Local winners in council and trustee election races

Stéphanie Plante is the newly-elected councillor for Rideau-Vanier, beating a diverse field of candidates.

During her campaign, she listed her top priorities as:

• Creation of a physician recruitment committee
• Housing options for all
• Safer neighborhoods
• Addressing climate change through supporting transit, active transportation options and protecting city’s tree canopy
• Byward Market public realm plan

Incumbent Rawlson King retained his Rideau-Rockcliffe seat with a commanding 80 per cent of the vote of the roughly 11,000 votes cast, easily beating challengers Clayton Fitzsimmins, Peter Karwacki and Peter Zanette.

In his candidate profile submitted to the September-October edition of the Chronicle, Coun, King identified pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, public transit and “affordable housing that respects the characters of our neighbourhoods” as among his priorities for the ward.

Incumbent Lyra Evans handily retained her seat in a newly-defined zone 6 against a field of challengers with about 54 per cent of the nearly 16,000 votes cast.

In her candidate submission to the September-October edition of the Chronicle, she cited her priorities for the area as

• the discrepancies between the English (Core French) and French Immersion programs,
• the systemic inequities in low-income areas compared to wealthier neighbourhoods, and
• the environment at schools (i.e., “ensuring schools have a comprehensive recycling and composting program, and that new purchases and retrofits are completed with environmental concerns front-of-mind”).

Incumbent trustee Cindy Desclouds-Simpson remains trustee for the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) zone 10 (Somerset, Rideau-Vanier, Rideau-Rockcliffe).

In her candidate profile submitted to the September-October edition of the Chronicle, she identitied implementing the OCSB mental health and well-being strategy, the equity, diversity and inclusion framework, developing a strategic plan reflected in balanced budget priorities and engagement of parent groups in collaborative decision-making as her priorities in the new term.

Newly-elected Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario(CEPEO)—Zone 10 trustee Sonia Boudreault won with over 75 percent of the vote.

In her candidate profile submitted to the September-October edition of the Chronicle, she identified fostering a caring and inclusive environment, resources for teachers and smooth and effortless communication between parents and school staff as among her priorities for the zone.