1978 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections

September 2023 1978 Ottawa-Carleton Regional chair election Canada File:Flag_of_the_Regional_Municipality_of_Ottawa-Carleton.svg presidential no 1976 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections 1976 1980 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections 1980 Nov. 13, 1978 (popular vote) Dec. 13, 1978 (chair vote) Andy Haydon 073ED1 Council vote 17 13 Bill Tupper 800080 340px Council vote for chair File:1978 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Chair vote.png Chair Denis Coolican Andy Haydon Municipal elections were held on November 13, 1978 in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC), Ontario, Canada. This page lists the election results for local mayors, reeves, councils and hydro commissions of the RMOC in 1978. Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton Nepean mayor Andy Haydon was elected as Regional Chair, defeating Rideau Township reeve Bill Tupper, 17–13 among elected regional councillors.Haydon region's new boss December 14, 1978 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/158139546/ October 30, 2024 Regional Council The following were elected to regional council either directly on election day or by the local councils afterwards.Haydon to push for city grants December 14, 1978 Ottawa Journal https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal/158139707/ October 30, 2024 Position Representing Councillor Chair vote Chair At-large Andy Haydon — Councillor Reeve of Cumberland Henri Rocque Haydon Councillor Reeve of Gloucester Betty Stewart Haydon Councillor Deputy reeve of Gloucester Fred Barrett Haydon Councillor Mayor of Goulbourn Betty Hill Haydon Councillor Mayor of Kanata Marianne Wilkinson Haydon Councillor Mayor of Nepean Ben Franklin Haydon Councillor Deputy mayor of Nepean Al Loney Haydon Councillor Nepean, Councillor Margaret Rywak Tupper Councillor Mayor of Osgoode Al Bouwers Tupper Councillor Mayor of Ottawa Marion Dewar Tupper Councillor Ottawa Controller Brian Bourns Tupper Councillor Ottawa Controller Bill Law Haydon Councillor Ottawa Controller Don B. Reid Haydon Councillor Ottawa Controller Ralph Sutherland Tupper Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Alta Vista) Don Kay Haydon Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Britannia) Marlene Catterall Tupper Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (By-St. George's) Georges Bedard Tupper Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Capital) Michele MacKinnon Tupper Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Carleton) Toddy Kehoe Haydon Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Dalhousie) Rolf Hasenack Tupper Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Elmdale-Victoria) Chris Chilton Tupper Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Gloucester) Joe Quinn Haydon Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Queensboro) Trip Kennedy Tupper Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Rideau) Rhéal Robert Haydon Councillor Ottawa, Alderman (Wellington) Joe Cassey Haydon Councillor Mayor of Rideau Dave Bartlett Tupper Councillor Reeve of Rockcliffe Park Beryl Plumptre Tupper Councillor Mayor of Vanier Bernard Grandmaître Haydon Councillor Vanier, Councillor (chosen from council) Marcel Chaput Haydon Councillor Reeve of West Carleton Frank Marchington Haydon Cumberland Reeve CandidateOttawa-Carleton area township vote results November 14, 1978 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66088325/the-ottawa-citizen/ December 26, 2020 Vote % Henri Rocque Acclaimed Council Four to be elected Candidate Vote %Don Boudria 2,654 25.79Frank Kenny 1,787 17.36Paul MacDonnell 1,648 16.01Ray Friel 1,486 14.44Patricia Wright 1,444 14.03Ray Danis 1,272 12.36 Gloucester Reeve Candidate Vote %Betty Stewart 6,045 51.50Mitch Owens 5,694 48.50 Deputy reeve Candidate Vote %Fred G. Barrett 7,789 66.82Doris Schackleton 3,868 33.18 Council (Five to be elected) Candidate Vote %Harry Allen 6,831 14.17Eugène Bellemare (X) 6,061 12.57William Hunter 4.868 10.10 Mary A. Bryden 4,615 9.57Harold G. Keenan 4,096 8.50 Jim Arnold 3,798 7.88 Vincent Barsona 3,570 7.41Andre Ladouceur 3,337 6.92Andre Sarault 3,005 6.23David Duncan 2,852 5.92Charles Dolan 1,989 4.13Leona Davignon 1,858 3.85Neil Lewer 1,31 2.74 Hydro commission (Two to be elected) Candidate Vote % Robert Basallion Acclaimed A. J. Bowker Acclaimed Goulbourn Mayor Candidate Vote %Betty Hill (X) 2,486 60.11Fred H. A. Campbell 1,650 39.89 Council Candidate Vote % Ward 1Gilmour Brown 538 69.33 M. J. Fergus 126 16.24 McGill Aboud 112 14.43 Ward 2Bob Fredericks 351 35.93 Roger Griffiths (X) 288 29.48Jim Whiteside 217 22.21Bud Haw 121 12.38 Ward 3J. Don Green 703 57.81Cy Warner (X) 513 42.19 Ward 4Anton Wytenburg 612 54.50Nancy Laws 511 45.50 Kanata Referendum This was the first municipal election in Kanata's history, which amalgamated March Township with parts of Nepean and Goulbourn. As the city had