Capital Ward or Ward 17 (French: Quartier Capitale) is a city ward located in the centre of Ottawa, Ontario. Situated just south of downtown Ottawa, the ward includes the communities of Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, Heron Park, Carleton University, and Riverside

Capital
Location within Ottawa
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°24′N 75°41′W / 45.400°N 75.683°W / 45.400; -75.683
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CityOttawa
Government
 • CouncillorShawn Menard
Area
 • Total10.0 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population
 • Total34,210
 • Density3,400/km2 (8,900/sq mi)
Languages (2016)
 • English70.7%
 • French10.9%
 • Mandarin3.6%
 • Arabic2.7%
 • Spanish1.3%
 • German1.1%
 • Italian1.1%
Avg. income$51,601

Out of all the wards currently in existence, Capital ward has existed the longest. It was originally created in 1909 from parts of Wellington Ward and Central Ward when the Glebe was settled. The original capital ward consisted solely of the Glebe. It eventually annexed Old Ottawa South before assuming its current borders.

Its first aldermen were John Carnochan and J. W. Nelson.[2]

Councillors

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Council Aldermen
1910 John Carnochan J. W. Nelson
1911
1912 Arthur W. Ault
1913 John Carnochan
1914 W. N. Graham
1915 James Muir
1916 Thomas R. Browne
1917 Frank H. Plant
1918 Arthur R. Ford
1919 William Y. Denison
1920
1921 Herbert H. McElroy J. J. Slattery
1922 T. H. Brewer
1923
1924 Harold D. McCormick McGregor Easson
1925
1926
1927 James Warren York
1928
1929 George Pushman
1930 Edward Band
1931 Harold D. Marshall
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939 C. E. Pickering
1940
1941–42 Joseph McCulloch
1943–44
1945–46
1947–48
1949–50 Noel Ogilvie
1951–52 Parlane Christie
1953–54 George Sloan
1955–56 James A. Donaldson
1957–58 George Sloan
1959–60 Don Armstrong
1961–62 Claude Bennett
1963–64
1965–66
1967–69 Charlotte Whitton
1970–72 Gary Guzzo
1973–74 Don Lockhart
1975–76
1977–78 Joe Cassey
1978–80 Michele Mackinnon
1980–82 Howard Smith
1982–85
1985–88 Rob Quinn
1988–91 Lynn Smyth
1991–94 Jim Watson
Council City Councillor Regional Councillor
1994–97 Jim Watson Brian McGarry
1997–00 Inez Berg Clive Doucet
Council City Councillor
2001–03 Clive Doucet
2003–06
2006–10
2010–14 David Chernushenko
2014–18
2018–22 Shawn Menard

Election results

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City council
Candidate Votes %
Don Lockhart 2,039 28.51
Thom Bennett 1,389 19.42
Lionel Britton 1,306 18.26
Bill Kincaid 1,030 14.40
Wendell Atchison 785 10.98
Jim Wright 387 5.41
Leo Morency 216 3.02
City council
Candidate Votes %
Joe Cassey 3,441 47.23
Don Lockhart 1,885 25.87
Thom Bennett 1,812 24.87
Leo Morency 148 2.03
City council
Candidate Votes %
Michelle Mackinnon 3,826 46.08
Thom Bennett 2,411 29.04
Dave Hagerman 1,624 19.56
Doug Coupar 329 3.96
Michael John Houlton 113 1.36
City council
Candidate Votes %
Howard Smith 3,358 57.03
Dave Haggerman 1,746 29.65
Vince Capogreco 784 13.32
City council
Candidate Votes %
Howard Smith 3,150 43.33
Dave Hagerman 2,795 38.35
David Brasset 1,343 18.43
City council
Candidate Votes %
Rob Quinn 2,612 37.93
David Hagerman 1,880 27.39
Howard Smith 1,603 23.28
Susan Pond 791 11.49
City council
Candidate Votes %
Lynn Smyth 3,370 56.16
Rob Quinn 2,631 43.84
City council
Candidate Votes %
Jim Watson 4,123 58.40
Lynn Smyth 1,817 25.74
Michael Lynch 638 9.04
Frank De Jong 482 6.83

1994

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Regional council
Candidate Votes %
Brian McGarry 5,027 50.49
Nancy Mitchell 4,660 46.81
Beatrice Costisella 269 2.70
City council
Candidate Votes %
Jim Watson 8,851 89.18
Jim Carson 1,074 10.82

1997

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Regional council
Candidate Votes %
Clive Doucet 2,987 36.80
Jim Kennelly 2,054 25.30
Robin Quinn 1,573 19.38
Ed Barter 1,002 12.34
David McNicoll 501 6.17
City council
Candidate Votes %
Inez Berg 3,843 46.85
Colin McSweeney 1,660 20.24
Domenic Santaguida 1,136 13.85
Craig Watson 521 6.35
Chris Jalkotzy 511 6.23
Tim Porter 336 4.10
Jaine Marulanda 196 2.39
City council
Candidate Votes %
Clive Doucet 6,486 69.51
Jim Bickford 2,845 30.49
City council
Candidate Votes %
Clive Doucet 5,785 80.06
C.R.L. Erickson 1,024 14.17
Mike Salmon 417 5.77
City council
Candidate Votes %
Clive Doucet 6,495 48.14
Jay Nordenstrom 4,602 34.11
Ian Boyd 1,963 14.55
Sean Curran 433 3.21

Former Green Party deputy leader defeated Liberal Party staffer Isabel Metcalfe and activist Bob Brocklebank. Chernushenko won in the Glebe, Old Ottawa South and Old Ottawa East, Metcalfe won the Riverside apartments and Heron Park while Brocklebank won Carleton University.

City council
Candidate Votes %
David Chernushenko 5,335 41.34
Isabel Metcalfe 2,515 19.49
Bob Brocklebank 2,207 17.10
Domenic Santaguida 1,475 11.43
Eugene Haslam 1,084 8.40
Ron Le Blanc 243 1.88
Mano Hadavand 46 0.36
City council
Candidate Vote %
    David Chernushenko 7,206 77.35
    Scott Blurton 1,788 19.19
    Espoir Manirambona 322 3.46
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote %
    Jim Watson 7,743 84.14
    Mike Maguire 998 10.85
    Anwar Syed 142 1.54
    Rebecca Pyrah 140 1.52
    Bernard Couchman 53 0.58
    Darren W. Wood 49 0.53
    Michael St. Arnaud 41 0.45
    Robert White 36 0.39
City council[3] Vote %
    Shawn Menard 3,575 28.12
    Christine McAllister 3,198 25.15
    David Chernushenko 2,970 23.36
    Anthony Carricato 2,451 19.28
    Jide Afolabi 520 4.09
City council Vote %
Shawn Menard 11,358 78.81
Rebecca Bromwich 1,986 13.78
Daniel Rogers 1,068 7.41

References

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  1. ^ (Open Data Ottawa)
  2. ^ Ottawa City Council minutes, 1910
  3. ^ "2018 Election Results". City of Ottawa. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
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