The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.
1982 Ottawa mayoral election|
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Mayor Marion Dewar was re-elected, defeating conservative alderman Darrel Kent.
Official results[1]
Dewar was re-elected, thanks to support from the city's urban wards, plus her home region in the suburban west and the Francophone east end of the city. She won 10 of the city's 15 wards, with her strongest support in the city's core, where she won over 60% of the vote in three wards: St. George's (63.7%), Wellington (63.2%) and Capital (61.6%). Kent was the strongest in the city's suburban south end, doing his best in his home ward of Canterbury, where he won 59% of the vote.
| Candidate
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Votes
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%
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| Marion Dewar (X) |
57,168 |
52.02
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| Darrel Kent |
48,461 |
44.10
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| T. Joseph McCarthy |
2,060 |
1.87
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| Marc Gauvin |
1,725 |
1.57
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| Arnold Guetta |
487 |
0.44
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Six to be elected in each zone
| Eastern Zone (529/530 polls)
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Vote
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| Jane Dobell (X) |
17,501
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| Russ Jackson |
13,053
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| Ted Best (X) |
12,781
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| Roy Bushfield |
12,423
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| Don Francis |
11,942
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| John Smart |
10,587
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| Marjorie Loughrey (X) |
9,701
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| John Samuel |
8,872
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| David Armstrong |
9,027
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| Michael McKenna (X) |
8,540
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| Ken Ellis |
6,069
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| Anne Dupuis |
6,156
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| Anne-Marie Kolinski-Corneau |
5,230
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| Allan Simpson |
4,483
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| David Delisle |
3,953
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| George Denison |
3,709
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| Colin Simpson |
2,997
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| Barry Lemoine |
2,344
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| William Voller |
2,283
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| Western Zone
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Vote
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| Bill Law (X) |
13,733
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| Robert Beatty (X) |
12,769
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| Sandra Goldstein (X) |
10,903
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| Bill Gowling |
10,817
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| Kathy Yach |
9,058
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| Alexander Cullen |
8,595
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| Wayne Wilson (X) |
7,527
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| John Jackson (X) |
7,310
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| John Wright (X) |
7,262
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| Abby Pollonetsky |
7,221
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| Marion Lothian |
6,377
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| Robert Grace |
6,366
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| Harry Albright |
5,381
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| Stephen Delaney |
5,306
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| Barbara Mollon |
4,455
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| Calvin Kempffer |
3,041
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| Dale Alkerton |
2,373
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4 to be elected
| Separate school supporters: Ottawa (937/938 polls)
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Vote
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| Jacques Beauchamp (X) |
18,925
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| Robert Belanger (X) |
17,877
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| Dalton McGuinty, Sr. (X) |
16,585
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| Lucien Bradet (X) |
15,755
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| Thomas Kent |
15,442
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| Edouard Gagnon |
10,905
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| Ken Bruton |
8,152
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1 to be elected
| Separate school supporters: Vanier
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Vote
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%
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| Claudette Boyer |
3,378 |
56.21
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| Alain Gougeon |
2,632 |
43.79
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- ^ 1982 Ottawa election results, Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch
