1982 Ottawa municipal election

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

[edit]

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

## Ottawa City Council

[edit]

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

## Ottawa Board of Education Trustees

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

* Ottawa Citizen, November 9, 1982

* v
* t
* e

Municipal elections in Ottawa

Bytown|

* 1847
* 1848
* 1849
* 1850
* 1851
* 1852
* 1853
* 1854

Ottawa|

* 1855
* 1856
* 1857
* 1858
* 1859
* 1860
* 1861
* 1862
* 1863
* 1864
* 1865
* 1866
* 1867
* 1868
* 1869
* 1870
* 1872
* 1872
* 1873
* 1874
* 1875
* 1876
* 1877
* 1878
* 1879
* 1880
* 1881
* 1882
* 1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889
* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924 (Jan.)
* 1924 (Dec.)
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1942
* 1944
* 1946
* 1948
* 1950
* 1952
* 1954
* 1956
* 1958
* 1960
* 1962
* 1964
* 1966
* 1969
* 1972
* 1974
* 1976
* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1985
* 1988
* 1991
* 1994
* 1997
* 2000
* 2003
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Regional Municipality
of Ottawa-Carleton|

* 1978
* 1980
* 1982
* 1985
* 1988
* 1991
* 1994
* 1997

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template