1991 Ottawa municipal election

Election in Ontario, Canada September 2023 1991 Ottawa mayoral election Flag of Ottawa, Ontario (1987–2000).png presidential no 1988 Ottawa municipal election 1988 1994 Ottawa municipal election 1994 November 12, 1991 Jacquelin Holzman 38,725 39.61% 0000ff 00ff00 Nancy Smith 35,525 36.34% ff0000 Marc Laviolette 21,101 21.58% 1991_Ottawa_mayoral_election.png Results by ward Mayor Marc Laviolette Jacquelin Holzman The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1991. Right wing Britannia Ward councillor Jacquelin Holzman defeated left wing St. George's councillor Nancy Smith and mayor Marc Laviolette. Holzman defeated Smith by just 3,022 votes. She ran on a platform to "keep a lid on city taxes".Ottawa Citizen, Nov 13, 1991, pg A1, "It's Mayor Holzman" Despite the eventual closeness of the result, and the polarization of the candidates, pundits lamented that the electorate was not interested in the election, as the candidates had not inspired the voters who were more concerned with "national issues like the constitution and the economy".Race stuck in neutral November 9, 1991 1 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/127914867/ June 24, 2023 After the election, Liberal MP Mac Harb (who supported Holzman) admitted to "quietly encourag[ing]" Laviolette to enter the race to split the vote, because he "couldn't stomach (the thought of) Smith's left wing social agenda" winning.Split vote kept left wing from winning, Harb boasts November 30, 1991 1 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/127038045/ June 24, 2023 Mayor CandidateVotes% Jacquelin Holzman 38,725 39.61Nancy Smith 35,525 36.34Marc Laviolette (X) 21,101 21.58Michael Bartholomew 2,417 2.47 Results by ward Holzman's victory was propelled by winning the city's suburban wards, with her best ward being Richmond, which she had represented on council. Smith won the city's four urban wards, doing her best in St. George's, which she had represented on council. Laviolette won the city's two Francophone-influenced eastern wards.Election 1991; Mayor; Summary (Available, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, Ottawa Room) WardBartholomewHolzmanLavioletteSmith By-Rideau (1) 145 1,558 3,731 2,763 St. George's (2) 102 1,367 1,036 3,401 Overbrook-Forbes (3) 156 1,076 2,736 1,425 Wellington (4) 109 1,292 758 2,431 Capital (5) 268 2,235 611 3,934 Dalhousie (6) 235 1,810 1,201 2,329 Elmdale (7) 143 2,906 1,339 2,835 Carlington-Westboro (Queensboro) (8) 180 2,519 1,276 2,159 Richmond (9) 119 5,469 787 2,433 Britannia (10) 175 2,411 1,023 2,054 Carleton (11) 170 3,574 910 1,836 Canterbury (12) 175 2,894 2,022 1,973 Alta Vista (13) 181 3,860 1,664 2,835 Billings (14) 112 2,432 1,002 1,136 River (15) 147 3,322 1,005 1,981 City council 300px|thumb|Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election 1. By-Rideau Ward 2. St. George's Ward 3. Overbrook-Forbes Ward 4. Wellington Ward 5. Capital Ward 6. Dalhousie Ward 7. Elmdale Ward 8. Carlington-Westboro Ward 9. Richmond Ward 10. Britannia Ward 11. Carleton Ward 12. Canterbury Ward 13. Alta Vista Ward 14. Billings Ward 15. Riverside Ward. Alta Vista WardCandidateVotes%Peter Hume 4,660 55.80Stephen Amesse 2,827 33.85Rebecca Liff 865 10.36 Billings WardCandidateVotes%Joan O'Neill (X) Acclaimed Britannia WardCandidateVotes%Jill