2018 Ottawa municipal election

The 2018 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on October 22, 2018, 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.

2018 Ottawa mayoral election

October 22, 2018
Turnout42.55%
 
Candidate Jim Watson Clive Doucet
Popular vote 188,960 59,156
Percentage 71.03% 22.24%


Mayor before election

Jim Watson

Elected Mayor

Jim Watson

The electoral system used is First past the post. Successful candidates do not need to have majority support of the voters in their district. Seven of the 23 successful ward councillors were elected with less than majority of votes in their districts.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.