1988 Ottawa municipal election

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 14, 1988.

Mayor Jim Durrell was re-elected with little opposition. Rideau Street businessman Michael Bartholomew finished 2nd with just 6% of the vote. Due to the lack of competition, only about one third of the electorate participated in the election.[1]

Mayor
Candidate Votes %
Jim Durrell (X)69,81386.77
Michael Bartholomew4,8005.97
John Turmel3,1233.88
John Kroeker1,7042.12
Nabil Fawzry1,0221.27

City council
Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. Alta Vista Ward
2. Billings Ward
3. Britannia Ward
4. By-Rideau Ward
5. Capital Ward
6. Canterbury Ward
7. Carleton Ward
8. Dalhousie Ward
9. Elmdale Ward
10. Overbrook-Forbes Ward
11. Queensboro Ward
12. Richmond Ward
13. Riverside Ward
14. St. George's Ward
15. Wellington Ward .

The composition of Ottawa's city council was more left leaning than the previous council due to the defeat of Durrell-ally Bob Morrison in Carleton Ward and the election of New Democratic Party backed candidates Lynn Smyth and Michael Jannigan.[2] Jannigan, who was declared elected on election night had to wait over a year to take his seat however, as a recount gave his opponent the win, but after the case was taken to court, a special election was held in 1989 which Jannigan won.

Alta Vista Ward
Candidate Votes %
Darrel Kent (X) Acclaimed
Billings Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joan O'Neill (X)4,17084.36
Eugene Mallay77315.64
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jim Jones1,941*40.79
Ruth Wildgen (X)1,931*40.58
Geoffrey Sharpe49610.42
Jenny Lee Lapointe3918.22

* Results after a recount.[3]

By-Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marc Laviolette (X)4,39578.11
Les MacAfee87215.50
Richard Beaudry3606.40
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Lynn Smyth3,37056.16
Rob Quinn (X)2,63143.84
Canterbury Ward
Candidate Votes %
Michael McSweeney (X)5,59276.33
Ernest Lauzon1,73423.67
Carleton Ward
Candidate Votes %
Tim Kehoe2,480
Bob Morrison (X)1,378
Mary Nash1,200
Queensboro Ward
Candidate Votes %
Mark Maloney (X) Acclaimed
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Peter Harris2,024*46.12
Michael Janigan2,022*46.07
Richard Lobb3437.81

* Results after a recount.

Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jamie FIsher (X) Acclaimed
Overbrook-Forbes Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Kelly (X) Acclaimed
Richmond Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jacquelin Holzman (X)4,38052.04
Alex Cullen2,39128.41
Daniel Stringer1,64619.56
Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Brown (X)4,531
Norman Van Cleaf781
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Nancy Smith (X)3,75782.94
Ed Barter77317.06
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes (X)3,26080.61
Lindsay Blackett78419.39

Special election

The election day results in Dalhousie Ward showed Michael Janigan ahead by 12 votes over Peter Harris, but this was done in error. A recount gave Harris a 2 vote win, but Janigan took the results to court, so the city held a special election on November 20, 1989 to resolve the matter, which Janigan won. Harris served as alderman in the interim. The race was a proxy battle for federal politics, with Janigan being supported by the NDP and Harris by the Liberals. The fringe candidates were back by parties too, the Greens backed Dan Roy and the Rhinoceros Party backed Dale Alkerton[4]

Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Michael Janigan2,58249.07
Peter Harris2,41145.82
Dan Roy2274.31
Dale Alkerton450.80

References
  • Ottawa Citizen, November 15, 1988
  1. Ottawa Citizen, November 15, 1988, pg C1, "Ottawa's Durrell cruises to easy victory"
  2. Ottawa Citizen, November 15, 1988, pg C1, "New faces tilt Ottawa to left"
  3. Ottawa Citizen, November 29, 1988, pg C1, "Janigan demands judicial recount"
  4. Ottawa Citizen, November 21, 1989, pg C1, "Janigan wins"
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