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With one hour to go until the polls close in Ottawa’s civic election, here are the questions we’ll be waiting to find out the answers to.
How does the mayor do?
Mayor Jim Watson is the favourite to be re-elected, but an important question is how well his most serious challenger, Mike Maguire, does. Maguire’s message of doing less with less will likely capture the conservative protest vote. Terry Kilrea, who ran a similar campaign against a similar incumbent in Bob Chiarelli in 2003, got 36 per cent of the vote to Chiarelli’s 57 per cent. Can Maguire do better?
Wards with incumbents at risk
Kitchissippi (ward profile)
Incumbent Katherine Hobbs faces a stiff challenge from former Hintonburg Community Association president Jeff Leiper, with Bayswater community activist Michelle Reimer as a dark horse.
Rideau-Vanier (ward profile)
Mathieu Fleury squeaked past veteran Georges Bédard last time and has been hampered by his inability to deal with his ward’s biggest builder lately: Claridge, where his estranged father works. He’s up against former Lowertown Community Association president Marc Aubin and communications consultant Catherine Fortin LeFaivre.
Rideau-Rockcliffe (ward profile)
Veteran Peter Clark, elected with not even 25 per cent of the vote last time, has run a sleepy campaign against hard-charging public servant Tobi Nussbaum and a raft of other challengers.
Kanata North (ward profile)
Marianne Wilkinson, a former Kanata mayor and longtime politician, is defending her seat against two practised challengers: teacher and ex-community association president Matt Muirhead, and entrepreneur Jeff Seeton.
Bay (ward profile)
Incumbent Mark Taylor beat then-councillor Alex Cullen handily in 2010, but Cullen – a longtime councillor, MPP and school-board trustee who’s been working on Parliament Hill for the NDP – is back for a rematch.
Wide-open wards
Some high-profile retirements have put more council seats than usual up for grabs.
Somerset (ward profile)
The departure of Diane Holmes put the downtown core in the game and attracted multiple strong candidates, including City Hall insider (and Holmes’s designated heir) Catherine McKenney, community-health-centre executive Jeff Morrison, eco-activist Martin Canning, and ex-Centretown Community Association president Thomas McVeigh.
Innes (ward profile)
Rainer Bloess has represented this ward since amalgamation but he’s retiring to go kayaking while he’s still up to it. High-profile candidates for this seat include war veteran Jody Mitic, and City Hall communications staffer and former community-association president Laura Dudas.
River (ward profile)
The retirement of Maria McRae, who’s represented this ward straddling the Rideau River since 2003, has drawn in former school trustee Riley Brockington, ex-Larry O’Brien staffer Mike Patton and public administrator Vanessa Sutton, among others.
Alta Vista (ward profile)
Peter Hume has been a leading local politician since the 1990s, most recently chairing city council’s planning committee. He’s defeated all comers in past elections but he’s calling it quits, designating Jean Cloutier his successor. But Cloutier’s up against several other candidates, including Clinton Cowan, who placed second to Hume in 2010.
Osgoode (ward profile)
Doug Thompson has been synonymous with this rural-south Ottawa ward since amalgamation but he’s not running again. He’s endorsed George Darouze to succeed him but the field is very crowded and anything could happen.
Gloucester-South Nepean (ward profile)
Steve Desroches is living up to his promise to quit after two terms. The leading candidates to fill his seat are his former assistant, Michael Qaqish, Ottawa Sun City Hall columnist Susan Sherring, community-association president Scott Hodge and community volunteer Jason Kelly.
dreevely@ottawacitizen.com
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How does the mayor do?
Mayor Jim Watson is the favourite to be re-elected, but an important question is how well his most serious challenger, Mike Maguire, does. Maguire’s message of doing less with less will likely capture the conservative protest vote. Terry Kilrea, who ran a similar campaign against a similar incumbent in Bob Chiarelli in 2003, got 36 per cent of the vote to Chiarelli’s 57 per cent. Can Maguire do better?
Wards with incumbents at risk
Kitchissippi (ward profile)
Incumbent Katherine Hobbs faces a stiff challenge from former Hintonburg Community Association president Jeff Leiper, with Bayswater community activist Michelle Reimer as a dark horse.
Rideau-Vanier (ward profile)
Mathieu Fleury squeaked past veteran Georges Bédard last time and has been hampered by his inability to deal with his ward’s biggest builder lately: Claridge, where his estranged father works. He’s up against former Lowertown Community Association president Marc Aubin and communications consultant Catherine Fortin LeFaivre.
Rideau-Rockcliffe (ward profile)
Veteran Peter Clark, elected with not even 25 per cent of the vote last time, has run a sleepy campaign against hard-charging public servant Tobi Nussbaum and a raft of other challengers.
Kanata North (ward profile)
Marianne Wilkinson, a former Kanata mayor and longtime politician, is defending her seat against two practised challengers: teacher and ex-community association president Matt Muirhead, and entrepreneur Jeff Seeton.
Bay (ward profile)
Incumbent Mark Taylor beat then-councillor Alex Cullen handily in 2010, but Cullen – a longtime councillor, MPP and school-board trustee who’s been working on Parliament Hill for the NDP – is back for a rematch.
Wide-open wards
Some high-profile retirements have put more council seats than usual up for grabs.
Somerset (ward profile)
The departure of Diane Holmes put the downtown core in the game and attracted multiple strong candidates, including City Hall insider (and Holmes’s designated heir) Catherine McKenney, community-health-centre executive Jeff Morrison, eco-activist Martin Canning, and ex-Centretown Community Association president Thomas McVeigh.
Innes (ward profile)
Rainer Bloess has represented this ward since amalgamation but he’s retiring to go kayaking while he’s still up to it. High-profile candidates for this seat include war veteran Jody Mitic, and City Hall communications staffer and former community-association president Laura Dudas.
River (ward profile)
The retirement of Maria McRae, who’s represented this ward straddling the Rideau River since 2003, has drawn in former school trustee Riley Brockington, ex-Larry O’Brien staffer Mike Patton and public administrator Vanessa Sutton, among others.
Alta Vista (ward profile)
Peter Hume has been a leading local politician since the 1990s, most recently chairing city council’s planning committee. He’s defeated all comers in past elections but he’s calling it quits, designating Jean Cloutier his successor. But Cloutier’s up against several other candidates, including Clinton Cowan, who placed second to Hume in 2010.
Osgoode (ward profile)
Doug Thompson has been synonymous with this rural-south Ottawa ward since amalgamation but he’s not running again. He’s endorsed George Darouze to succeed him but the field is very crowded and anything could happen.
Gloucester-South Nepean (ward profile)
Steve Desroches is living up to his promise to quit after two terms. The leading candidates to fill his seat are his former assistant, Michael Qaqish, Ottawa Sun City Hall columnist Susan Sherring, community-association president Scott Hodge and community volunteer Jason Kelly.
dreevely@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/davidreevely
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