Rideau-Goulbourn Ward

Rideau-Goulbourn Ward (Ward 21) is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Situated in the rural south end of the city, the ward includes rural areas west of the Rideau River and the communities of Manotick, Richmond, North Gower, Munster, Kars, Fallowfield, Ashton and Burritts Rapids as well as Goulbourn Township south and west of Stittsville.

Rideau-Goulbourn
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°06′N 75°47′W
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
CityOttawa
Government
 • CouncillorScott Moffatt
Population
 • Total24,665
Languages (2016)
 • English88.4%
 • French6.6%

Before 2006, the ward was known as Rideau Ward and was increased in coverage as the new ward of Stittsville was created from parts of the former Kanata and Goulbourn Wards due to population growth in Stittsville as well as new developments in the west portions of the former city of Kanata. Portions of Goulbourn Township was added to Rideau Ward. In 2014, the new Blackstone subdivision was transferred from Rideau-Goulbourn Ward to Stittsville Ward.

Prior to being amalgamated into Ottawa, this areas was represented on Regional council by Western Townships Ward.

There are plans underway to change the name of the ward, due to Goulbourn's namesake, Henry Goulburn's attachment to slavery in the 19th century.[2]

Regional councillors

Rideau Township formed as an amalgamation of Malborough and North Gower Township in 1974.

  1. Bill Tupper (1974-1978, Mayor of Rideau)
  2. Dave Bartlett (1978-1985, Mayor of Rideau)
  3. Glenn Brooks (1986-1991, Mayor of Rideau)
  4. James Stewart (1992-1994, Mayor of Rideau)
  5. Betty Hill (1995-2000, Western Townships Ward)

City councillors

Since the amalgamation of Rideau Township into the City of Ottawa, its constituents have elected the following to the Ottawa City Council:

Ottawa City Councillors for Rideau-Goulbourn
No. Years Name
1 2001–2010 Glenn Brooks
2 2010–present Scott Moffatt

Election results

2000 Ottawa municipal election
City council
Candidate Votes %
Glenn Brooks 3444 65.10
James Stewart 1846 34.90

2003 Ottawa municipal election
City council
Candidate Votes %
Glenn Brooks 2765 62.68
Paul Paton 1646 37.32%

2006 Ottawa municipal election
City council
Candidate Votes %
Glenn Brooks 4678 44.41
Scott Moffatt 3205 30.43
Iain McCallum 1345 12.77
Jim Stewart 1305 12.39

2010 Ottawa municipal election
City council
Candidate Votes %
Scott Moffatt504852.64
Glenn Brooks253926.48
Bruce Webster118112.32
Iain McCallum5635.87
Bruce Chrustie2582.69

2014 Ottawa municipal election
City council
Candidate Vote %
    Scott Moffatt5,13762.26
    Daniel Scharf3,11437.74
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote %
    Jim Watson4,77158.58
    Mike Maguire3,19139.18
    Rebecca Pyrah450.55
    Darren W. Wood360.44
    Anwar Syed350.43
    Robert White320.39
    Bernard Couchman190.23
    Michael St. Arnaud150.18

2018 Ottawa municipal election
City council
Candidate Vote %
    Scott Moffatt5,08055.81
    David Brown4,02344.19

References
  1. (Open Data Ottawa)
  2. "Councillor plans to rename Rideau-Goulbourn ward because of namesake's slavery ties". Ottawa Citizen.


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