Somerset (Ward 14) is a city

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in the city of

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. It covers the neighbourhoods of

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Centretown Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is defined by the city as "the area bounded on the north by Gloucester Street and Lisgar Street, on the east by the Rideau Canal, on the south by the Qu ...

, Lebreton Flats and most of

Centretown West Centretown West, also known as West Centretown or Dalhousie is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the city's Little Italy and Chinatown enclaves. The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study defines the neig ...

. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on

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by Ariel Troster. It has an area of 6.5 km² and a projected 2006 population of 38,500. According to the

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, it had a population of 36,365. The ward was created in 1994 when

Dalhousie Ward Dalhousie Ward (pronounced or ) is a former ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1888 when it was annexed by Ottawa from Nepean Township, becoming Ottawa's eighth ward. It was merged with Wellington Ward in 1994 to becom ...

and

Wellington Ward Wellington Ward was one of the original five wards of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada created in 1855 from West Ward in Bytown, Upper Canada. It existed until 1994 when it was amalgamated with Dalhousie Ward to become Somerset Ward. The origi ...

were merged. At the time it was known as just Ward 6 until 1995 when it was given the Somerset name.

City councillors

# Elisabeth Arnold (1994-2003) # Diane Holmes (2003-2014) # Catherine McKenney (2014–2022) # Ariel Troster (2022–present)

Population data

Languages (mother tongue): *English: 60.2% *French: 9.9% *Chinese: 7.9% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese) *Vietnamese: 1.9% *Arabic: 1.8% *Italian: 1.7% *Spanish: 1.6% Religion: *Roman Catholic: 36.0% *No religion: 27.3% *Anglican: 6.7% *United Church: 5.2% *Muslim: 4.7% *Buddhist: 3.5% *Presbyterian: 1.3% *Baptist: 1.3% *Jewish: 1.0% *Greek Orthodox: 1.0% Income: *Average household income: $51,319 *Average income: $36,042

Election results

1994 elections

Arnold defeated Harris in a rematch of the 1991 election in

for city council.

1997 elections

2000 Ottawa municipal election

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Diane Holmes is running for re-election agains
Don Fex
a former festival production manager and manager of a local book store, Susan Miller, a former elected School Commissioner for the Western Quebec School Board 2007, and Barkley Pollock, an unsuccessful mayoral candidate from 2006 election, and past supporter of Liberal candidate Richard Mahoney.

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 ...

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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

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External links

Map of Somerset Ward

Ottawa wards