Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward is a city

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. Located in the city's east end, the ward covers the neighbourhoods of

New Edinburgh New Edinburgh is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the northeast of the downtown core. It is bordered on the west by the Rideau River, to the north by the Ottawa River, to the south by Beec ...

, Manor Park,

Rockcliffe Park Rockcliffe Park ( French: ''Parc Rockcliffe'') is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward, close to the centre of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1864, organized as a Police village in 1908, and an independent village from 1926, and u ...

, Wateridge Village, Overbrook,

Lindenlea Lindenlea is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, northeast of Downtown. It is bordered by Maple Lane to the north, Acacia Avenue to the east, Beechwood Avenue to the south and Springfield Road to the west. Prio ...

Viscount Alexander Park Viscount Alexander Park is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. At its maximum extent, the neighbourhood has a population of 5,430 according to the Canada 2011 Census.Population calculated by combini ...

Carson Meadows Carson Meadows is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is roughly located south of Montreal Road and north of Collège La Cité, west of the National Research Council National Science Library s ...

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and part of

Carson Grove Carson Grove is a neighbourhood in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The neighbourhood spans the former Ottawa-Gloucester boundary, which still forms the boundary between Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward. The neighbo ...

. Prior to amalgamation, the area was part of Rideau Ward. The name "Rideau Ward" has been applied to this area since New Edinburgh was annexed by Ottawa in 1887. It was first contested in the 1887 municipal election, and was known as New Edinburgh Ward in the 1887 and 1888 elections. This recent incarnation of Rideau Ward was created in 1994 from Overbrook-Forbes Ward and part of By-Rideau Ward. It was initially named Ward 4 before being renamed Rideau in 1995.

Councillors

School trustees

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: Lyra Evans (Zone 6, with

Rideau-Vanier Ward 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 cover ...

) *

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: Thérèse Maloney Cousineau (Zone 10, with Somerset Ward and

) *

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: Marielle Godbout (Zone 9, with

Alta Vista Ward Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city ward (politics), ward in the city of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 Ottawa municipal election, 1966 election when Gloucester Ward ...

) *

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: Denis Poirier (Zone 11, with Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward)

Election results

1994 elections

1997 elections

2000 Ottawa municipal election

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2010 Ottawa municipal election The 2010 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 25, 2010, to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and Boards of Trustees of Ottawa's English public, English Catholic, French public and French C ...

2014 Ottawa municipal election The 2014 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 27, 2014, 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 ...

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 ...

2019 by-election

There was a by-election on April 15, 2019 to replace Nussbaum, who was appointed as the CEO for the

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. ;Candidates: *Kasia Adamiec - Worked at the federal and municipal level of politics, founding member of the Ottawa Police Youth Advisory Committee Endorsed by Former Conservative MP

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. *Idris Ben-Tahir *Marc Dorgeville - Financial counsellor and former climate science researcher. *Bruce A. Faulkner *Johan Hamels -

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International liaison *Peter Heyck - Ran in this ward in 2018 *Miklos Horvath *Peter Jan Karwacki *Rawlson King - President of the Overbrook community association. Endorsed by city councillors

Catherine McKenney Catherine McKenney (born June 3, 1961) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent Ottawa Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) in the 2025 provincial election. McKenney previously s ...

and

Shawn Menard Shawn Michael Menard (born April 14, 1982) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to Ottawa City Council representing Capital Ward in the 2018 Ottawa municipal election. Menard grew up in Ottawa, the son of a single mother. He graduated from ...

, NDP MPP

Joel Harden Joel Davison Harden (born January 14, 1972) is a Canadian politician who represented Ottawa Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 to 2025. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP), Harden served as the party's criti ...

, OCDSB School Trustees Lyra Evans and Chris Ellis, and former city councillor

Clive Doucet Clive Doucet (born 1946) is a Canadian writer and politician. He served as the Ottawa City Councillor for Capital Ward from 1997 to 2010 and ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Ottawa in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election, finishing third with 15 pe ...

. *Jerry Kovacs *Jamie Kwong - former Quartier Vanier Merchants Association executive director. Endorsed by former Liberal MP

Bryon Wilfert Bryon J. Wilfert (born July 14, 1952) is a former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2011 who represented the GTA riding of Richmond Hill until his defeat during the 2011 federal ele ...

and former city councillor

Bob Monette Robert "Bob" Monette (born February 18, 1952) is a politician in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He first joined political life in 1985 when he served on the Cumberland City Council for six years. Monette returned to serve on the Ottawa City Council ...

*Maurice Lamirande - Former school trustee for

. *Patrick Mayangi *Oriana Ngabirano - Reputation manager and public relations specialist *Chris Penton *Sheila Perry - Teacher, president of the Federation of Community Associations of Ottawa and President of the Ottawa Council of Women. Past President of the Overbrook Community Association. Endorsed by city councillor

Jeff Leiper Jeffrey Leiper (born 1970) is the current Ottawa city councillor for Kitchissippi Ward. He was first elected in the 2014 Ottawa municipal election, defeating the incumbent Katherine Hobbs. Early life and career Leiper was born and raised in Otta ...

and former city councillor Marianne Wilkinson. *Penny Thompson - President of the Manor Park Community Association. Endorsed by former Liberal MPP

Madeleine Meilleur Madeleine Meilleur (born November 22, 1948) is a Canadian nurse, lawyer and former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2016. She represented the riding of Ottawa—Vanier ...

and former city councillor Peter D. Clark. ;Results

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 ...

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External links

Map of Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
Ottawa wards