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1985 Ottawa municipal election

Field	Value
election_name	1985 Ottawa mayoral election
flag_image	File:Flag of Ottawa (1902–1987).svg
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1982 Ottawa municipal election
previous_year	1982
next_election	1988 Ottawa municipal election
next_year	1988
election_date	November 12, 1985
candidate1	Jim Durrell
popular_vote1	56,988
percentage1	59.95%
color1	ff0000
color2	00ff00
candidate2	Marlene Catterall
popular_vote2	35,711
percentage2	37.57%
map_image	File:1985_Ottawa_mayoral_election_results_by_ward.png
map_caption	Results by ward
title	Mayor
before_election	Marion Dewar
after_election	Jim Durrell

The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 12, 1985.

Riverside Ward alderman Jim Durrell defeated Britannia Ward alderman Marlene Catterall to become the new mayor of Ottawa.

Mayor

Durrell swept 12 of the city's 15 wards en route to victory, doing particularly well in the city's suburbs. His best ward was Riversdie, which he represented on council, where he won 72% of the vote. Catterall won the remaining three wards, all in the inner-city. Her strongest ward was Wellington, the only one where she won a majority of the vote. There, she won 52% of the vote. Catterall was not even able to win her home ward of Britannia, which she lost by 108 votes.

Candidate	Votes	%
Jim Durrell	56,988	59.95
Marlene Catterall	35,711	37.57
R. Allan Jones	942	0.99
Walter J. McPhee	886	0.93
Nabil Fawzry	529	0.56

[[Ottawa City Council|City council]]

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

Alta Vista Ward
Billings Ward
Britannia Ward
By-Rideau Ward
Capital Ward
Canterbury Ward
Carleton Ward
Dalhousie Ward
Elmdale Ward
Overbrook-Forbes Ward
Queensboro Ward
Richmond Ward
Riverside Ward
St. George's Ward
Wellington Ward . ]]

Alta Vista Ward	Candidate	Votes
Darrel Kent	2,927	36.57
Dylan McGuinty	2,725	34.05
Angie Herzog	1,831	22.87
Phil Massad	353	4.41
Rebecca Liff	169	2.11

Billings Ward	Candidate	Votes
Joan O'Neill	3,202	59.86
Bill Zlepnig	1,776	33.20
John Kroeker	371	6.94

Britannia Ward	Candidate	Votes
Ruth Wildgen	1,310	24.45
Jim Jones	1,263	23.57
Greg Ross	1,083	20.21
Sandra Presley	972	18.14
Bud Downing	350	6.53
Kurt Orlik	204	3.81
Donald Holmes	176	3.28

By-Rideau Ward	Candidate	Votes	%
Marc Laviolette (X)	4,343	72.61
Wayne MacKinnon	1,638	27.39

Capital Ward	Candidate	Votes
Rob Quinn	2,612	37.93
David Hagerman	1,880	27.30
Howard Smith (X)	1,603	23.28
Susan Pond	791	11.49

Canterbury Ward	Candidate	Votes	%
Michael McSweeney (X)	5,197	73.46
Ernest Lauzon	1,878	26.54

Carleton Ward	Candidate	Votes
Bob Morrison (X)	2,377	36.81
Tim Kehoe	2,288	35.43
Barbara Lejeunesse	1,792	27.75

Queensboro Ward	Candidate	Votes
Mark Maloney	2,902	41.22
Gordon MacMichael	1,846	26.22
Mary Hegan	1,731	24.58
Phil MacNeill	562	7.98

Dalhousie Ward	Candidate	Votes
Mac Harb	1,780	36.17
Denis LeBlanc	1,725	35.05
Michael Janigan	1,416	28.77

Elmdale Ward	Candidate	Votes
Jamie Fisher	1,780	35.32
Penina Coopersmith	1,375	27.28
Steve Grattan	1,063	21.09
Ed Barter	822	16.31

Overbrook-Forbes Ward	Candidate	Votes
George Kelly	2,391	48.12
Claudette Cyr-Smith	1,636	32.92
Gillian Sloan	942	18.96

Richmond Ward	Candidate	Votes	%
Jacquelin Holzman (X)	Acclaimed

Riverside Ward	Candidate	Votes
George Brown	3,746	44.45
Fidel Palumbo	2,206	26.17
Marc Wallace	1,336	15.85
Tom Quinn	1,140	13.53

St. George's Ward	Candidate	Votes
Nancy Smith (X)	2,997	51.43
Rheal Leroux	2,699	46.32
Serge Girard	131	2.25

Wellington Ward	Candidate	Votes	%
Diane Holmes (X)	2,902	69.98
Terry McLaughlin	1,245	30.02

[[Ottawa Board of Education]] Trustees

Two to be elected in each zone

Zone 1 (Vanier, Rockcliffe Park, By-Rideau, St. George's, Overbrook-Forbes)	Vote	%
Jane Dobell	6,685
Harriet Lang	3,934
Gary Hough	3,340

Zone 2 (Capital, Wellington)	Vote	%
John Smart (X)	3,513
Brian McGarry	3,030
D. Paterson	2.989
Don Francis (X)	2,253
Gord Hauser	1,337
James Bowie-Reed	712

Zone 3 (Dalhousie, Riverside, Elmdale)	Vote	%
Marian Lothian	4,523
Ted Best (X)	4,360
Sandra Goldstein (X)	2,850
Julia Brady	2,524
Terry Kilrea	1,710
Bente Addison	1,683
Harry Albright	1,104
Barry Lemoine	648

Zone 4 (Britannia, Richmond)	Vote	%
Bill Gowling (X)	4,273
Robert Beatty (X)	3,377
Wayne Wilson	2,512
Margo Deriger	2,191
E. C. Stoddon	1,103
Dale Alkerton	1,111
John Teller	818
Larry Arpaia	713

Zone 5 (Carleton, Queensboro)	Vote	%
Alex Cullen (X)	3,222
Kathy Yach	3,067
Brian Mackay	2,968
Beth Little	2,299
C. J. Kempffer	1,018
Kevin Kinsella	875

Zone 6 (Alta Vista, Billings, Canterbury)	Vote	%
Marjorie Loughrey	5,652
Russ Jackson (X)	5,296
Roy Bushfield (X)	5,085
Arthur Dufays	2,324
Brian Elliott	1,599
Leonard Haggstrom	519

Four to be elected

Separate school: Ottawa	Vote	%
Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X)	16,346
Robert Belanger (X)	16,278
Jacques Beauchamp (X)	15,822
Frank Dalton	13,302
Lucien Bradet (X)	12,560
Patrick Holt	10,188

One to be elected

Separate school: Vanier	Vote	%
Claudette Boyer	2,653	54.55
Denise Matte	2,210	45.45

References

Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 1985

References

Official results, City of Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch

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