1982 Ottawa mayoral election
The city of Ottawa , Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.
Mayor Marion Dewar was re-elected, defeating conservative alderman Darrel Kent.
Official results [ 1]
Dewar was re-elected, thanks to support from the city's urban wards, plus her home region in the suburban west and the Francophone east end of the city. She won 10 of the city's 15 wards, with her strongest support in the city's core, where she won over 60% of the vote in three wards: St. George's (63.7%), Wellington (63.2%) and Capital (61.6%). Kent was the strongest in the city's suburban south end, doing his best in his home ward of Canterbury, where he won 59% of the vote.
Candidate
Votes
%
Marion Dewar (X)
57,168
52.02
Darrel Kent
48,461
44.10
T. Joseph McCarthy
2,060
1.87
Marc Gauvin
1,725
1.57
Arnold Guetta
487
0.44
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 .
Six to be elected in each zone
Eastern Zone (529/530 polls)
Vote
Jane Dobell (X)
17,501
Russ Jackson
13,053
Ted Best (X)
12,781
Roy Bushfield
12,423
Don Francis
11,942
John Smart
10,587
Marjorie Loughrey (X)
9,701
John Samuel
8,872
David Armstrong
9,027
Michael McKenna (X)
8,540
Ken Ellis
6,069
Anne Dupuis
6,156
Anne-Marie Kolinski-Corneau
5,230
Allan Simpson
4,483
David Delisle
3,953
George Denison
3,709
Colin Simpson
2,997
Barry Lemoine
2,344
William Voller
2,283
Western Zone
Vote
Bill Law (X)
13,733
Robert Beatty (X)
12,769
Sandra Goldstein (X)
10,903
Bill Gowling
10,817
Kathy Yach
9,058
Alexander Cullen
8,595
Wayne Wilson (X)
7,527
John Jackson (X)
7,310
John Wright (X)
7,262
Abby Pollonetsky
7,221
Marion Lothian
6,377
Robert Grace
6,366
Harry Albright
5,381
Stephen Delaney
5,306
Barbara Mollon
4,455
Calvin Kempffer
3,041
Dale Alkerton
2,373
4 to be elected
Separate school supporters: Ottawa (937/938 polls)
Vote
Jacques Beauchamp (X)
18,925
Robert Belanger (X)
17,877
Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X)
16,585
Lucien Bradet (X)
15,755
Thomas Kent
15,442
Edouard Gagnon
10,905
Ken Bruton
8,152
1 to be elected
Separate school supporters: Vanier
Vote
%
Claudette Boyer
3,378
56.21
Alain Gougeon
2,632
43.79
^ 1982 Ottawa election results, Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch
Bytown Ottawa Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton