1985 Ottawa mayoral election ← 1982 November 12, 1985 1988 →
Candidate Jim Durrell Marlene Catterall Popular vote 56,988 35,711 Percentage 59.95% 37.57%
Results by ward
Mayor before election Marion Dewar
Elected mayor 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.[ 1]
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
City council Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election 1. Alta Vista Ward 2. Billings Ward 3. Britannia Ward 4. By-Rideau Ward 5. Capital Ward 6. Canterbury Ward 7. Carleton Ward 8. Dalhousie Ward 9. Elmdale Ward 10. Overbrook-Forbes Ward 11. Queensboro Ward 12. Richmond Ward 13. Riverside Ward 14. St. George's Ward 15. 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
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
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
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 ^ Official results, City of Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch Ottawa Citizen, November 13, 1985 Bytown 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 Ottawa Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton