The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 13, 1978.
1978 Ottawa mayoral election|
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Results by ward |
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Controller Marion Dewar becomes the second woman and first New Democratic Party (and to date, only) affiliated person to become mayor of Ottawa. She defeated former alderman Pat Nicol. This would mark the last elections for Ottawa's Board of Control.
Dewar won all of the city's 11 wards. Her strongest ward was Capital, where she won 62.8% of the vote. Her worst ward was Elmdale-Victoria, where she won 48.9%. Elmdale-Victoria was the only ward where she did not get a majority of the vote. Elmdale-Victoria was Nicol's home ward, but Dewar still beat her there by 545 votes.[1]
Candidate
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Votes
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%
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Marion Dewar |
51,791 |
54.24
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Pat Nicol |
32,033 |
33.55
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Bernard Pelot |
8,439 |
8.84
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Alphonse Frederick Lapointe |
1,858 |
1.95
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Eddie Turgeon |
730 |
0.76
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Ian Orenstein |
597 |
0.63
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(4 elected)
Candidate
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Votes
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%
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Don Reid (X) |
50,171 |
17.11
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Brian Bourns |
36,363 |
12.40
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William Law |
33,220 |
11.33
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Ralph Sutherland (X) |
29,716 |
10.13
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Roy Bushfield |
26,314 |
8.97
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Gerry Trudel |
24,382 |
8.31
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Jules Morin |
22,718 |
7.75
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Doug Payne |
18,464 |
6.30
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David Dehler |
11,245 |
3.83
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Cyril Goulet |
11,015 |
3.72
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Richard Calagoure |
10,912 |
3.72
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Sam MacLean |
8,994 |
3.07
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Joseph Louis Paradis |
7,476 |
2.55
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George Theckeddath |
2,251 |
0.77
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Six to be elected in each zone
Eastern Zone
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Vote
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Jane Dobell (X) |
16,371
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Don Francis (X) |
13,239
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Helen Slater (X) |
10,743
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Ted Best (X) |
10,696
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John Samuel (X) |
8,803
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Michael McKenna |
8,491
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Herbert Armstrong |
8,019
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Marion Atwell |
7,764
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Norman MacDonald |
7,381
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Marnie Bennett |
6,700
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Peg Mathews |
6,421
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Rosemary McNarin |
6,015
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Allan Simpson |
5,543
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Gary Hough |
2,723
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Terry Carlson |
2,675
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Western Zone
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Vote
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Robert Beatty (X) |
14,064
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Mary Gilmour (X) |
13,948
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Nick van Duyvendyk (X) |
12,626
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Sinclair Abell (X) |
12,614
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William Harback (X) |
8,624
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Sandra R. Goldstein |
7,856
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Wayne Wilson |
7,810
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John Wright |
7,794
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John Callan |
6,816
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Frank Edwards |
6,506
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Denis Cooney |
5,261
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Richard Bounsall |
4,996
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Cal Kempffer |
4,839
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John Gorry |
3,996
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4 to be elected
Separate school supporters
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Vote
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Jacques Beauchamp (X) |
17,271
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Robert Bélanger |
16,873
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Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X) |
16,244
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Lucien Bradet (X) |
15,140
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Jacques Faucher (X) |
12,850
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Thomas F. Kent |
11,407
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1 to be elected
Vanier Trustee
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Vote
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Denise Matte |
Acclaimed
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- ^ Official results, Ottawa room, Ottawa Public Library
- Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 1978
- "How candidates fared". Ottawa Citizen. November 15, 1978. p. 65. Retrieved December 30, 2020.