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1978 Ottawa municipal election

Field	Value
election_name	1978 Ottawa mayoral election
flag_image	File:Flag of Ottawa (1902–1987).svg
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1976 Ottawa municipal election
previous_year	1976
next_election	1980 Ottawa municipal election
next_year	1980
election_date	November 13, 1978
image1	File:Mariondewar2.PNG
candidate1	Marion Dewar
popular_vote1	51,791
percentage1	54.24%
color1
color2
candidate2	Pat Nicol
popular_vote2	32,033
percentage2	33.55%
map_caption	Results by ward
title	Mayor
map_image	File:1978_Ottawa_mayoral_election_results_by_ward.png
before_election	Lorry Greenberg
after_election	Marion Dewar

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 13, 1978.

Controller Marion Dewar becomes the second woman and first New Democratic Party (and to date, only) affiliated person to become mayor of Ottawa. She defeated former alderman Pat Nicol. This would mark the last elections for Ottawa's Board of Control.

Mayor

Dewar won all of the city's 11 wards. Her strongest ward was Capital, where she won 62.8% of the vote. Her worst ward was Elmdale-Victoria, where she won 48.9%. Elmdale-Victoria was the only ward where she did not get a majority of the vote. Elmdale-Victoria was Nicol's home ward, but Dewar still beat her there by 545 votes.

Candidate	Votes	%
Marion Dewar	51,791	54.24
Pat Nicol	32,033	33.55
Bernard Pelot	8,439	8.84
Alphonse Frederick Lapointe	1,858	1.95
Eddie Turgeon	730	0.76
Ian Orenstein	597	0.63

[[Ottawa Board of Control]]

(4 elected)

Candidate	Votes	%
Don Reid (X)	50,171	17.11
Brian Bourns	36,363	12.40
William Law	33,220	11.33
Ralph Sutherland (X)	29,716	10.13
Roy Bushfield	26,314	8.97
Gerry Trudel	24,382	8.31
Jules Morin	22,718	7.75
Doug Payne	18,464	6.30
David Dehler	11,245	3.83
Cyril Goulet	11,015	3.72
Richard Calagoure	10,912	3.72
Sam MacLean	8,994	3.07
Joseph Louis Paradis	7,476	2.55
George Theckeddath	2,251	0.77

[[Ottawa City Council]]

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election <br>

Alta Vista Ward
Britannia Ward
By-St. George's Ward
Capital Ward
Carleton Ward
Dalhousie Ward
Elmdale-Victoria Ward
Gloucester Ward
Queensboro Ward
Rideau Ward
Wellington Ward . ]]

Alta Vista Ward	Candidate	Votes
Don Kay (X)	5,749	48.85
Keith Martin	3,571	30.35
Darrel Kent	2,448	20.80

Gloucester Ward	Candidate	Votes
Joe Quinn (X)	4,429	38.72
Terry Denison	3,832	33.50
Gordon Lennox	3,177	27.78

Britannia Ward	Candidate	Votes	%
Marlene Catterall (X)	5,925	58.47
Sandy Boyce	4,209	41.53

Rideau Ward	Candidate	Votes
Rhéal Robert (X)	5,312	53.62
Bruce Grant	4,298	43.39
Ed Howard	296	2.99

Capital Ward	Candidate	Votes
Michele MacKinnon	4,107	45.76
Thom Bennett	2,661	29.65
Dave Hagerman	1,735	19.33
Doug Coupar	356	2.97
Michael John Houlton	116	1.29

Carleton Ward	Candidate	Votes	%
Toddy Kehoe (X)	5,935	69.68
Bill Bangs	2,582	30.32

Queensboro Ward	Candidate	Votes	%
Trip Kennedy (X)	5,758	69.47
Richard MacDonald	2,531	30.53

Dalhousie Ward	Candidate	Votes
Rolf Hasenack (X)	2,688	62.83
Phil Aston	648	15.15
Gary Larkin	543	12.69
John Campbell	399	9.33

Elmdale-Victoria Ward	Candidate	Votes
Chris Chilton	1,930	24.53
Roland Wall (X)	1,763	22.40
Byron Hyde	1,661	21.11
Richard Albert	1,296	16.47
Kathleen Tuskey	1,219	15.49

By-St. George's Ward	Candidate	Votes
Georges Bedard	4,035	51.00
Marcel Lauzon	3,112	39.33
Clotilde Berube	765	9.67

Wellington Ward	Candidate	Votes
Joe Cassey (X)	2,057	44.88
Brian Atkinson	1,545	33.71
Gary Beach	981	21.41

[[Ottawa Board of Education]] Trustees

Six to be elected in each zone

Eastern Zone	Vote
Jane Dobell (X)	16,371
Don Francis (X)	13,239
Helen Slater (X)	10,743
Ted Best (X)	10,696
John Samuel (X)	8,803
Michael McKenna	8,491
Herbert Armstrong	8,019
Marion Atwell	7,764
Norman MacDonald	7,381
Marnie Bennett	6,700
Peg Mathews	6,421
Rosemary McNarin	6,015
Allan Simpson	5,543
Gary Hough	2,723
Terry Carlson	2,675

Western Zone	Vote
Robert Beatty (X)	14,064
Mary Gilmour (X)	13,948
Nick van Duyvendyk (X)	12,626
Sinclair Abell (X)	12,614
William Harback (X)	8,624
Sandra R. Goldstein	7,856
Wayne Wilson	7,810
John Wright	7,794
John Callan	6,816
Frank Edwards	6,506
Denis Cooney	5,261
Richard Bounsall	4,996
Cal Kempffer	4,839
John Gorry	3,996

4 to be elected

Separate school supporters	Vote
Jacques Beauchamp (X)	17,271
Robert Bélanger	16,873
Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X)	16,244
Lucien Bradet (X)	15,140
Jacques Faucher (X)	12,850
Thomas F. Kent	11,407

1 to be elected

Vanier Trustee	Vote
Denise Matte	Acclaimed

References

Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 1978

References

Official results, Ottawa room, Ottawa Public Library

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