Rideau-Vanier Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa, designated as Ward 12 and represented on Ottawa City Council. It was originally created in 1994 as a Ward for the Regional Council of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.
The ward covers the neighbourhoods of Lower Town, Sandy Hill and Vanier, and contains the University of Ottawa and the ByWard Market.
Prior to Ottawa's amalgamation in 2001, the ward covered the entire former city of Vanier as well as Ottawa's Bruyère-Strathcona Ward on regional council. Bruyère-Strathcona was created in 1994 from parts of By-Rideau Ward and St. George's Ward and was initially named Ward 5 until 1995 when it was given the Bruyère-Strathcona name.
By-St. George's Ward covered this area (not including Vanier, which was a separate city) from 1972 to 1980. By-St. George's was created from the merging of By Ward and St. George's Ward, and was abolished when it was split into St. George's Ward and By-Rideau Ward in 1980.
Councillors By-St. George's Ward (Created from By Ward and St. George's Ward) Council Aldermen 1973-74 Jules Morin 1975-76 Georges Bédard 1977-78 1978-80 Ward abolished into By-Rideau Ward and St. George's WardCouncil City Councillor (Bruyère-Strathcona Ward) Regional Councillor (Rideau-Vanier Ward) 1994-97 Stéphane Émard-Chabot Madeleine Meilleur 1997-00 Rideau-Vanier WardCouncil City Councillor 2001-03 Madeleine Meilleur 2003-06 Georges Bédard 2006-10 2010-14 Mathieu Fleury 2014-18 2018-22 2022-26 Stéphanie Plante
Neighbourhoods ByWard Market Lowertown Sandy Hill Vanier
Election results 1972 Ottawa municipal election By-St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Jules Morin 2,383 38.15 Georges Bedard 1,479 23.68Gerard Levesque 1,209 19.36Bernard Wood 1,175 18.81
1974 Ottawa municipal election By-St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Georges Bedard 2,456 40.05Jules Morin 1,938 31.60Gerard Levesque 1,292 21.07Sam McLean 446 7.27
1976 Ottawa municipal election By-St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Georges Bedard 3,785 84.51Mauril Bélanger 694 15.49
1978 Ottawa municipal election By-St. George's WardCandidateVotes%Georges Bedard 3,319 49.83Marcel Louzon 2,687 40.35Clotide Berube 654 654
1994 elections 1994 Ottawa municipal election: Ward 5 (city council) CandidateVotes%Stéphane Émard-Chabot 2754 49.01Pierre Bourque 1549 27.57Eliseo Temprano 1149 20.45Joseph Costisella 167 2.97
1994 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections: Ward 12 (regional council) CandidateVotes%Madeleine Meilleur 7,702 78.94Laurie Gourlay 2,055 21.06
1997 elections 1997 Ottawa municipal election: Bruyère-Strathcona Ward (city council) CandidateVotes%Stéphane Émard-Chabot 3218 82.64Allan Brian Shields 371 9.53Steven Merritt 305 7.83
1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections: Rideau-Vanier Ward (regional council) CandidateVotes%Madeleine Meilleur 5228 71.06Alain Miguelez 1823 24.78Jude Antonin 306 4.16
2000 Ottawa municipal election CandidateVotes%Madeleine Meilleur Acclaimed
2003 Ottawa municipal election CandidateVotes%Georges Bédard3,631 41.52Bruce McConville2,35526.93Angela Rickman1,82920.91Giacomo Vigna5826.66Abdillahi Omar Bouh2112.41Natasha Duckworth1372.41
2006 Ottawa municipal election CandidateVotes% Georges Bédard 5685 46.72 Bruce McConville 5482 45.06 Krista Driscoll 1000 8.22
2010 Ottawa municipal election CandidateVotes% Mathieu Fleury 4708 45.69 Georges Bédard 4620 44.84 Andrew Nellis 462 4.48 Sriyan Pinnawala 299 2.90 Marc Imbeault 215 2.09
2014 Ottawa municipal election City council Candidate Vote % Mathieu Fleury 5,526 51.54 Marc Aubin 3,571 33.31 Catherine Fortin LeFaivre 1,362 12.70 David-George Oldham 102 0.95 George Atanga 81 0.76 Marc Vinette 79 0.74
Ottawa mayor (Ward results) Candidate Vote % Jim Watson 8,136 80.63 Mike Maguire 1,041 10.32 Rebecca Pyrah 246 2.44 Michael St. Arnaud 211 2.09 Anwar Syed 162 1.61 Darren W. Wood 105 1.04 Bernard Couchman 100 0.99 Robert White 89 0.88
2018 Ottawa municipal election City council Candidate Vote % Mathieu Fleury 7,302 68.08 Thierry Harris 3,050 28.44 Matt Lowe 285 2.66 Salar Changiz 88 0.82
2022 Ottawa municipal election City council Candidate Vote % Stéphanie Plante 4,621 37.15 Laura Shantz 4,298 34.55 Julie Fiala 704 5.66 Alex Osorio 671 5.39 Jwane Izzetpanah 564 4.53 Tyler Cybulski 514 4.13 Patrick Auguste 330 2.65 Kim Leclerc 296 2.38 Burthomley Douzable 266 2.14 Hicham Boutaleb 176 1.41
References
External links Map of Rideau-Vanier Ward