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.

River
Location within Ottawa
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°22′N 75°41′W / 45.367°N 75.683°W / 45.367; -75.683
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CityOttawa
Government
 • CouncillorRiley Brockington
Population
 • Total44,345
Languages (2016)
 • English59.6%
 • French10.8%
 • Arabic6.6%
 • Italian2.2%
 • Spanish2.2%
 • Mandarin2.0%
 • Cantonese2.0%
 • Somali1.2%
 • Tagalog1.0%

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

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  1. Jim Durrell (1981-1985)
  2. George Brown (1986-1994)
  3. Karin Howard (1995-1999)
  4. Jim Bickford (1999-2000)
  5. Wendy Stewart (2001-2003)
  6. Maria McRae (2003-2014)
  7. Riley Brockington (2014–present)

Election results

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Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jim Durrell 3,503 48.50
Gordon Lennox 1,877 25.99
Natalie MacPhee 1,075 14.89
Sig Schmidt 767 10.62
Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jim Durrell 6,856 87.53
Gregory Minion 977 12.47
Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Brown 3,746 44.45
Fidel Palumbo 2,206 26.17
Marc Wallace 1,336 15.85
Tom Quinn 1,140 13.53
Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Brown 4,531 85.30
Norman Van Cleaf 781 14.70
Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Brown 4,140 67.88
John Ross 1,959 32.12

1994

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Regional Council: Ward 16
Candidate Votes %
Wendy Stewart 7,315 72.34
Val Parkinson 2,797 27.66
City Council: Ward 8
Candidate Votes %
Karin Howard 3,645 35.02
Pat Murphy 3,024 29.06
Fred Bowie 1,468 14.11
Don Tudin 1,085 10.43
Riley Brockington 535 5.14
Alan Murphy 390 3.75
Coreen Fast 260 2.50

1997

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Regional Council: River Ward
Candidate Votes %
Wendy Stewart 6,855 86.25
Daryl Martin 1,093 13.75
City Council: Mooney's Bay Ward
Candidate Votes %
Karin Howard 5,005 62.00
Kathy Ablett 3,068 38.00

1999 by-election

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A by-election was held on April 6, 1999 to replace Karin Howard who resigned her seat. Results:[2]

City Council: Mooney's Bay Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jim Bickford 3,314 59.26
Frances Tanner 1,578 28.22
Wayne Kennedy 305 5.45
Scott Paterson 248 4.43
Dave Allston 147 2.63
City council
Candidate Votes %
Wendy Stewart 7,091 79.95
Dave Hagerman 1,778 20.05
City council
Candidate Votes %
Maria McRae 5,600 63.11
Todd Mattila-Hartman 1,654 18.64
Richard Smith 1,619 18.25

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City council
Candidate Votes %
Maria McRae 9,278 65.51
Blake Batson 4,885 34.49

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City council
Candidate Votes %
Maria McRae 7,496 59.55
Ian Boyd 1,908 15.16
Nadia Willard 1,704 13.54
Michael Kostiuk 1,480 11.76
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
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
City council
Candidate Vote %
Riley Brockington 9,595 73.08
Ethan Sabourin 2,396 18.25
Alex Dugal 1,139 8.67

References

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  1. ^ (Open Data Ottawa)
  2. ^ Ottawa Citizen, April 7, 1999, pg C6, "Bickford cruises to victory in Mooney's Bay vote"
  3. ^ "2003 Municipal Election Results". City of Ottawa. Archived from the original on 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  4. ^ "2006 Municipal Election Results". City of Ottawa. Archived from the original on 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
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