1978 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 13, 1978.

1978 Ottawa mayoral election

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Candidate Marion Dewar Pat Nicol
Popular vote 51,791 32,033
Percentage 54.24% 33.55%

Results by ward

Mayor before election

Lorry Greenberg

Elected mayor

Marion Dewar

Controller Marion Dewar becomes the second woman and first New Democratic Party (and to date, only) affiliated person to become mayor of Ottawa. She defeated former alderman Pat Nicol. This would mark the last elections for Ottawa's Board of Control.

Mayor

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Dewar won all of the city's 11 wards. Her strongest ward was Capital, where she won 62.8% of the vote. Her worst ward was Elmdale-Victoria, where she won 48.9%. Elmdale-Victoria was the only ward where she did not get a majority of the vote. Elmdale-Victoria was Nicol's home ward, but Dewar still beat her there by 545 votes.[1]

Candidate Votes %
Marion Dewar 51,791 54.24
Pat Nicol 32,033 33.55
Bernard Pelot 8,439 8.84
Alphonse Frederick Lapointe 1,858 1.95
Eddie Turgeon 730 0.76
Ian Orenstein 597 0.63

(4 elected)

Candidate Votes %
Don Reid (X) 50,171 17.11
Brian Bourns 36,363 12.40
William Law 33,220 11.33
Ralph Sutherland (X) 29,716 10.13
Roy Bushfield 26,314 8.97
Gerry Trudel 24,382 8.31
Jules Morin 22,718 7.75
Doug Payne 18,464 6.30
David Dehler 11,245 3.83
Cyril Goulet 11,015 3.72
Richard Calagoure 10,912 3.72
Sam MacLean 8,994 3.07
Joseph Louis Paradis 7,476 2.55
George Theckeddath 2,251 0.77
 
Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. Alta Vista Ward
2. Britannia Ward
3. By-St. George's Ward
4. Capital Ward
5. Carleton Ward
6. Dalhousie Ward
7. Elmdale-Victoria Ward
8. Gloucester Ward
9. Queensboro Ward
10. Rideau Ward
11. Wellington Ward .
Alta Vista Ward
Candidate Votes %
Don Kay (X) 5,749 48.85
Keith Martin 3,571 30.35
Darrel Kent 2,448 20.80
Gloucester Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joe Quinn (X) 4,429 38.72
Terry Denison 3,832 33.50
Gordon Lennox 3,177 27.78
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marlene Catterall (X) 5,925 58.47
Sandy Boyce 4,209 41.53
Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rhéal Robert (X) 5,312 53.62
Bruce Grant 4,298 43.39
Ed Howard 296 2.99
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Michele MacKinnon 4,107 45.76
Thom Bennett 2,661 29.65
Dave Hagerman 1,735 19.33
Doug Coupar 356 2.97
Michael John Houlton 116 1.29
Carleton Ward
Candidate Votes %
Toddy Kehoe (X) 5,935 69.68
Bill Bangs 2,582 30.32
Queensboro Ward
Candidate Votes %
Trip Kennedy (X) 5,758 69.47
Richard MacDonald 2,531 30.53
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rolf Hasenack (X) 2,688 62.83
Phil Aston 648 15.15
Gary Larkin 543 12.69
John Campbell 399 9.33
Elmdale-Victoria Ward
Candidate Votes %
Chris Chilton 1,930 24.53
Roland Wall (X) 1,763 22.40
Byron Hyde 1,661 21.11
Richard Albert 1,296 16.47
Kathleen Tuskey 1,219 15.49
By-St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Georges Bedard 4,035 51.00
Marcel Lauzon 3,112 39.33
Clotilde Berube 765 9.67
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joe Cassey (X) 2,057 44.88
Brian Atkinson 1,545 33.71
Gary Beach 981 21.41

Six to be elected in each zone

Eastern Zone Vote
Jane Dobell (X) 16,371
Don Francis (X) 13,239
Helen Slater (X) 10,743
Ted Best (X) 10,696
John Samuel (X) 8,803
Michael McKenna 8,491
Herbert Armstrong 8,019
Marion Atwell 7,764
Norman MacDonald 7,381
Marnie Bennett 6,700
Peg Mathews 6,421
Rosemary McNarin 6,015
Allan Simpson 5,543
Gary Hough 2,723
Terry Carlson 2,675
Western Zone Vote
Robert Beatty (X) 14,064
Mary Gilmour (X) 13,948
Nick van Duyvendyk (X) 12,626
Sinclair Abell (X) 12,614
William Harback (X) 8,624
Sandra R. Goldstein 7,856
Wayne Wilson 7,810
John Wright 7,794
John Callan 6,816
Frank Edwards 6,506
Denis Cooney 5,261
Richard Bounsall 4,996
Cal Kempffer 4,839
John Gorry 3,996

4 to be elected

Separate school supporters Vote
Jacques Beauchamp (X) 17,271
Robert Bélanger 16,873
Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X) 16,244
Lucien Bradet (X) 15,140
Jacques Faucher (X) 12,850
Thomas F. Kent 11,407

1 to be elected

Vanier Trustee Vote
Denise Matte Acclaimed

References

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  1. ^ Official results, Ottawa room, Ottawa Public Library
  • Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 1978
  • "How candidates fared". Ottawa Citizen. November 15, 1978. p. 65. Retrieved December 30, 2020.