2014 Ottawa municipal election
The Ottawa municipal election 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 elections in every other municipality in Ontario. Mayoral candidates. Bernard Couchman. Nominated July 23. Immigrant from Guyana; operates a marketing company. Mike Maguire. 2010 mayoral candidate Mike Maguire announced he was running for mayor and was nominated on January 7, 2014. He launched his official campaign on June 25 Rebecca Pyrah. Prostate cancer activist and Carleton University student. Nominated  September 11. Michael St. Arnaud. Ran for mayor in 2010, winning 0.07% of the vote. Nominated September 11. Anwar Syed. Engineer born in Aurangabad, India and emigrated to Canada in 1999. Ran as an independent in the 2006 Canadian federal election in Ottawa Centre, placing sixth with 0.2%. He was nominated August 15. Jim Watson. Mayor Jim Watson declared his intention and ran again for election. He was nominated on March 24 and launched his campaign on April 27. Robert White. White was nominated for mayor in 2010 but dropped out after a month. He was nominated on June 27 . Darren W. Wood. Wood, originally from Niagara Falls, ran as an independent in the 1999 provincial election (in Niagara Falls). He also ran for mayor of Niagara Falls in 2003 and for Niagara Falls city council in 2006. Wood had been nominated to run for city council in Stittsville Ward, but was nominated for mayor on July 17. Dropped out. Robert Gilles Gauthier. Ran for numerous offices including mayor in 1997 and 2010. He was nominated on April 29. He later dropped out of the running. Mayoral results. Note: Colour corresponds to main campaign colour. "(X)" denotes incumbent. City Council . Orléans Ward. Incumbent councillor Bob Monette ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: Innes Ward. Incumbent councillor Rainer Bloess did not run for re-election. Nominated: Dropped out: Results: Barrhaven Ward. Incumbent councillor Jan Harder ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: Kanata North Ward. Incumbent councillor Marianne Wilkinson ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: West Carleton-March Ward. Incumbent councillor Eli El-Chantiry ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: Stittsville Ward. Incumbent councillor Shad Qadri ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: Bay Ward. Incumbent councillor Mark Taylor ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: College Ward. Incumbent councillor Rick Chiarelli ran for  re-election. Nominated: Dropped out: Results: Knoxdale-Merivale Ward. Incumbent councillor Keith Egli ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: Gloucester-Southgate Ward. Incumbent councillor Diane Deans ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward. Incumbent councillor Tim Tierney ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: Rideau-Vanier Ward. Incumbent councillor Mathieu Fleury ran for re-election. Nominated: Dropped out Results: Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward. Incumbent councillor Peter D. Clark ran for re-election. Nominated: Dropped out: Results: Somerset Ward. Incumbent councillor Diane Holmes retired. Nominated: Dropped out: Results: Kitchissippi Ward. Incumbent councillor Katherine Hobbs ran for re-election. Nominated: Dropped  out: Results: River Ward. Incumbent councillor Maria McRae did not run for re-election. Nominated: Results: Capital Ward. Incumbent councillor David Chernushenko ran for re-election. Nominated: Results: Alta Vista Ward. Incumbent councillor Peter Hume did not run for re-election. Nominated: Dropped out: Results: Cumberland Ward. Incumbent councillor Stephen Blais ran for re-election. Nominated: Dropped out: Results: Osgoode Ward. Incumbent councillor Doug Thompson declined to run for re-election. Nominated: Dropped out: Results: Rideau-Goulbourn Ward. Incumbent councillor Scott Moffatt ran for re-election. Nominated Results: Gloucester-South Nepean Ward. Incumbent councillor Steve Desroches did not run for  re-election. Nominated: Dropped out: Results: Kanata South Ward. Incumbent councillor Allan Hubley ran for re-election. Nominated Results: