The 2006 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario. See 2006 Ontario municipal elections.

The race featured three main candidates: incumbent mayor Bob Chiarelli, former Kanata councillor Alex Munter and businessman Larry O'Brien. The race began as a fight between Chiarelli and Munter, with Munter getting the edge and 2003 candidate Terry Kilrea in a close third. However, in the summer O'Brien joined the campaign, prompting Kilrea to drop out and endorse Chiarelli. However, most of Kilrea's support went to O'Brien, creating a tight three-way race. Chiarelli's support then got pulled away from the right by O'Brien and to the left by Munter and was eventually depleted, and by the last weekend before the election, O'Brien had caught up to Munter and led for the first time. This lead carried through on election day.

In the end, Munter could only win his core areas in the central part of the city, plus his former home of Kanata, while O'Brien won the rest of the city—suburban areas and the rural areas (where he did especially well). Chiarelli did not win any wards, but he did finish second in Gloucester-South Nepean with 28%. This area of the city was where his O-Train proposal was going to be built.

Results

Voter turn-out The 2006 municipal election had one of the highest voter turn-out ratios in Ottawa's history, with 54%.

Mayor

Detailed results CandidatePiotr AnweilerBob Chiarelli (inc.)Robert LarterAlex MunterLarry O'BrienBarkley PollockJane ScharfResidenceCarlingtonCarlingwoodVanier*DowntownByward MarketCentretownVanier Results by wardOrléans 44 2325 32 6422 8928 23 78Innes 32 1959 27 5488 6775 16 47Barrhaven31 2734 14 2959 6989 5 40Kanata North10619 10 5036 4498 5 32West Carleton-March138241327166409 11 29Stittsville-Kanata West971712281451871026Bay 47 2949 36 5593 7458 31 117College 49 3191 37 5672 10513 32 77Knoxdale-Merivale3723451938037720 14 46Gloucester-Southgate402685273561631020 68Beacon Hill-Cyrville361686404301519022 54Rideau-Vanier45237771 6442 3420 31 135Rideau-Rockcliffe4423337352724495 18 87Somerset 57 1725 47 5916 2873 23 112Kitchissippi442414 27 7149 5304 26 72River 47 3025 37 4846 6625 28 65Capital 47 2319 19 7056 4237 34 111Alta Vista36 3055 45 5319 6784 13 78Cumberland17 1567 24 4223 5995 23 56Osgoode 10 1123 9 1536 6354 10 38Rideau-Goulbourn121103102240 7309 12 40Gloucester-South Nepean2225581920084621624Kanata South331064 19 8380 7268 19 35

* : Last known residence

City council Orléans Ward (Ward 1)CandidateVotes% Bob Monette (X) 12201 69.98% Dennis Vowles 5235 30.02% Innes Ward (Ward 2)CandidateVotes% Rainer Bloess (X) 11746 83.65% David Cameron 2296 16.35% Barrhaven Ward (Ward 3)CandidateVotes% Jan Harder (X) 9433 74.94% Joe King 1468 11.66% T.K. Chu 853 6.78% Catherine Gardner 833 6.62% Kanata North Ward (Ward 4)CandidateVotes% Marianne Wilkinson 3661 36.23% Jeff Seeton 2641 26.41% Matt Muirhead 2105 20.83% Anu Bose 1606 15.89% Eric Forgrave 91 0.90% West Carleton-March Ward (Ward 5)CandidateVotes% Eli El-Chantiry (X) 6683 67.13% J. P. Dorion 3273 32.87% Stittsville-Kanata West Ward (Ward 6)CandidateVotes% Shad Qadri 6287 72.02% Gilles R. Chasles 2442 27.98% Bay Ward (Ward 7)CandidateVotes% Alex Cullen (X) 8393 52.69% Terry Kilrea 6303 39.57% Sherril Noble 1234 7.75% College Ward (Ward 8)CandidateVotes% Rick Chiarelli (X) 13761 72.59% Brett Delmage 3765 19.86% Laura Lee Doupe 1432 7.55% Knoxdale-Merivale Ward (Ward 9)CandidateVotes% Gord Hunter (X) 10461 78.13% James Dean 2929 21.87% Gloucester-Southgate Ward (Ward 10)CandidateVotes% Diane Deans (X) 9242 74.73% Douglas Besharah 1660 13.42% David Alloggia 1465 11.85% Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward (Ward 11)CandidateVotes% Michel Bellemare (X) 6905 61.73% Frank Reid 4281 38.27% Rideau-Vanier Ward (Ward 12)CandidateVotes% Georges Bédard (X) 5685 46.72% Bruce McConville 5482 45.06% Krista Driscoll 1000 8.22% Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward (Ward 13)CandidateVotes% Jacques Legendre (X) 7450 62.35% Maurice Lamirande 1953 16.34% James T. Parker 1248 10.44% Jules Bouvier 1077 9.01% Muinis Ramadan 221 1.85% Somerset Ward (Ward 14)CandidateVotes% Diane Holmes (X) 6600 63.07% Luc Lapointe 1782 17.03% George Guirguis 1497 14.31% Karen Dawe 359 3.43% I. Ben-Tahir 226 2.16% Kitchissippi Ward (Ward 15)CandidateVotes% Christine Leadman 5949 41.12% Gary Ludington 4571 31.59% Vicky Smallman 3576 24.72% Daniel Narwa 372 2.57% River Ward (Ward 16)CandidateVotes% Maria McRae (X) 9278 65.51% Blake Batson 4885 34.49% Capital Ward (Ward 17)CandidateVotes% Clive Doucet (X) 6495 48.14% Jay Nordenstrom 4602 34.11% Ian Boyd 1963 14.55% Sean Curran 433 3.21% Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18)CandidateVotes% Peter Hume (X) 10433 69.53% James Ryan 1955 13.03% Perry Marleau 1190 7.93% Yusef Al Mezel 1063 7.08% Ahmed Ibrahim 224 1.49% Ismael Lediye 141 0.94% Cumberland Ward (Ward 19)CandidateVotes% Rob Jellett (X) 8306 71.55% Henry Valois 2110 18.18% Dan Biocchi 1192 10.27% Osgoode Ward (Ward 20)CandidateVotes% Doug Thompson (X) 7681 85.44% Robert Fowler 1309 14.56% Rideau-Goulbourn Ward (Ward 21)CandidateVotes% Glenn Brooks (X) 4678 44.41% Scott Moffatt 3205 30.43% Iain McCallum 1345 12.77%Jim Stewart 1305 12.39% Gloucester-South Nepean Ward (Ward 22)CandidateVotes% Steve Desroches 3599 39.72% Andrew S. Haydon 2602 28.72% Eric Lamoureux 1215 13.41% Robert McKenney 449 4.96% Tanya Thompson 1037 11.45% Don Dransfield 158 1.74% Kanata South Ward (Ward 23)CandidateVotes% Peggy Feltmate (X) 8344 50.05% Allan Hubley 5631 33.78% Amrik Dhami 1314 7.88% Richard Rutkowski 811 4.86% Suraj Harish 571 3.43%

Dropped out Kitchissippi Ward (Ward 15) Daniel StringerOttsun.canoe.ca Shawn LittleOttawa.ca College Ward (Ward 8) Dana Barnett withdrew as per her Media Release dated Sept. 6, 2006. Kanata South (Ward 23) Noel Z. Gondek withdrew and on Sept. 29, 2006.

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Trustees

Zone 1 (Wards 5, 6, 21)CandidateVotes%Lynn Scott (X)1529977.28%Jon Morgan449922.72% Zone 2 (Wards 4, 23)CandidateVotes%Cathy CurryACCLAIMED Zone 3 (Wards 3, 9)CandidateVotes%Alex Getty1262979.97%Frank St. Denis316420.03% Zone 4 (Ward 7)CandidateVotes%Margaret Lange (X)889384.82%Samuel Getachew159215.18% Zone 5 (Ward 8)CandidateVotes%Pam FitzGerald905276.58%Cleve Hamilton276923.42% Zone 6 (Wards 13, 18)CandidateVotes%Bronwyn Funiciello (X)795553.27%Russ Jackson697946.73% Zone 7 (Wards 10, 20, 22)CandidateVotes%Tom Connolly823947.51%Greg Laws (X)910252.49% Zone 8 (Wards 1, 19)CandidateVotes%John Caputo7245.98%David Loveridge453637.49%Qamar Masood10548.71%John Shea578447.81% Zone 9 (Wards 12, 17)CandidateVotes%Rob CampbellACCLAIMED Zone 10 (Wards 14, 15)CandidateVotes%Jennifer McKenzie919854.38%Joan Spice (X)771645.62% Zone 11 (Ward 16)CandidateVotes%Riley Brockington (X)561765.75%Patrick Ready292634.25% Zone 12 (Wards 2, 11)CandidateVotes%David Moen (X)845378.03%Michel Tardif238021.97%

Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board Trustees

Zone 1 (Wards 5, 6, 20, 21)CandidateVotes%John Curry (X)ACCLAIMED Zone 2 (Wards 4, 23)CandidateVotes%Romeo BellaiACCLAIMED Zone 3 (Wards 1, 19)CandidateVotes%Stephen Blais312455.30%Des Curley (X)252544.70% Zone 4 (Wards 3, 22)CandidateVotes%Teri-Lynne Belanger205536.37%Cathy Maguire-Urban359663.63% Zone 5 (Wards 2, 11)CandidateVotes%Dominic Roszak116928.63%Kaitlin Sheskay291471.37% Zone 6 (Wards 8, 9)CandidateVotes%Gord Butler (X)530169.88%John Chiarelli228530.12% Zone 7 (Wards 7, 15)CandidateVotes%Betty-Ann Kealey (X)268456.07%Chris Wong116924.42%Charles Yellen93419.51% Zone 8 (Wards 10, 18)CandidateVotes%Mark D. Mullan (X)ACCLAIMED Zone 9 (Wards 16, 17)CandidateVotes%Kathy Ablett (X)321366.41%Patrycja Anweiler58312.05%Su Choi Broussard104221.54% Zone 10 (Wards 12, 13, 14)CandidateVotes%Thérèse Maloney Cousineau (X)ACCLAIMED

Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est Trustees

Zone 4 (Wards 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 23)CandidateVotes%Marie Biron (X)ACCLAIMED Zone 5 (Wards 3, 9, 15, 16, 21, 22)CandidateVotes%Jacques Duplain87931.92%Andrée Newell114741.65%Denis Vermeirre72826.43% Zone 6 (Wards 12, 14, 17)CandidateVotes%Diane Doré (X)ACCLAIMED Zone 7 (Ward 2)CandidateVotes%Monique Briand (X)ACCLAIMED Zone 8 (Ward 19)CandidateVotes%Dan Boudria132738.82%Lise Cloutier (X)119534.96%Benoît Chiquette89626.21% Zone 9 (Ward 1)CandidateVotes%Madelaine Chevalier (X)ACCLAIMED Zone 10 (Wards 10, 18, 20)CandidateVotes%Patrick Boucher103032.29%Robert Tremblay (X)216067.71% Zone 11 (Wards 11, 13)CandidateVotes%Brian Beauchamp (X)215938.82%Donna Martin98317.67%Denis Poirier242043.51%

Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario Trustees

Zone 6 (Wards 10, 19, 20)CandidateVotes%Georges OrfaliACCLAIMED Zone 7 (Ward 1)CandidateVotes%Pierre Maheu (X)ACCLAIMED Zone 8 (Wards 2, 11)CandidateVotes%Chantal Lecours (X)131365.52%Fayek Tabet854.24%Pierre Tessier60630.24% Zone 9 (Wards 13, 18)CandidateVotes%Marielle Godbout (X)123685.71%Dorcase Saintil20614.29% Zone 10 (Ward 12)CandidateVotes%Denis Chartrand94358.57%Abdi Aden Chil (X)31319.44%Osman Daher835.16%Alexandra Samson27116.83% Zone 11 (Wards 14-17)CandidateVotes%Jean-Paul Lafond (X)ACCLAIMED Zone 12 (Wards 3-9, 21-23)CandidateVotes%Bernard Bareilhe (X)ACCLAIMED

Candidates for mayor

Registered candidates Piotr Anweiler: Local businessman. President of AplusB Software Corporation.Anweiler.ca

Bob Chiarelli: Incumbent mayor, has been mayor of Ottawa since 2001, and was regional chair of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton prior. He is also a former Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament.Bobchiarelli.com

Robert Larter: Unknown candidate. The Ottawa Citizen reported his registered phone number was traceable to an apartment in Vanier, from where he moved away during the summer. The Citizen was unable to contact him.

Alex Munter: Former city councillor in Kanata (1991–1994), regional councillor (1994–2000) and former Ottawa city councillor (2000–2003). Ran for the Ontario New Democratic Party in Carleton in the 1990 election. Openly gay, Munter was also the co-ordinator for Canadians for Equal Marriage.

Larry O'Brien: Chairman and former CEO of Calian Technologies Ltd., an Ottawa-based company that sells technology services to industry and government.

Barkley Pollock: Twenty-seven-year-old wants to look at the possibility of a municipal income tax to increase money for the poor. Campaigned for Liberal Richard Mahoney in Ottawa Centre in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections.Myspace.com

Jane Scharf: Local poverty activist. She has been arrested more than once including an arrest during the Homeless Action Strike on City Hall. All charges were dropped.

Dropped out Don Rivington: A single-issue candidate who wants an ombudsman for the city. Ran for city council in the 2003 election in Bay Ward but lost. Dropped out of the Orléans Ward by-election in 2006.

Terry Kilrea: Placed second in the 2003 election. Kilrea is generally regarded as a conservative. He ran for the Conservative Party of Canada's nomination race in Ottawa South in the 2004 election but lost. Withdrew on August 30, 2006 and will endorse Chiarelli. Will run as councillor candidate in Bay Ward against Alex Cullen.

Not running Diane Deans, city councillor. running for re-election in Gloucester-Southgate Ward Jan Harder, city councillor. running for re-election in Barrhaven Ward Brian McGarry, CEO of Hulse, Playfair & McGarry funeral homes.Ottsun.canoe.ca

Poll results