Capital Ward

Capital Ward or Ward 17 (French: Quartier Capitale) is a city ward located in the centre of Ottawa, Ontario. Situated just south of downtown Ottawa, the ward includes the communities of Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, Heron Park, Carleton University, and Riverside

Capital
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°24′N 75°41′W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
City	Ottawa
Government
• Councillor	Shawn Menard
Area
• Total	10.0 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Population  (2016)Canada 2016 Census[1]
• Total	34,210
• Density	3,400/km2 (8,900/sq mi)
Languages (2016)
• English	70.7%
• French	10.9%
• Mandarin	3.6%
• Arabic	2.7%
• Spanish	1.3%
• German	1.1%
• Italian	1.1%
Avg. income	$51,601

Out of all the wards currently in existence, Capital ward has existed the longest. It was originally created in 1909 from parts of Wellington Ward and Central Ward when the Glebe was settled. The original capital ward consisted solely of the Glebe. It eventually annexed Old Ottawa South before assuming its current borders.

Its first aldermen were John Carnochan and J. W. Nelson.^[2]

Councillors

Council	Aldermen
1910	John Carnochan	J. W. Nelson
1911
1912	Arthur W. Ault
1913		John Carnochan
1914	W. N. Graham
1915	James Muir
1916		Thomas R. Browne
1917	Frank H. Plant
1918		Arthur R. Ford
1919	William Y. Denison
1920
1921	Herbert H. McElroy	J. J. Slattery
1922		T. H. Brewer
1923
1924	Harold D. McCormick	McGregor Easson
1925
1926
1927	James Warren York
1928
1929		George Pushman
1930		Edward Band
1931	Harold D. Marshall
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939	C. E. Pickering
1940
1941–42	Joseph McCulloch
1943–44
1945–46
1947–48
1949–50	Noel Ogilvie
1951–52		Parlane Christie
1953–54		George Sloan
1955–56		James A. Donaldson
1957–58		George Sloan
1959–60	Don Armstrong
1961–62		Claude Bennett
1963–64
1965–66
1967–69	Charlotte Whitton
1970–72		Gary Guzzo
1973–74	Don Lockhart
1975–76
1977–78	Joe Cassey
1978–80	Michele Mackinnon
1980–82	Howard Smith
1982–85
1985–88	Rob Quinn
1988–91	Lynn Smyth
1991–94	Jim Watson
Council	City Councillor	Regional Councillor
1994–97	Jim Watson	Brian McGarry
1997–00	Inez Berg	Clive Doucet
Council	City Councillor
2001–03	Clive Doucet
2003–06
2006–10
2010–14	David Chernushenko
2014–18
2018–22	Shawn Menard

Election results

1974 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Don Lockhart	2,039	28.51
Thom Bennett	1,389	19.42
Lionel Britton	1,306	18.26
Bill Kincaid	1,030	14.40
Wendell Atchison	785	10.98
Jim Wright	387	5.41
Leo Morency	216	3.02

1976 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Joe Cassey	3,441	47.23
Don Lockhart	1,885	25.87
Thom Bennett	1,812	24.87
Leo Morency	148	2.03

1978 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Michelle Mackinnon	3,826	46.08
Thom Bennett	2,411	29.04
Dave Hagerman	1,624	19.56
Doug Coupar	329	3.96
Michael John Houlton	113	1.36

1980 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Howard Smith	3,358	57.03
Dave Haggerman	1,746	29.65
Vince Capogreco	784	13.32

1982 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Howard Smith	3,150	43.33
Dave Hagerman	2,795	38.35
David Brasset	1,343	18.43

1985 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Rob Quinn	2,612	37.93
David Hagerman	1,880	27.39
Howard Smith	1,603	23.28
Susan Pond	791	11.49

1988 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Lynn Smyth	3,370	56.16
Rob Quinn	2,631	43.84

1991 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Jim Watson	4,123	58.40
Lynn Smyth	1,817	25.74
Michael Lynch	638	9.04
Frank De Jong	482	6.83

1994

1994 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections

Regional council
Candidate	Votes	%
Brian McGarry	5,027	50.49
Nancy Mitchell	4,660	46.81
Beatrice Costisella	269	2.70

1994 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Jim Watson	8,851	89.18
Jim Carson	1,074	10.82

1997

1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections

Regional council
Candidate	Votes	%
Clive Doucet	2,987	36.80
Jim Kennelly	2,054	25.30
Robin Quinn	1,573	19.38
Ed Barter	1,002	12.34
David McNicoll	501	6.17

1997 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Inez Berg	3,843	46.85
Colin McSweeney	1,660	20.24
Domenic Santaguida	1,136	13.85
Craig Watson	521	6.35
Chris Jalkotzy	511	6.23
Tim Porter	336	4.10
Jaine Marulanda	196	2.39

2000 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Clive Doucet	6,486	69.51
Jim Bickford	2,845	30.49

2003 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Clive Doucet	5,785	80.06
C.R.L. Erickson	1,024	14.17
Mike Salmon	417	5.77

2006 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
Clive Doucet	6,495	48.14
Jay Nordenstrom	4,602	34.11
Ian Boyd	1,963	14.55
Sean Curran	433	3.21

2010 Ottawa municipal election

Former Green Party deputy leader defeated Liberal Party staffer Isabel Metcalfe and activist Bob Brocklebank. Chernushenko won in the Glebe, Old Ottawa South and Old Ottawa East, Metcalfe won the Riverside apartments and Heron Park while Brocklebank won Carleton University.

City council
Candidate	Votes	%
David Chernushenko	5,335	41.34
Isabel Metcalfe	2,515	19.49
Bob Brocklebank	2,207	17.10
Domenic Santaguida	1,475	11.43
Eugene Haslam	1,084	8.40
Ron Le Blanc	243	1.88
Mano Hadavand	46	0.36

2014 Ottawa municipal election

City council
Candidate		Vote	%
	David Chernushenko	7,206	77.35
	Scott Blurton	1,788	19.19
	Espoir Manirambona	322	3.46

Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate		Vote	%
	Jim Watson	7,743	84.14
	Mike Maguire	998	10.85
	Anwar Syed	142	1.54
	Rebecca Pyrah	140	1.52
	Bernard Couchman	53	0.58
	Darren W. Wood	49	0.53
	Michael St. Arnaud	41	0.45
	Robert White	36	0.39

2018 Ottawa municipal election

City council[3]		Vote	%
	Shawn Menard	3,575	28.12
	Christine McAllister	3,198	25.15
	David Chernushenko	2,970	23.36
	Anthony Carricato	2,451	19.28
	Jide Afolabi	520	4.09

2022 Ottawa municipal election

City council		Vote	%
	Shawn Menard	11,358	78.81
	Rebecca Bromwich	1,986	13.78
	Daniel Rogers	1,068	7.41