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1978 Ottawa mayoral election
Results by ward
The city of Ottawa , Canada held municipal elections on November 13, 1978.
Controller Marion Dewar becomes the second woman and first New Democratic Party (and to date, only) affiliated person to become mayor of Ottawa. She defeated former alderman Pat Nicol. This would mark the last elections for Ottawa's Board of Control.
Dewar won all of the city's 11 wards. Her strongest ward was Capital, where she won 62.8% of the vote. Her worst ward was Elmdale-Victoria, where she won 48.9%. Elmdale-Victoria was the only ward where she did not get a majority of the vote. Elmdale-Victoria was Nicol's home ward, but Dewar still beat her there by 545 votes.[ 1]
Candidate
Votes
%
Marion Dewar 51,791
54.24
Pat Nicol 32,033
33.55
Bernard Pelot
8,439
8.84
Alphonse Frederick Lapointe
1,858
1.95
Eddie Turgeon
730
0.76
Ian Orenstein
597
0.63
(4 elected)
Candidate
Votes
%
Don Reid 50,171
17.11
Brian Bourns 36,363
12.40
William Law 33,220
11.33
Ralph Sutherland 29,716
10.13
Roy Bushfield
26,314
8.97
Gerry Trudel
24,382
8.31
Jules Morin 22,718
7.75
Doug Payne
18,464
6.30
David Dehler
11,245
3.83
Cyril Goulet
11,015
3.72
Richard Calagoure
10,912
3.72
Sam MacLean
8,994
3.07
Joseph Louis Paradis
7,476
2.55
George Theckeddath
2,251
0.77
Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election Alta Vista Ward Britannia Ward By-St. George's Ward Capital Ward Carleton Ward Dalhousie Ward Elmdale-Victoria Ward Gloucester Ward Queensboro Ward Rideau Ward Wellington Ward .
Capital Ward
Candidate
Votes
%
Michele MacKinnon 4,107
45.76
Thom Bennett
2,661
29.65
Dave Hagerman
1,735
19.33
Doug Coupar
356
2.97
Michael John Houlton
116
1.29
Six to be elected in each zone
Eastern Zone
Vote
Jane Dobell (X)16,371
Don Francis (X)13,239
Helen Slater (X)10,743
Ted Best (X)10,696
John Samuel (X)8,803
Michael McKenna 8,491
Herbert Armstrong
8,019
Marion Atwell
7,764
Norman MacDonald
7,381
Marnie Bennett
6,700
Peg Mathews
6,421
Rosemary McNarin
6,015
Allan Simpson
5,543
Gary Hough
2,723
Terry Carlson
2,675
Western Zone
Vote
Robert Beatty (X)14,064
Mary Gilmour (X)13,948
Nick van Duyvendyk (X)12,626
Sinclair Abell (X)12,614
William Harback (X)8,624
Sandra R. Goldstein 7,856
Wayne Wilson
7,810
John Wright
7,794
John Callan
6,816
Frank Edwards
6,506
Denis Cooney
5,261
Richard Bounsall
4,996
Cal Kempffer
4,839
John Gorry
3,996
4 to be elected
Separate school supporters
Vote
Jacques Beauchamp (X)17,271
Robert Bélanger 16,873
Dalton McGuinty, Sr. 16,244
Lucien Bradet (X)15,140
Jacques Faucher (X)
12,850
Thomas F. Kent
11,407
1 to be elected
Vanier Trustee
Vote
Denise Matte Acclaimed
^ Official results, Ottawa room, Ottawa Public Library
Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 1978 "How candidates fared" . Ottawa Citizen . November 15, 1978. p. 65. Retrieved December 30, 2020 .
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