Brown 1,859 33.13Gregory Ross 1,558 27.77Geoffrey Sharpe 831 14.81Jim Jones (X) 665 11.85Clarence S. Dungey 273 4.87Randy McCooeye 214 3.81 Andy Sammon 211 3.76 By-Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Richard Cannings 3,657 45.41 Pierre Bourque (X) 2,461 30.56Maurice Pagé 1,717 21.32Richard Beaudry 218 2.71 Capital WardCandidateVotes%Jim Watson 4,123 58.40Lynn Smyth (X) 1,817 25.74Michael Lynch 638 9.04Frank De Jong 482 6.83 Canterbury WardCandidateVotes%Jack MacKinnon 1,530 22.37Ed Concordia 1,435 20.98Mireille Landry-Kennedy 1,132 16.55Ernie Lauzon 1,041 15.22Douglas Sears 943 13.78Carl Langroix 340 4.97Elaine Lindsay 288 4.21Garry J. Fischer 132 1.93 Carleton WardCandidateVotes%Tim Kehoe (X) 3,442 54.93Jim Bonner 2,824 45.07 Carlington-Westboro WardCandidateVotes%Mark Maloney (X) 5,011 81.85Lynda Flowers 1,111 18.15 Dalhousie WardCandidateVotes%Peter Harris 2,807 48.89Elisabeth Arnold 2,602 45.32Andy Haydon, Jr. 333 5.80 Elmdale WardCandidateVotes%Joan Wong 3,383 47.60Jamie Fisher (X) 3,194 44.94Steve Rimek 530 7.46 Overbrook-Forbes WardCandidateVotes%Jacques Legendre 1,945 36.56George Kelly (X) 1,758 33.05Eve Elliott 918 17.26Michael Green 699 13.14 Richmond WardCandidateVotes%Alex Cullen 3,268 37.91Ron Kolbus 2,922 33.90Daniel Stringer 2,430 28.19 Riverside WardCandidateVotes%George Brown (X) 4,140 67.88John Ross 1,959 32.12 St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Nancy Mitchell 2,499 42.86Gordon Brownlee 938 16.09Ed Barter 921 15.79Geoff Nimmo 780 13.38Maurice Dumoulin 543 9.31Paul Kerston 114 1.96George Ibrahim 36 0.62 Wellington WardCandidateVotes%Diane Holmes (X) 3,579 78.09Keith Shirreffs 709 15.47M. Ross Taylor 295 6.44 Ottawa Board of Education Trustees Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes) 3 to be elected (98% of polls reporting) Vote % Jane Dobell (X) 5,175 Cynthia Bled (X) 4,294 Harriet Lang (X) 3,927 Debbie Morey 2,546 Donna Silver 2,047 Jeannine Denis-Ladouceur 1,733 Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington) 2 to be elected Vote % Anne Scotton (X) 5,928 44.33 Brian McGarry (X) 5,737 42.90 Rick Alexanderson 1,708 12.77 Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale) 4 to be elected (98% of polls reporting) Vote % Marian Lothian (X) 6,720 Mary Lou Fleming (X) 5,891 Elda M. Allen (X) 5,843 Ted Best (X) 3,806 Walter Robinson 3,644 William J. Taylor 3,253 Bill Pugsley 3,253 John Dodson 2,402 Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond) 2 to be elected (95% of polls reporting) Vote % Margaret Lange (X) 4,977 Bill Gowling (X) 3,376 Sandra Bertrand 2,976 Sandra R. Goldstein 2,351 Irma Cohen 1,752 Christopher Assad 688 Ed Halla 408 Zone 5 (Carleton, Carlington-Westboro) 3 to be elected Vote % Brian Mackey (X) 5,235 27.15 Kathy Yach (X) 4,161 21.58 Linda Hunter (X) 4,018 20.83 Shawn Marmer 3,126 16.21 John M. Wright 2,742 14.22 Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury) 4 to be elected (99% of polls reporting) Vote % Margaret Woodley 6,607 John Sutherland (X) 6,216 Marjorie Loughrey (X) 6,210 Russ Jackson (X) 6,115 Sue Mack 5,047 Roy Bushfield (X) 4,453 Wayne Mannion 1,271 Henry Assad 1,111 References Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 1991 Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa municipal election Municipal election, 1991 Ottawa municipal election