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1985 Ottawa mayoral election
Results by ward
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.
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.[ 1]
Candidate
Votes
%
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
Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election Alta Vista Ward Billings Ward Britannia Ward By-Rideau Ward Capital Ward Canterbury Ward Carleton Ward Dalhousie Ward Elmdale Ward Overbrook-Forbes Ward Queensboro Ward Richmond Ward Riverside Ward St. George's Ward Wellington Ward .
Alta Vista Ward
Candidate
Votes
%
Darrel Kent 2,927
36.57
Dylan McGuinty
2,725
34.05
Angie Herzog
1,831
22.87
Phil Massad
353
4.41
Rebecca Liff
169
2.11
Britannia Ward
Candidate
Votes
%
Ruth Wildgen 1,310
24.45
Jim Jones 1,263
23.57
Greg Ross
1,083
20.21
Sandra Presley
972
18.14
Bud Downing
350
6.53
Kurt Orlik
204
3.81
Donald Holmes
176
3.28
Elmdale Ward
Candidate
Votes
%
Jamie Fisher 1,780
35.32
Penina Coopersmith
1,375
27.28
Steve Grattan
1,063
21.09
Ed Barter
822
16.31
Riverside Ward
Candidate
Votes
%
George Brown 3,746
44.45
Fidel Palumbo
2,206
26.17
Marc Wallace
1,336
15.85
Tom Quinn
1,140
13.53
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 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. 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
^ Official results, City of Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch
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