Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city

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in the city of

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, Canada represented on

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. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when

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was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two councillors (then called aldermen). Prior to the 1980 election, the Ward was split in half, with the western half remaining as Alta Vista ward and the eastern half became Canterbury Ward. They were reunited prior to the 1994 Election and was known as Ward 10, and given the name Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward in 1995. During this time, on regional council it was known as just Alta Vista Ward. It was renamed to Alta Vista in 2000. The ward is located in Ottawa's southeast end, and covers the neighbourhoods of

Eastway Gardens Eastway Gardens is a small neighbourhood in Alta Vista Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It consists of a series of dead end streets coming off of Tremblay Road between Riverside Drive and St. Laurent Boulevard. Most of these st ...

, Riverview,

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and

Sheffield Glen Sheffield Glen is a neighbourhood in Alta Vista Ward in southeast Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the west by Russell Road, on the south by Walkley Road and on the north and east by Lancaster Road. The neighbourhood is more commonly r ...

. The Ward is often advertised by candidates as "Alta Vista-Canterbury-Riverview", as there was a plan to name it that in 1997. The ward covers an area of 20.3 km². There is only a small boundary change for the 2006 election: the boundary will follow Highway 417 instead of the old city limits from Walkley north to the CPR right-of-way. Until 2014, the ward was represented by Peter Hume. He defeated incumbent Allan Higdon in the 2000 election. It was a battle of incumbents, as Hume was a regional councillor until the

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was abolished. Jean Cloutier replaced Hume in 2014. Key issues affecting the Alta Vista ward since 2000 have been: the propose
Alta Vista transportation corridor
, the fate of the

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, as well as the

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expansion.

Councillors

School trustees

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: Chris Ellis (Zone 6, with

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) *

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: Mark Mullan (Zone 8, with

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) *

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: Marielle Godbout (Zone 9, with

) *

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: Monique Briand (Zone 10, with

and

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)

Population data

The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the

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it had 44,435 people. Languages (mother tongue) #

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: 54.6% #

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: 15.6% #

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: 7.9% #

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: 1.8% #

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

: 1.6% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese) #

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: 1.1% Religion #

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: 40.0% #

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: 11.7% #No religion: 11.4% #

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: 8.3% #

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: 8.2% #

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: 2.0% #

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: 1.6% #

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: 1.3% #

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: 1.3% #

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: 1.1% Income *Average household income: $64,697 *Average income: $34,941

Election results

1966 elections

* 2 elected

1969 elections

*2 elected

1972 elections

1974 elections

1976 elections

1978 elections

1980 elections

1982 elections

1985 elections

Dylan McGuinty (brother of future Ontario premier

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) lost to Tory Darrel Kent.

1988 elections

1991 elections

1994 elections

1997 elections

2000 Ottawa municipal election

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After running unopposed in 2003, Hume is facing off against Perry Marleau, (a civil servant with the

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) Ismael Lediye, notable in the Somali-Canadian community, Yusef Al Mezel (President of the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 1688), Ahmed Ibrahim, an engineer, and Jim Ryan, a retired Bell Canada and Nortel employee.

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2018 Ottawa municipal election The 2018 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 22, 2018, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was held on the same day as ...

2022 Ottawa municipal election The 2022 Ottawa municipal election was held on Monday, October 24, 2022, to elect a Mayor of Ottawa, mayor, Ottawa City Council, city councillors, and trustees to the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, English and Conseil des écoles publiq ...

References

External links

Map of Alta Vista Ward
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