1985 Ottawa municipal election

Election in Ontario, Canada September 2023 1985 Ottawa mayoral election File:Flag of Ottawa (1902–1987).svg presidential no 1982 Ottawa municipal election 1982 1988 Ottawa municipal election 1988 November 12, 1985 Jim Durrell 56,988 59.95% ff0000 00ff00 Marlene Catterall 35,711 37.57% File:1985_Ottawa_mayoral_election_results_by_ward.png Results by ward Mayor Marion Dewar Jim Durrell The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1985. Riverside Ward alderman Jim Durrell defeated Britannia Ward alderman Marlene Catterall to become the new mayor of Ottawa. Mayor Durrell swept 12 of the city's 15 wards en route to victory, doing particularly well in the city's suburbs. His best ward was Riversdie, which he represented on council, where he won 72% of the vote. Catterall won the remaining three wards, all in the inner-city. Her strongest ward was Wellington, the only one where she won a majority of the vote. There, she won 52% of the vote. Catterall was not even able to win her home ward of Britannia, which she lost by 108 votes.Official results, City of Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch CandidateVotes% Jim Durrell 56,988 59.95 Marlene Catterall 35,711 37.57 R. Allan Jones 942 0.99 Walter J. McPhee 886 0.93 Nabil Fawzry 529 0.56 City council 300px|thumb|Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election 1. Alta Vista Ward 2. Billings Ward 3. Britannia Ward 4. By-Rideau Ward 5. Capital Ward 6. Canterbury Ward 7. Carleton Ward 8. Dalhousie Ward 9. Elmdale Ward 10. Overbrook-Forbes Ward 11. Queensboro Ward 12. Richmond Ward 13. Riverside Ward 14. St. George's Ward 15. Wellington Ward . Alta Vista WardCandidateVotes%Darrel Kent 2,927 36.57Dylan McGuinty 2,725 34.05Angie Herzog 1,831 22.87Phil Massad 353 4.41Rebecca Liff 169 2.11 Billings WardCandidateVotes%Joan O'Neill 3,202 59.86Bill Zlepnig 1,776 33.20John Kroeker 371 6.94 Britannia WardCandidateVotes%Ruth Wildgen 1,310 24.45Jim Jones 1,263 23.57Greg Ross 1,083 20.21Sandra Presley 972 18.14Bud Downing 350 6.53Kurt Orlik 204 3.81Donald Holmes 176 3.28 By-Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Marc Laviolette (X) 4,343 72.61Wayne MacKinnon 1,638 27.39 Capital WardCandidateVotes%Rob Quinn 2,612 37.93David Hagerman 1,880 27.30Howard Smith (X) 1,603 23.28Susan Pond 791 11.49 Canterbury WardCandidateVotes%Michael McSweeney (X) 5,197 73.46Ernest Lauzon 1,878 26.54 Carleton WardCandidateVotes%Bob Morrison (X) 2,377 36.81Tim Kehoe 2,288 35.43Barbara Lejeunesse 1,792 27.75 Queensboro WardCandidateVotes%Mark Maloney 2,902 41.22Gordon MacMichael 1,846 26.22Mary Hegan 1,731 24.58Phil MacNeill 562 7.98 Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Mac Harb 1,780 36.17Denis LeBlanc 1,725 35.05Michael Janigan 1,416 28.77 Elmdale WardCandidateVotes%Jamie Fisher 1,780 35.32Penina Coopersmith 1,375 27.28Steve Grattan 1,063 21.09Ed Barter 822 16.31 Overbrook-Forbes WardCandidateVotes%George Kelly 2,391 48.12Claudette Cyr-Smith 1,636 32.92Gillian Sloan 942 18.96 Richmond WardCandidateVotes%Jacquelin Holzman (X) Acclaimed Riverside WardCandidateVotes%George Brown 3,746 44.45Fidel Palumbo 2,206 26.17Marc Wallace 1,336 15.85Tom Quinn 1,140 13.53 St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Nancy Smith (X) 2,997 51.43Rheal Leroux 2,699 46.32Serge Girard 131 2.25 Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Diane Holmes (X) 2,902 69.98Terry McLaughlin 1,245 30.02 Ottawa Board of Education Trustees Two to be elected in each zone Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes) Vote % Jane Dobell 6,685 Harriet Lang 3,934 Gary Hough 3,340 Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington) Vote % John Smart (X) 3,513 Brian McGarry 3,030 D. Paterson 2.989 Don Francis (X) 2,253 Gord Hauser 1,337 James Bowie-Reed 712 Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale) Vote % Marian Lothian 4,523 Ted Best (X) 4,360 Sandra Goldstein (X) 2,850 Julia Brady 2,524 Terry Kilrea 1,710 Bente Addison 1,683 Harry Albright 1,104 Barry Lemoine 648 Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond) Vote % Bill Gowling (X) 4,273 Robert Beatty (X) 3,377 Wayne Wilson 2,512 Margo Deriger 2,191 E. C. Stoddon 1,103 Dale Alkerton 1,111 John Teller 818 Larry Arpaia 713 Zone 5 (Carleton, Queensboro) Vote % Alex Cullen (X) 3,222 Kathy Yach 3,067 Brian Mackay 2,968 Beth Little 2,299 C. J. Kempffer 1,018 Kevin Kinsella 875 Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury) Vote % Marjorie Loughrey 5,652 Russ Jackson (X) 5,296 Roy Bushfield (X) 5,085 Arthur Dufays 2,324 Brian Elliott 1,599 Leonard Haggstrom 519 Four to be elected Separate school: Ottawa Vote % Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X) 16,346 Robert Belanger (X) 16,278 Jacques Beauchamp (X) 15,822 Frank Dalton 13,302 Lucien Bradet (X) 12,560 Patrick Holt 10,188 One to be elected Separate school: Vanier Vote % Claudette Boyer 2,653 54.55 Denise Matte 2,210 45.45 References Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 1985 Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Ottawa municipal election Municipal election, 1985 Ottawa municipal election