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
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.Ottawa City Council minutes, 1910
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 1953–54George 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 1970–72Gary 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 DoucetCouncil 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 CandidateVotes%Don Lockhart 2,039 28.51Thom Bennett 1,389 19.42Lionel Britton 1,306 18.26Bill Kincaid 1,030 14.40Wendell Atchison 785 10.98Jim Wright 387 5.41Leo Morency 216 3.02
1976 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Joe Cassey 3,441 47.23Don Lockhart 1,885 25.87Thom Bennett 1,812 24.87Leo Morency 148 2.03
1978 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Michelle Mackinnon 3,826 46.08Thom Bennett 2,411 29.04Dave Hagerman 1,624 19.56Doug Coupar 329 3.96Michael John Houlton 113 1.36
1980 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Howard Smith 3,358 57.03Dave Haggerman 1,746 29.65Vince Capogreco 784 13.32
1982 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Howard Smith 3,150 43.33Dave Hagerman 2,795 38.35David Brasset 1,343 18.43
1985 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Rob Quinn 2,612 37.93David Hagerman 1,880 27.39Howard Smith 1,603 23.28Susan Pond 791 11.49
1988 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Lynn Smyth 3,370 56.16Rob Quinn 2,631 43.84
1991 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Jim Watson 4,123 58.40Lynn Smyth 1,817 25.74Michael Lynch 638 9.04Frank De Jong 482 6.83
1994 1994 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections Regional councilCandidateVotes%Brian McGarry 5,027 50.49Nancy Mitchell 4,660 46.81Beatrice Costisella 269 2.70
1994 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Jim Watson 8,851 89.18Jim Carson 1,074 10.82
1997 1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections Regional councilCandidateVotes%Clive Doucet 2,987 36.80Jim Kennelly 2,054 25.30 Robin Quinn 1,573 19.38Ed Barter 1,002 12.34David McNicoll 501 6.17
1997 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Inez Berg 3,843 46.85Colin McSweeney 1,660 20.24Domenic Santaguida 1,136 13.85Craig Watson 521 6.35Chris Jalkotzy 511 6.23Tim Porter 336 4.10Jaine Marulanda 196 2.39
2000 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Clive Doucet 6,48669.51Jim Bickford2,84530.49
2003 Ottawa municipal election City councilCandidateVotes%Clive Doucet5,78580.06C.R.L. Erickson1,02414.17Mike Salmon4175.77
2006 Ottawa municipal election
City councilCandidateVotes% Clive Doucet6,49548.14Jay Nordenstrom 4,60234.11 Ian Boyd1,96314.55Sean Curran4333.21
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 councilCandidateVotes%David Chernushenko 5,335 41.34Isabel Metcalfe 2,515 19.49Bob Brocklebank 2,207 17.10Domenic Santaguida 1,475 11.43Eugene Haslam 1,084 8.40Ron Le Blanc 243 1.88Mano 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 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
References
External links Map of Capital Ward