloucester Ward.

City councillors

Jim Durrell (1981-1985)
George Brown (1986-1994)
Karin Howard (1995-1999)
Jim Bickford (1999-2000)
Wendy Stewart (2001-2003)
Maria McRae (2003-2014)
Riley Brockington (2014–present)

Election results

[[1980 Ottawa municipal election|1980]]

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Riverside Ward	Candidate	Votes
Jim Durrell	3,503	48.50
Gordon Lennox	1,877	25.99
Natalie MacPhee	1,075	14.89
Sig Schmidt	767	10.62
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[[1982 Ottawa municipal election|1982]]

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Riverside Ward	Candidate	Votes
Jim Durrell	6,856	87.53
Gregory Minion	977	12.47
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[[1985 Ottawa municipal election|1985]]

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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
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[[1988 Ottawa municipal election|1988]]

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Riverside Ward	Candidate	Votes
George Brown	4,531	85.30
Norman Van Cleaf	781	14.70
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[[1991 Ottawa municipal election|1991]]

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Riverside Ward	Candidate	Votes
George Brown	4,140	67.88
John Ross	1,959	32.12
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1994

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Regional Council: Ward 16	Candidate	Votes
Wendy Stewart	7,315	72.34
Val Parkinson	2,797	27.66
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City Council: Ward 8	Candidate	Votes
Karin Howard	3,645	35.02
Pat Murphy	3,024	29.06
Fred Bowie	1,468	14.11
Don Tudin	1,085	10.43
Riley Brockington	535	5.14
Alan Murphy	390	3.75
Coreen Fast	260	2.50
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1997

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Regional Council: River Ward	Candidate	Votes
Wendy Stewart	6,855	86.25
Daryl Martin	1,093	13.75
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City Council: Mooney's Bay Ward	Candidate	Votes
Karin Howard	5,005	62.00
Kathy Ablett	3,068	38.00
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1999 by-election

A by-election was held on April 6, 1999 to replace Karin Howard who resigned her seat. Results:

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City Council: Mooney's Bay Ward	Candidate	Votes
Jim Bickford	3,314	59.26
Frances Tanner	1,578	28.22
Wayne Kennedy	305	5.45
Scott Paterson	248	4.43
Dave Allston	147	2.63
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[[2000 Ottawa municipal election|2000]]

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City council	Candidate	Votes
Wendy Stewart	7,091	79.95
Dave Hagerman	1,778	20.05
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[[2003 Ottawa municipal election|2003]]

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City council	Candidate	Votes
Maria McRae	5,600	63.11
Todd Mattila-Hartman	1,654	18.64
Richard Smith	1,619	18.25
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[[2006 Ottawa municipal election|2006]]

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City council	Candidate	Votes
Maria McRae	9,278	65.51
Blake Batson	4,885	34.49
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[[2010 Ottawa municipal election|2010]]

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City council	Candidate	Votes
Maria McRae	7,496	59.55
Ian Boyd	1,908	15.16
Nadia Willard	1,704	13.54
Michael Kostiuk	1,480	11.76
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[[2014 Ottawa municipal election|2014]]

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City council	Candidate	Vote	%
	Riley Brockington	3,997	36.38
	Vanessa Nicki Sutton	1,897	17.27
	Mike Patton	1,427	12.99
	Barbara Carroll	1,270	11.56
	Antonio Giannetti	1,032	9.39
	Michael Kostiuk	614	5.59
	Jeff Koscik	239	2.18
	Don Francis	227	2.07
	Colin Pennie	171	1.56
	Bruce Winchester	112	1.02
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Ottawa mayor (Ward results)	Candidate	Vote	%
	Jim Watson	8,501	77.76
	Mike Maguire	1,852	16.94
	Anwar Syed	187	1.71
	Rebecca Pyrah	116	1.06
	Robert White	85	0.78
	Darren W. Wood	68	0.62
	Bernard Couchman	65	0.59
	Michael St. Arnaud	58	0.53
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[[2018 Ottawa municipal election|2018]]

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City council	Candidate	Vote	%
	Riley Brockington	6,122	54.50
	Fabien Kalala Cimankinda	2,445	21.76
	Kerri Keith	1,783	15.87
	Hassib Reda	884	7.87
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[[2022 Ottawa municipal election|2022]]

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City council	Candidate	Vote	%
	Riley Brockington	9,595	73.08
	Ethan Sabourin	2,396	18.25
	Alex Dugal	1,139	8.67
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References

[https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/2016-census-ward-data-1 (Open Data Ottawa)]
''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', April 7, 1999, pg C6, "Bickford cruises to victory in Mooney's Bay vote"
"2003 Municipal Election Results". City of Ottawa.
"2006 Municipal Election Results". City of Ottawa.

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