1991 Ottawa mayoral election
November 12, 1991
 
Candidate Jacquelin Holzman Nancy Smith Marc Laviolette
Popular vote 38,725 35,525 21,101
Percentage 39.61% 36.34% 21.58%
Results by ward
Mayor before election

Marc Laviolette

 Elected Mayor

Jacquelin Holzman

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1991.

Right wing Britannia Ward councillor Jacquelin Holzman defeated left wing St. George's councillor Nancy Smith and mayor Marc Laviolette. Holzman defeated Smith by just 3,022 votes. She ran on a platform to "keep a lid on city taxes".[1]

Despite the eventual closeness of the result, and the polarization of the candidates, pundits lamented that the electorate was not interested in the election, as the candidates had not inspired the voters who were more concerned with "national issues like the constitution and the economy".[2]

After the election, Liberal MP Mac Harb (who supported Holzman) admitted to "quietly encourag[ing]" Laviolette to enter the race to split the vote, because he "couldn't stomach (the thought of) Smith's left wing social agenda" winning.[3]

Mayor

Candidate Votes %
Jacquelin Holzman38,72539.61
Nancy Smith35,52536.34
Marc Laviolette (X)21,10121.58
Michael Bartholomew2,4172.47

Results by ward

Holzman's victory was propelled by winning the city's suburban wards, with her best ward being Richmond, which she had represented on council. Smith won the city's four urban wards, doing her best in St. George's, which she had represented on council. Laviolette won the city's two Francophone-influenced eastern wards.[4]

Ward Bartholomew Holzman Laviolette Smith
By-Rideau (1)1451,5583,7312,763
St. George's (2)1021,3671,0363,401
Overbrook-Forbes (3)1561,0762,7361,425
Wellington (4)1091,2927582,431
Capital (5)2682,2356113,934
Dalhousie (6)2351,8101,2012,329
Elmdale (7)1432,9061,3392,835
Carlington-Westboro (Queensboro) (8)1802,5191,2762,159
Richmond (9)1195,4697872,433
Britannia (10)1752,4111,0232,054
Carleton (11)1703,5749101,836
Canterbury (12)1752,8942,0221,973
Alta Vista (13)1813,8601,6642,835
Billings (14)1122,4321,0021,136
River (15)1473,3221,0051,981

City council

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. By-Rideau Ward
2. St. George's Ward
3. Overbrook-Forbes Ward
4. Wellington Ward
5. Capital Ward
6. Dalhousie Ward
7. Elmdale Ward
8. Carlington-Westboro Ward
9. Richmond Ward
10. Britannia Ward
11. Carleton Ward
12. Canterbury Ward
13. Alta Vista Ward
14. Billings Ward
15. Riverside Ward.
Alta Vista Ward
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume4,66055.80
Stephen Amesse2,82733.85
Rebecca Liff86510.36
Billings Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joan O'Neill (X) Acclaimed
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jill Brown1,85933.13
Gregory Ross1,55827.77
Geoffrey Sharpe83114.81
Jim Jones (X)66511.85
Clarence S. Dungey2734.87
Randy McCooeye2143.81
Andy Sammon2113.76
By-Rideau Ward
Candidate Votes %
Richard Cannings3,65745.41
Pierre Bourque (X)2,46130.56
Maurice Pagé1,71721.32
Richard Beaudry2182.71
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jim Watson4,12358.40
Lynn Smyth (X)1,81725.74
Michael Lynch6389.04
Frank De Jong4826.83
Canterbury Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jack MacKinnon1,53022.37
Ed Concordia1,43520.98
Mireille Landry-Kennedy1,13216.55
Ernie Lauzon1,04115.22
Douglas Sears94313.78
Carl Langroix3404.97
Elaine Lindsay2884.21
Garry J. Fischer1321.93
Carleton Ward
Candidate Votes %
Tim Kehoe (X)3,44254.93
Jim Bonner2,82445.07
Carlington-Westboro Ward
Candidate Votes %
Mark Maloney (X)5,01181.85
Lynda Flowers1,11118.15
Dalhousie Ward
Candidate Votes %
Peter Harris2,80748.89
Elisabeth Arnold2,60245.32
Andy Haydon, Jr.3335.80
Elmdale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Joan Wong3,38347.60
Jamie Fisher (X)3,19444.94
Steve Rimek5307.46
Overbrook-Forbes Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jacques Legendre1,94536.56
George Kelly (X)1,75833.05
Eve Elliott91817.26
Michael Green69913.14
Richmond Ward
Candidate Votes %
Alex Cullen3,26837.91
Ron Kolbus2,92233.90
Daniel Stringer2,43028.19
Riverside Ward
Candidate Votes %
George Brown (X)4,14067.88
John Ross1,95932.12
St. George's Ward
Candidate Votes %
Nancy Mitchell2,49942.86
Gordon Brownlee93816.09
Ed Barter92115.79
Geoff Nimmo78013.38
Maurice Dumoulin5439.31
Paul Kerston1141.96
George Ibrahim360.62
Wellington Ward
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes (X)3,57978.09
Keith Shirreffs70915.47
M. Ross Taylor2956.44

Ottawa Board of Education Trustees

Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes)
3 to be elected
(98% of polls reporting)		 Vote  %
Jane Dobell (X)5,175
Cynthia Bled (X)4,294
Harriet Lang (X)3,927
Debbie Morey2,546
Donna Silver2,047
Jeannine Denis-Ladouceur1,733
Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington)
2 to be elected		 Vote  %
Anne Scotton (X)5,92844.33
Brian McGarry (X)5,73742.90
Rick Alexanderson1,70812.77
Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale)
4 to be elected
(98% of polls reporting)		 Vote  %
Marian Lothian (X)6,720
Mary Lou Fleming (X)5,891
Elda M. Allen (X)5,843
Ted Best (X)3,806
Walter Robinson3,644
William J. Taylor3,253
Bill Pugsley3,253
John Dodson2,402
Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond)
2 to be elected
(95% of polls reporting)		 Vote  %
Margaret Lange (X)4,977
Bill Gowling (X)3,376
Sandra Bertrand2,976
Sandra R. Goldstein2,351
Irma Cohen1,752
Christopher Assad688
Ed Halla408
Zone 5 (Carleton, Carlington-Westboro)
3 to be elected		 Vote  %
Brian Mackey (X)5,23527.15
Kathy Yach (X)4,16121.58
Linda Hunter (X)4,01820.83
Shawn Marmer3,12616.21
John M. Wright2,74214.22
Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury)
4 to be elected
(99% of polls reporting)		 Vote  %
Margaret Woodley6,607
John Sutherland (X)6,216
Marjorie Loughrey (X)6,210
Russ Jackson (X)6,115
Sue Mack5,047
Roy Bushfield (X)4,453
Wayne Mannion1,271
Henry Assad1,111

References

  • Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 1991
  1. ↑ Ottawa Citizen, Nov 13, 1991, pg A1, "It's Mayor Holzman"
  2. ↑ "Race stuck in neutral". Ottawa Citizen. November 9, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Split vote kept left wing from winning, Harb boasts". Ottawa Citizen. November 30, 1991. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  4. ↑ Election 1991; Mayor; Summary (Available, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, Ottawa Room)
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