1982 Ottawa municipal election


The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.
Mayor Marion Dewar was re-elected, defeating conservative alderman Darrel Kent.

Mayor

Official results
Dewar was re-elected, thanks to support from the city's urban wards, plus her home region in the suburban west and the Francophone east end of the city. She won 10 of the city's 15 wards, with her strongest support in the city's core, where she won over 60% of the vote in three wards: St. George's, Wellington and Capital. Kent was the strongest in the city's suburban south end, doing his best in his home ward of Canterbury, where he won 59% of the vote.
CandidateVotes%
Marion Dewar 57,16852.02
Darrel Kent48,46144.10
T. Joseph McCarthy2,0601.87
Marc Gauvin1,7251.57
Arnold Guetta4870.44

[Ottawa Board of Education] Trustees

Six to be elected in each zone
Eastern Zone Vote
Jane Dobell 17,501
Russ Jackson13,053
Ted Best 12,781
Roy Bushfield12,423
Don Francis11,942
John Smart10,587
Marjorie Loughrey 9,701
John Samuel8,872
David Armstrong9,027
Michael McKenna 8,540
Ken Ellis6,069
Anne Dupuis6,156
Anne-Marie Kolinski-Corneau5,230
Allan Simpson4,483
David Delisle3,953
George Denison3,709
Colin Simpson2,997
Barry Lemoine2,344
William Voller2,283

Western ZoneVote
Bill Law 13,733
Robert Beatty 12,769
Sandra Goldstein 10,903
Bill Gowling10,817
Kathy Yach9,058
Alexander Cullen8,595
Wayne Wilson 7,527
John Jackson 7,310
John Wright 7,262
Abby Pollonetsky7,221
Marion Lothian6,377
Robert Grace6,366
Harry Albright5,381
Stephen Delaney5,306
Barbara Mollon4,455
Calvin Kempffer3,041
Dale Alkerton2,373

4 to be elected
Separate school supporters: Ottawa Vote
Jacques Beauchamp 18,925
Robert Belanger 17,877
Dalton McGuinty, Sr. 16,585
Lucien Bradet 15,755
Thomas Kent15,442
Edouard Gagnon10,905
Ken Bruton8,152

1 to be elected
Separate school supporters: VanierVote%
Claudette Boyer3,37856.21
Alain Gougeon2,63243.79