constituency predecessor successor party office term_start spouse article_title term_end
rideau-goulbourn ward none stewart , area amalgamated into city dave bartlett james scott moffatt james stewart township amalgamated into city conservative party of canada ottawa city councillor mayor of rideau township january 1 , 1998 1 , 2001 january 1 , 1986 january gail wallace glenn brooks
 november 1 , 2001 30 , 2010 january 1 , 1992 january
glenn brooks

robert `` glenn '' brooks is a canadian politician who was mayor of rideau township and later ottawa city councilor representing the rural rideau-goulbourn ward .
he grew up on a dairy farm outside of oshawa and became a science teacher , he and is a wife gail also operated a small beef cattle farm .
he was first elected to the rideau township council in 1977 .
a teacher by profession he ran for mayor of the township in 1978 but lost to david bartlett .
brooks remained a councillor and defeated bartlett in a 1985 rematch .
in 1991 brooks was defeated by local businessman james stewart , who brooks had defeated in his 1988 reelection .
brooks was nominated as the reform party candidate for the riding of nepean -- carleton , but in march 1997 he resigned due to conflicts with the riding association before the election .
later that year he defeated stewart to regain the mayoralty .
brooks was a strong opponent of the amalgamation of rideau township into the city of ottawa , but once the new city was created he chose to run for the role of rideau 's representative to the city .
the race again pitted brooks against stewart .
brooks won by a substantial margin and was reelected by approximately the same margin in the 2003 ottawa election against paul paton .
in the 2006 election brooks was challenged by scott moffatt , but was reelected .
in the 2010 election moffat again challenged brooks , and this time won by a substantial margin .
