From Blake Batson’s informative election site – Perspective Ottawa
The final numbers (unofficial) for the municipal election are as follows:
Running for mayor: 20 candidates (1 incumbent, 1 former mayor, 1 former regional chair)
Running for councillor: 110 candidates (19 incumbents)
As well,
Count ‘em – 29 candidates for Trustee positions on the OCDSB! Only ONE acclamation!
That’s up from 24 candidates in 2006 with 2 uncontested seats!
Way to go Ottawa!
Now let’s see those abysmal voter participation rates shoot up by 10 points or so!
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