Bay Ward

Bay Ward or Ward 7 (French: Quartier Baie) is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It covers much of the western portion of the old city of Ottawa as well as some portions of what was once Nepean. The ward runs from Sherbourne and Maitland in the east to March Road in the west. The southern border is the Queensway while the northern border is the Ottawa River. The ward makes up the northern portion of the federal and provincial riding of Ottawa West-Nepean.

Bay
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°21′N 75°50′W
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CityOttawa
Government
 • CouncillorTheresa Kavanagh
Area
 • Total64.2 km2 (24.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total42,890
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages (2016)
 • English64.4%
 • French9.4%
 • Arabic4.0%
 • Somali1.6%
 • Mandarin1.5%
 • Tagalog1.4%
 • Persian1.3%
 • Spanish1.2%
 • Russian1.1%
Avg. income$38,201

The ward contains a number of neighbourhoods, with quite diverse populations. Some of the neighbourhoods in the ward are Bayshore, Woodroffe North, Michele Heights, Glabar Park, Lincoln Heights, Britannia, and Crystal Beach. The westernmost part of the ward also contains a large section of the Greenbelt. Some of these neighbourhoods, especially those by the Ottawa River are quite wealthy. However, there are also many much poorer parts of the ward with many residents living in high-density apartments. The ward also contains some of Ottawa's highest concentrations of recent immigrants.

From the creation of the new city of Ottawa in 2001 to 2010 the ward was represented by former MPP Alex Cullen, who was considered to be one of the most left-wing members of city council. However, Bay Ward has voted Liberal in recent provincial elections and Conservative federally. In the 2003 and 2006 elections, Cullen faced strong challenges from conservative opponents. In the 2003 election he faced John Blatherwick, while in 2006 he fended off a challenge from high-profile former mayoral candidate Terry Kilrea. In 2010, Cullen was defeated by a Liberal, Mark Taylor.

Bay Ward was the home of former mayor Bob Chiarelli, and he won the area by large margins in both the 2000 and 2003 mayoral elections. In the 2006 mayoral election, however, the area supported Larry O'Brien and Chiarelli finished third, also behind Alex Munter. In the 2010 mayoral election, Bay Ward swung back to the centre, going for Jim Watson.

The ward is a descendant of Britannia-Richmond Ward, which included the area now in Bay Ward before Ottawa amalgamated in 2001. That ward was created in 1994 when Britannia Ward merged with Richmond Ward. The ward existed on Regional Council as Bay Ward from 1994 until the region dissolved. This area was part of Carleton Ward until 1972 when it became Britannia Ward. Richmond Ward was carved out of it in 1980 and existed until merging back with the original ward in 1994.

City councillors
  1. Marion Dewar (1973-1974), Britannia
  2. Sandy Boyce (1975-1976), Britannia
  3. Marlene Catterall (1977-1985), Britannia
  4. Ruth Wildgen (1986-1988), Britannia
  5. Jim Jones (1989-1991), Britannia
  6. Jill Brown (1992-1994), Britannia
  7. Ron Kolbus (1995-2000), Britannia-Richmond
  8. Alex Cullen (2001-2010), Bay
  9. Mark Taylor (2010–2018), Bay
  10. Theresa Kavanagh (2018–present), Bay

Election results

1972
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marion Dewar1,36727.57
Sandy Boyce86217.39
Brian McNally71414.40
Mike McMullen56611.42
Ken Creppin4529.12
Charles Strang3847.75
Suzanne Saunders1994.01
Richard MacDonald1983.99
Gerald Cammy1973.97
Gary Hugh190.38

1974
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Sandy Boyce2,41241.18
Diane Birch2,20337.61
Maurice Royer70612.05
Anthony Gray5369.15

1976
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marlene Catterall3,04152.15
Sandy Boyce2,79047.85

1978
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marlene Catterall5,41860.08
Sandy Boyce3,60039.92

1980
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marlene Catterall3,35480.11
Paul MacKay83319.89

1982
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Marlene Catterall2,84049.80
Paul MacKay1,48726.07
Terry O'Neill1,37624.13

1985
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Ruth Wildgen1,31024.45
Jim Jones1,26323.57
Greg Ross1,08320.21
Sandra Presley97218.14
Bud Downing3506.53
Kurt Orlik2043.81
Donald Holmes1763.28

1988
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jim Jones1,94040.80
Ruth Wildgen1,92840.55
Geoffrey Sharpe49610.43
Jenny Lee Lapointe3918.22

1991
Britannia Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jill Brown1,85933.13
Gregory Ross1,55827.77
Geoffrey Sharpe83114.81
Jim Jones66511.85
Clarence S. Dungey2734.87
Randy McCooey2143.81
Andy Sammon2113.76

1994
Regional council: Bay Ward
Candidate Votes %
Alex Cullen8,00964.58
Betty-Ann Kealey3,35527.05
Andy Sammon1,0378.36
City council: Britannia-Richmond Ward
Candidate Votes %
Ron Kolbus4,75646.13
Gregory L. Ross4,03039.09
Richard Kuzell152314.77

1997
Regional council: Bay Ward
Candidate Votes %
Wendy Byrne 3,199 29.43
Peter Harris 3,017 27.75
Frank Dalton 2,041 18.77
David Morrow 1,871 17.21
Victoria Manson 595 5.47
Douglas Besharah 148 1.36
City council: Britannia-Richmond Ward
Candidate Votes %
Ron Kolbus6,50675.93
Jim Jones1,63919.13
Alphonse Lapointe4234.94

2000
City council
Candidate Votes %
Alex Cullen 7,191 48.02
Doug Shouldice 6,262 41.82
Jim Jones 572 3.82
Jeff Seeton 550 3.67
Geoffrey Sharpe 399 2.66

2003
City council
Candidate Votes %
Alex Cullen 6,713 56.74
John Blatherwick 4,477 37.84
Don Rivington 394 3.33
Didar Mohamed 248 2.10

2006
City council
Candidate Votes %
Alex Cullen 8,393 52.69
Terry Kilrea 6,303 39.57
Sherril Noble 1,234 7.75

2010
City council
Candidate Votes %
Mark Taylor5,39437.78
Alex Cullen4,32330.28
George Guirguis1,78912.53
Terry Kilrea1,1648.15
Shawn Little9036.32
Oni Joseph5443.81
Peter Heyck990.69
Erik Olesen610.43

2014
City council
Candidate Vote %
    Mark Taylor5,75046.75
    Alex Cullen5,27642.89
    George Guirguis4984.05
    Trevor Robinson4823.92
    Michael Pastien1511.23
    Brendan Mertens1431.16
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote %
    Jim Watson9,14076.31
    Mike Maguire2,20518.41
    Anwar Syed1901.59
    Rebecca Pyrah1411.18
    Robert White950.79
    Darren W. Wood780.65
    Bernard Couchman730.61
    Michael St. Arnaud550.46

2018
Council candidate Vote %
    Theresa Kavanagh6,50955.17
    Don Dransfield2,10417.83
    Erica Dath1,79315.20
    Marc Lugert8517.21
    Trevor Robinson5414.59

References
  1. (Open Data Ottawa)
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