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Ottawa municipal election, 2014

Ottawa mayoral election, 2014
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Nominee Jim Watson Mike Maguire
Popular vote 189,253 46,341
Percentage 76.20% 18.66%

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Mayor before election

Jim Watson

Elected Mayor

Jim Watson


Jim Watson

Jim Watson

The Ottawa municipal election was held on October 27, 2014 to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards. The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.

Nominated July 23. Immigrant from Guyana; operates a marketing company.

2010 mayoral candidate Mike Maguire announced he was running for mayor and was nominated on January 7, 2014. He launched his official campaign on June 25

Prostate cancer activist and Carleton University student. Nominated September 11.

Ran for mayor in 2010, winning 0.07% of the vote. Nominated September 11.

Engineer born in Aurangabad, India and emigrated to Canada in 1999. Ran as an independent in the Canadian federal election, 2006 in Ottawa Centre, placing sixth with 0.2%. He was nominated August 15.

Mayor Jim Watson declared his intention and ran again for election. He was nominated on March 24 and launched his campaign on April 27.

White was nominated for mayor in 2010 but dropped out after a month. He was nominated on June 27.

Wood, originally from Niagara Falls, ran as an independent in the 1999 provincial election (in Niagara Falls). He also ran for mayor of Niagara Falls in 2003 and for Niagara Falls city council in 2006. Wood had been nominated to run for city council in Stittsville Ward, but was nominated for mayor on July 17.


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