River Ward or Ward 16 (French: Quartier Rivière) is a municipal ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. It is located in the south central portion of the city, and includes the communities of Carlington, Central Park, Carleton Heights, Mooney's Bay, Riverside Park, and Hunt Club/Uplands. The ward spans both sides of the Rideau River between Carling Avenue and Hunt Club Road.
Prior to amalgamation, this area was part of Mooney's Bay Ward (Ward 8), which existed from 1994 to 2000. Before this, the ward was called Riverside Ward which was created in 1980 from parts of Elmdale-Victoria Ward and Gloucester Ward.
City councillors Jim Durrell (1981-1985) George Brown (1986-1994) Karin Howard (1995-1999) Jim Bickford (1999-2000) Wendy Stewart (2001-2003) Maria McRae (2003-2014) Riley Brockington (2014–present)
Election results 1980 Riverside WardCandidateVotes%Jim Durrell 3,503 48.50Gordon Lennox 1,877 25.99Natalie MacPhee 1,075 14.89Sig Schmidt 767 10.62
1982 Riverside WardCandidateVotes%Jim Durrell 6,856 87.53Gregory Minion 977 12.47
1985 Riverside WardCandidateVotes%George Brown 3,746 44.45Fidel Palumbo 2,206 26.17Marc Wallace 1,336 15.85Tom Quinn 1,140 13.53
1988 Riverside WardCandidateVotes%George Brown 4,531 85.30Norman Van Cleaf 781 14.70
1991 Riverside WardCandidateVotes%George Brown 4,140 67.88John Ross 1,959 32.12
1994 Regional Council: Ward 16CandidateVotes%Wendy Stewart 7,315 72.34Val Parkinson 2,797 27.66
City Council: Ward 8CandidateVotes%Karin Howard 3,645 35.02Pat Murphy 3,024 29.06Fred Bowie 1,468 14.11Don Tudin 1,085 10.43Riley Brockington 535 5.14Alan Murphy 390 3.75Coreen Fast 260 2.50
1997 Regional Council: River WardCandidateVotes%Wendy Stewart 6,85586.25Daryl Martin 1,093 13.75
City Council: Mooney's Bay WardCandidateVotes%Karin Howard 5,005 62.00Kathy Ablett 3,068 38.00
1999 by-election A by-election was held on April 6, 1999 to replace Karin Howard who resigned her seat. Results:Ottawa Citizen, April 7, 1999, pg C6, "Bickford cruises to victory in Mooney's Bay vote"
City Council: Mooney's Bay WardCandidateVotes%Jim Bickford 3,314 59.26Frances Tanner 1,578 28.22Wayne Kennedy 305 5.45Scott Paterson 248 4.43Dave Allston 147 2.63
2000 City councilCandidateVotes%Wendy Stewart 7,091 79.95Dave Hagerman1,77820.05
2003
City councilCandidateVotes%Maria McRae5,60063.11Todd Mattila-Hartman1,65418.64Richard Smith1,61918.25
2006
City councilCandidateVotes%Maria McRae9,27865.51Blake Batson 4,88534.49
2010
City councilCandidateVotes%Maria McRae 7,496 59.55Ian Boyd 1,908 15.16Nadia Willard 1,704 13.54Michael Kostiuk 1,480 11.76
2014 City council Candidate Vote % Riley Brockington 3,997 36.38 Vanessa Nicki Sutton 1,897 17.27 Mike Patton 1,427 12.99 Barbara Carroll 1,270 11.56 Antonio Giannetti 1,032 9.39 Michael Kostiuk 614 5.59 Jeff Koscik 239 2.18 Don Francis 227 2.07 Colin Pennie 171 1.56 Bruce Winchester 112 1.02
Ottawa mayor (Ward results) Candidate Vote % Jim Watson 8,501 77.76 Mike Maguire 1,852 16.94 Anwar Syed 187 1.71 Rebecca Pyrah 116 1.06 Robert White 85 0.78 Darren W. Wood 68 0.62 Bernard Couchman 65 0.59 Michael St. Arnaud 58 0.53
2018 City council Candidate Vote % Riley Brockington 6,122 54.50 Fabien Kalala Cimankinda 2,445 21.76 Kerri Keith 1,783 15.87 Hassib Reda 884 7.87
2022 City council Candidate Vote % Riley Brockington 9,595 73.08 Ethan Sabourin 2,396 18.25 Alex Dugal 1,139 8.67
2026 City council Candidate Vote % Riley Brockington Acclaimed
References
External links Map of River Ward (pdf)