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1991 Ottawa municipal election

1991 Ottawa municipal election
FieldValue
election_name1991 Ottawa mayoral election
flag_imageFlag of Ottawa, Ontario (1987–2000).png
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1988 Ottawa municipal election
previous_year1988
next_election1994 Ottawa municipal election
next_year1994
election_dateNovember 12, 1991
candidate1**Jacquelin Holzman**
popular_vote1**38,725**
percentage1**39.61%**
color10000ff
color200ff00
candidate2Nancy Smith
popular_vote235,525
percentage236.34%
color3ff0000
candidate3Marc Laviolette
popular_vote321,101
percentage321.58%
map_image1991_Ottawa_mayoral_election.png
map_captionResults by ward
titleMayor
before_electionMarc Laviolette
after_electionJacquelin Holzman

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1991.

Right wing Britannia Ward councillor Jacquelin Holzman defeated left wing St. George's councillor Nancy Smith and mayor Marc Laviolette. Holzman defeated Smith by just 3,022 votes. She ran on a platform to "keep a lid on city taxes".

Despite the eventual closeness of the result, and the polarization of the candidates, pundits lamented that the electorate was not interested in the election, as the candidates had not inspired the voters who were more concerned with "national issues like the constitution and the economy".

After the election, Liberal MP Mac Harb (who supported Holzman) admitted to "quietly encourag[ing]" Laviolette to enter the race to split the vote, because he "couldn't stomach (the thought of) Smith's left wing social agenda" winning.

Mayor

CandidateVotes%
Jacquelin Holzman38,72539.61
Nancy Smith35,52536.34
Marc Laviolette (X)21,10121.58
Michael Bartholomew2,4172.47

Results by ward

Holzman's victory was propelled by winning the city's suburban wards, with her best ward being Richmond, which she had represented on council. Smith won the city's four urban wards, doing her best in St. George's, which she had represented on council. Laviolette won the city's two Francophone-influenced eastern wards.

Ward
Bartholomew
By-Rideau (1)
St. George's (2)
Overbrook-Forbes (3)
Wellington (4)
Capital (5)
Dalhousie (6)
Elmdale (7)
Carlington-Westboro (Queensboro) (8)
Richmond (9)
Britannia (10)
Carleton (11)
Canterbury (12)
Alta Vista (13)
Billings (14)
River (15)

City council

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election <br>

  1. By-Rideau Ward

  2. St. George's Ward

  3. Overbrook-Forbes Ward

  4. Wellington Ward

  5. Capital Ward

  6. Dalhousie Ward

  7. Elmdale Ward

  8. Carlington-Westboro Ward

  9. Richmond Ward

  10. Britannia Ward

  11. Carleton Ward

  12. Canterbury Ward

  13. Alta Vista Ward

  14. Billings Ward

  15. Riverside Ward. ]]

Alta Vista WardCandidateVotes%
Peter Hume4,66055.80
Stephen Amesse2,82733.85
Rebecca Liff86510.36
Billings WardCandidateVotes%
Joan O'Neill (X)Acclaimed
Britannia WardCandidateVotes%
Jill Brown1,85933.13
Gregory Ross1,55827.77
Geoffrey Sharpe83114.81
Jim Jones (X)66511.85
Clarence S. Dungey2734.87
Randy McCooeye2143.81
Andy Sammon2113.76
By-Rideau WardCandidateVotes%
Richard Cannings3,65745.41
Pierre Bourque (X)2,46130.56
Maurice Pagé1,71721.32
Richard Beaudry2182.71
Capital WardCandidateVotes%
Jim Watson4,12358.40
Lynn Smyth (X)1,81725.74
Michael Lynch6389.04
Frank De Jong4826.83
Canterbury WardCandidateVotes%
Jack MacKinnon1,53022.37
Ed Concordia1,43520.98
Mireille Landry-Kennedy1,13216.55
Ernie Lauzon1,04115.22
Douglas Sears94313.78
Carl Langroix3404.97
Elaine Lindsay2884.21
Garry J. Fischer1321.93
Carleton WardCandidateVotes%
Tim Kehoe (X)3,44254.93
Jim Bonner2,82445.07
Carlington-Westboro WardCandidateVotes%
Mark Maloney (X)5,01181.85
Lynda Flowers1,11118.15
Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%
Peter Harris2,80748.89
Elisabeth Arnold2,60245.32
Andy Haydon, Jr.3335.80
Elmdale WardCandidateVotes%
Joan Wong3,38347.60
Jamie Fisher (X)3,19444.94
Steve Rimek5307.46
Overbrook-Forbes WardCandidateVotes%
Jacques Legendre1,94536.56
George Kelly (X)1,75833.05
Eve Elliott91817.26
Michael Green69913.14
Richmond WardCandidateVotes%
Alex Cullen3,26837.91
Ron Kolbus2,92233.90
Daniel Stringer2,43028.19
Riverside WardCandidateVotes%
George Brown (X)4,14067.88
John Ross1,95932.12
St. George's WardCandidateVotes%
Nancy Mitchell2,49942.86
Gordon Brownlee93816.09
Ed Barter92115.79
Geoff Nimmo78013.38
Maurice Dumoulin5439.31
Paul Kerston1141.96
George Ibrahim360.62
Wellington WardCandidateVotes%
Diane Holmes (X)3,57978.09
Keith Shirreffs70915.47
M. Ross Taylor2956.44

[[Ottawa Board of Education]] Trustees

Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes)
*3 to be elected*
(98% of polls reporting)Vote%
**Jane Dobell** (X)5,175
**Cynthia Bled** (X)4,294
**Harriet Lang** (X)3,927
Debbie Morey2,546
Donna Silver2,047
Jeannine Denis-Ladouceur1,733
Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington)
*2 to be elected*Vote%
**Anne Scotton** (X)5,92844.33
**Brian McGarry** (X)5,73742.90
Rick Alexanderson1,70812.77
Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale)
*4 to be elected*
(98% of polls reporting)Vote%
**Marian Lothian** (X)6,720
**Mary Lou Fleming** (X)5,891
**Elda M. Allen** (X)5,843
**Ted Best** (X)3,806
Walter Robinson3,644
William J. Taylor3,253
Bill Pugsley3,253
John Dodson2,402
Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond)
*2 to be elected*
(95% of polls reporting)Vote%
**Margaret Lange** (X)4,977
**Bill Gowling** (X)3,376
Sandra Bertrand2,976
Sandra R. Goldstein2,351
Irma Cohen1,752
Christopher Assad688
Ed Halla408
Zone 5 (Carleton, Carlington-Westboro)
*3 to be elected*Vote%
**Brian Mackey** (X)5,23527.15
**Kathy Yach** (X)4,16121.58
**Linda Hunter** (X)4,01820.83
Shawn Marmer3,12616.21
John M. Wright2,74214.22
Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury)
*4 to be elected*
(99% of polls reporting)Vote%
**Margaret Woodley**6,607
**John Sutherland** (X)6,216
**Marjorie Loughrey** (X)6,210
**Russ Jackson** (X)6,115
Sue Mack5,047
Roy Bushfield (X)4,453
Wayne Mannion1,271
Henry Assad1,111

References

  • Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 1991

References

  1. ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', Nov 13, 1991, pg A1, "It's Mayor Holzman"
  2. (November 9, 1991). "Race stuck in neutral". Ottawa Citizen.
  3. (November 30, 1991). "Split vote kept left wing from winning, Harb boasts". Ottawa Citizen.
  4. Election 1991; Mayor; Summary (Available, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, Ottawa Room)
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