1982 Ottawa municipal election

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1982 Ottawa mayoral election

← 1980 November 8, 1982 1985 →
 
Candidate Marion Dewar Darrel Kent
Popular vote 57,167 48,461
Percentage 52.02% 44.10%


Mayor before election

Marion Dewar

Elected mayor

Marion Dewar

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.

Mayor Marion Dewar was re-elected, defeating conservative alderman Darrel Kent.

Mayor

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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 .
Alta Vista Ward
Candidate Votes %
Greg MacDougall (X) 6,413 79.31
Earle MacPhail 1,673 20.69
Billings Ward
Candidate Votes %
Brian Bourns (X) 3,703 55.25
Bill Zlepnig 2,999 44.75
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marlene Catterall (X) 2,840 49.80
Paul MacKay 1,487 26.07
Terry O'Neill 1,376 24.13
By-Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marc Laviolette (X) 4,466 54.53
Pierre Labelle 3,724 45.47
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Howard Smith (X) 3,150 43.22
Dave Hagerman 2,795 38.35
David Brasset 1,343 18.43
Canterbury Ward
Candidate Votes %
Michael McSweeney 3,706 44.44
Sue Snider 3,154 37.82
Sig Schmidt 1,479 17.74
Carleton Ward
Candidate Votes %
Toddy Kehoe (X) 2,631 36.56
Bob Morrison 2,395 33.28
Barbara Lajeunesse 2,171 30.17
Queensboro Ward
Candidate Votes %
Terry Denison (X) 5,476 75.97
Gordon MacMichael 1,732 24.03
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rolf Hasenack (X) 3,285 56.66
Warren Ralph 2,513 43.34
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Graham Bird (X) 4,742 81.94
Geoffrey Sharpe 1,045 18.06
Overbrook-Forbes Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rhéal Robert (X) 4,383 58.53
Fernande Casey 2,819 37.64
Marion Cray 287 3.83
Richmond Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jacquelin Holzman 4,796 48.51
Bob Chiarelli 4,214 42.63
Rick Stewart 876 8.86
Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jim Durrell (X) 6,856 87.53
Gregory Minion 977 12.47
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Nancy Smith (X) 4,644 77.41
Sam MacLean 826 13.77
Serge Girard 529 8.82
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes 2,920 46.28
Joe Cassey (X) 2,522 39.97
Jack Bowie-Reed 867 13.74

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

References

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  1. ^ 1982 Ottawa election results, Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch

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