yet to be named, voters voted in a referendum to choose the new city's name. Kanata was the choice of a plurality of voters, thanks to winning the support of voters in March Township.City in disunity November 14, 1978 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50577285/the-ottawa-citizen/ December 26, 2020 Choice Vote % Kanata 3,094 39.73 Hazeldean 2,964 38.06 March 1,162 14.92 Kairnwood 568 7.29 Mayor Candidate Vote %Marianne Wilkinson 3,599 46.24Ihor Nakonecznyj 2,811 36.12Pat Carroll 1,373 17.64 Council Candidate Vote % Ward 1 (rural March) Carroll Foley Acclaimed Ward 2 (Kanata) Bob Kingham 910 65.28 Maurice Dubras 484 34.72 Ward 3 (Kanata)Bill Lund 781 54.54 Chris Robinson 651 45.46 Ward 4 (Katimavik) Doug Nash 452 42.88John Perchall 359 34.06Doug Foster 201 19.07J. Harold Moore 42 3.98 Ward 5 (Glen Cairn-Hazeldean) Charles Rogers 887 50.74Bob Cunningham 861 49.26 Ward 6 (Glen Cairn-Bridlewood) Jean Gabby 732 50.27G. R. Godin 724 49.73 Nepean Reeve CandidateNepean results November 14, 1978 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66094971/the-ottawa-citizen/ December 26, 2020 Vote %Ben Franklin 10,426 51.17 Bob Mitchell 9,950 48.83 Deputy Reeve Candidate Vote %Al Loney 10,403 52.31Bob Kimmerly 4,195 21.10 J. Kenneth Kerr 3,184 16.01Victoria Mason 2,104 10.586 Council (Five to be elected) Candidate Vote %Margaret Ellen Rywak (X) 10,626 13.03Ed Puccini (X) 9,869 12.10 Al Brown 9,419 11.55 Beryl Gaffney 8,320 10.20 Hugh McDonald 8,106 9.94 Frank Reid 7,528 9.23 Paul Charlebois 5,826 7.15 Ray Smith 5,063 6.21 Hank Van Der Horn 4,260 5.22 Terrence Bell 4,254 5.22 Reba Kingston 3,760 4.61 Harry Splett 3,492 4.28 Albert W. Jeans 1,010 1.24 Hydro commission (Four to be elected) Candidate Vote %Martin J. Montague (X) 10,784 18.20Wayne Phillips (X) 9,925 16.75Edward R. Lauer 6,794 11.47 Mervyn Sullivan (X) 6,656 11.24 Steve Shore 5,959 10.06Tom Dewar 5,946 10.04 John Wentzell 4,688 7.91Lawrence J. Craig 4,418 7.46A. Bruce Burton 4,071 6.87 Osgoode Reeve CandidateCouncil unchanged by vote results November 14, 1978 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66092663/the-ottawa-citizen/ December 26, 2020 Vote %Albert Bouwers (X) Acclaimed Council Four to be elected Candidate Vote %Mary Cooper (X) 1,500 18.90Albert McKeown (X) 1,414 17.82Fred Alexander (X) 1,322 16.66Philip McEvoy (X) 1,192 15.02 Doug Thompson 1,112 14.01Paul Coulson 852 10.74Brent Reid 544 6.85 Ottawa Ottawa municipal election, 1978 Mayor Candidate Vote %Marion Dewar 51,791 54.24Pat Nicol 32,033 33.55Bernard Pelot 8,439 8.84Alphonse Frederick Lapointe1,858 1.95Eddie Turgeon 730 0.76Ian Orenstein 597 0.63 Rideau Mayor Candidate Vote %David Bartlett 2,207 57.16Glenn Brooks 1,654 42.84 Council Two to be elected from each ward Candidate Vote % Ward 1Bill Schouten 846 38.06Don Ayres 649 29.19Jack Pratt 433 19.48Frank Ritskes 295 13.27 Ward 2 Joyce Bigley 626 29.16John B. Wilson (X) 562 26.18 Alton Good (X) 525 24.45 Ward 3Richard McDonald (X) 1,041 50.17Dorothy Bickerton 781 37.64Bruce Kent 253 12.19 Rockcliffe Park Referendum Voters were asked if they were in favour of licensed liquor premises in the village, which would make the village "wet". ChoicePlumptre new reeve in close vote count, village goes 'wet' November 14, 1978 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37391551/rockcliffe-votes-wet/ December 26, 2020 Vote %Yes 744 76.15No 233 23.85 Reeve Candidate Vote %Beryl A. Plumptre (X) 526 51.07Ronald Clark 504 48.93 Council Four to be elected Candidate Vote %Peter Newcombe (X) 770 21.28Sandy Watson 685 18.93 Patrick Murray 683 18.88John M. Coyne 623 17.22Gordon Shearly (X) 445 12.30J. Duncan Edmonds 412 11.39 Vanier Mayor CandidateVictors getting ready for 1980 mayor race, council faces familiar November 14, 1978 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66093545/the-ottawa-citizen/ December 26, 2020 Vote %Bernard Grandmaître (X) Acclaimed Council Two elected from each ward Candidate Vote % Ward 1 Paul St. George (X) 503 34.62Bunny McCann 413 28.42Marcel Champagne 327 22.51Joseph Gariepy 132 9.08Paul Tomaro 78 5.37 Ward 2 Marcel Chaput (X) 1,321 52.15Ronald Killeen (X) 891 35.18Yvette Bigras 321 12.67 Ward 3 Wilfred Champagne 710 33.22Robert Madore (X) 677 31.68 Gilles Barbary (X) 586 27.42Gerard Gagne 164 7.67 Ward 4 2 to be electedGuy Cousineau (X) AcclaimedFlorian Gauthier (X) Acclaimed West Carleton Mayor Candidate Vote %Frank Marchington 2,554 55.08Donald Munro 2,083 44.92 Council Two to be elected from each ward CandidateThird attempt lucky for Marchington November 14, 1978 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66091249/the-ottawa-citizen/ December 26, 2020 Vote % Torbolton Ward Betty Smith Bill Edwards (X) Andrew Baldwin (X) Fitzroy Ward Bert Reitsma (X) Acclaimed Eric Greene (X) Acclaimed Huntley WardIvan Baird (X) Acclaimed Gerald Belisle (X) Acclaimed References Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Category:1978 elections in Canada Category:1970s in Ottawa Category:November 1978 in Canada