# 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 covers the neighbourhoods of Lower Town, Sandy Hill and Vanier, and contains the University of Ottawa and the ByWard Market.
Prior to Ottawa's amalgamation in 2001, the ward covered the entire former city of Vanier as well as Ottawa's Bruyère-Strathcona Ward on regional council. Bruyère-Strathcona was created in 1994 from parts of By-Rideau Ward and St. George's Ward and was initially named Ward 5 until 1995 when it was given the Bruyère-Strathcona name.
By-St. George's Ward covered this area (not including Vanier, which was a separate city) from 1972 to 1980. By-St. George's was created from the merging of By Ward and St. George's Ward, and was abolished when it was split into St. George's Ward and By-Rideau Ward in 1980.

## Councillors

By-St. George's Ward (Created from By Ward and St. George's Ward) :
| Council | Aldermen | Aldermen |
| 1973-74 | Jules Morin | Jules Morin |
| 1975-76 | Georges Bédard | Georges Bédard |
| 1977-78 | Georges Bédard | Georges Bédard |
| 1978-80 | Georges Bédard | Georges Bédard |
| Ward abolished into By-Rideau Ward and St. George's Ward |||
| Council | City Councillor (Bruyère-Strathcona Ward) | Regional Councillor (Rideau-Vanier Ward) |
| 1994-97 | Stéphane Émard-Chabot | Madeleine Meilleur |
| 1997-00 | Stéphane Émard-Chabot | Madeleine Meilleur |
| Rideau-Vanier Ward |||
| Council | City Councillor | City Councillor |
| 2001-03 | Madeleine Meilleur | Madeleine Meilleur |
| 2003-06 | Georges Bédard | Georges Bédard |
| 2006-10 | Georges Bédard | Georges Bédard |
| 2010-14 | Mathieu Fleury | Mathieu Fleury |
| 2014-18 | Mathieu Fleury | Mathieu Fleury |
| 2018-22 | Mathieu Fleury | Mathieu Fleury |
| 2022-26 | Stéphanie Plante | Stéphanie Plante |

## Neighbourhoods

* ByWard Market
* Lowertown
* Sandy Hill
* Vanier

## Election results
### 1972 Ottawa municipal election

By-St. George's Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jules Morin | 2,383 | 38.15 |
| Georges Bedard | 1,479 | 23.68 |
| Gerard Levesque | 1,209 | 19.36 |
| Bernard Wood | 1,175 | 18.81 |

### 1974 Ottawa municipal election

By-St. George's Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Georges Bedard | 2,456 | 40.05 |
| Jules Morin | 1,938 | 31.60 |
| Gerard Levesque | 1,292 | 21.07 |
| Sam McLean | 446 | 7.27 |

### 1976 Ottawa municipal election

By-St. George's Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Georges Bedard | 3,785 | 84.51 |
| Mauril Bélanger | 694 | 15.49 |

### 1978 Ottawa municipal election

By-St. George's Ward :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Georges Bedard | 3,319 | 49.83 |
| Marcel Louzon | 2,687 | 40.35 |
| Clotide Berube | 654 | 654 |

### 1994 elections

1994 Ottawa municipal election: Ward 5 (city council) :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Stéphane Émard-Chabot | 2754 | 49.01 |
| Pierre Bourque | 1549 | 27.57 |
| Eliseo Temprano | 1149 | 20.45 |
| Joseph Costisella | 167 | 2.97 |
1994 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections: Ward 12 (regional council) :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Madeleine Meilleur | 7,702 | 78.94 |
| Laurie Gourlay | 2,055 | 21.06 |

### 1997 elections

1997 Ottawa municipal election: Bruyère-Strathcona Ward (city council) :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Stéphane Émard-Chabot | 3218 | 82.64 |
| Allan Brian Shields | 371 | 9.53 |
| Steven Merritt | 305 | 7.83 |
1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections: Rideau-Vanier Ward (regional council) :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Madeleine Meilleur | 5228 | 71.06 |
| Alain Miguelez | 1823 | 24.78 |
| Jude Antonin | 306 | 4.16 |

### 2000 Ottawa municipal election

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Madeleine Meilleur | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### 2003 Ottawa municipal election

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Georges Bédard | 3,631 | 41.52 |
| Bruce McConville | 2,355 | 26.93 |
| Angela Rickman | 1,829 | 20.91 |
| Giacomo Vigna | 582 | 6.66 |
| Abdillahi Omar Bouh | 211 | 2.41 |
| Natasha Duckworth | 137 | 2.41 |

### 2006 Ottawa municipal election

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Georges Bédard | 5685 | 46.72 |
| Bruce McConville | 5482 | 45.06 |
| Krista Driscoll | 1000 | 8.22 |

### 2010 Ottawa municipal election

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Mathieu Fleury | 4708 | 45.69 |
| Georges Bédard | 4620 | 44.84 |
| Andrew Nellis | 462 | 4.48 |
| Sriyan Pinnawala | 299 | 2.90 |
| Marc Imbeault | 215 | 2.09 |

### 2014 Ottawa municipal election

City council :
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Mathieu Fleury | 5,526 | 51.54 |
| Marc Aubin | 3,571 | 33.31 |
| Catherine Fortin LeFaivre | 1,362 | 12.70 |
| David-George Oldham | 102 | 0.95 |
| George Atanga | 81 | 0.76 |
| Marc Vinette | 79 | 0.74 |
Ottawa mayor (Ward results) :
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jim Watson | 8,136 | 80.63 |
| Mike Maguire | 1,041 | 10.32 |
| Rebecca Pyrah | 246 | 2.44 |
| Michael St. Arnaud | 211 | 2.09 |
| Anwar Syed | 162 | 1.61 |
| Darren W. Wood | 105 | 1.04 |
| Bernard Couchman | 100 | 0.99 |
| Robert White | 89 | 0.88 |

### 2018 Ottawa municipal election

City council :
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Mathieu Fleury | 7,302 | 68.08 |
| Thierry Harris | 3,050 | 28.44 |
| Matt Lowe | 285 | 2.66 |
| Salar Changiz | 88 | 0.82 |

### 2022 Ottawa municipal election

City council :
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Stéphanie Plante | 4,621 | 37.15 |
| Laura Shantz | 4,298 | 34.55 |
| Julie Fiala | 704 | 5.66 |
| Alex Osorio | 671 | 5.39 |
| Jwane Izzetpanah | 564 | 4.53 |
| Tyler Cybulski | 514 | 4.13 |
| Patrick Auguste | 330 | 2.65 |
| Kim Leclerc | 296 | 2.38 |
| Burthomley Douzable | 266 | 2.14 |
| Hicham Boutaleb | 176 | 1.41 |