Two incumbent councillors will be returning to Ottawa City Hall for another four years after no challengers signed up to face them in this fall’s municipal election, while two other incumbents will face voters following last-minute registrations by challengers. The deadline passed on Friday afternoon for candidates to file their nomination papers to run for mayor, councillor or school board trustee in the October 26 election. While 99 candidates have registered to run for mayor and councillor in Ottawa, only one candidate registered to run for councillor in River and Rideau Jock wards. Coun. Riley Brockington will be elected for a fourth term in River Ward, while Coun. David Brown will represent Rideau-Jock for a second term once the city clerk certifies the candidates. Candidates signed up ahead of the 2 p.m. deadline to challenge Laine Johnson in College ward and Isabelle Skalski in Osgoode. According to the City of Ottawa, this is the second general election since amalgamation in which councillors were elected by acclamation. In 2003, Peter Hume in Alta Vista, Doug Thompson in Osgoode and Rick Chiarelli in Baseline were acclaimed. There are 12 mayoral candidates and 87 candidates for ward councillor registered to run in this fall’s election. During the 2022 election, there were 14 mayoral candidates and 107 councillor candidates. Candidates for mayor There are currently 12 candidates for mayor: Incumbent Mark Sutcliffe, Amjad Ali Syed, Queen Divine Priya Amber Bakshi, Zed Chebib, Bernard Couchman, Suraj Harish, Alex Lawson, Jeff Leiper, Neil Saravanamuttoo, Ali Shayvardn, Jacob Solomon, Peter Westaway. Councillor candidates Key dates Here are the key dates for the municipal election in Ottawa. When can I vote? Ottawa residents will have six days to cast their vote in the municipal election. Who can vote? To cast a ballot in Ottawa’s municipal election, you must be the following on election day:
