Ottawa election 2022

Mark Sutcliffe, 54, beat out 13 other candidates, including Catherine McKenney, a city councillor who rose to national prominence during the “Freedom Convoy” ...

Sutcliffe’s election comes after current Mayor Jim Watson announced last year he would not be seeking another term in office. Sutcliffe is leading with a majority of the votes, with 342 of 842 polls showing over 51 per cent of voters choose him as Ottawa’s next Mayor. Ottawa has a new head of council this time around, with Mark Sutcliffe elected as the city’s next mayor.

The 54-year-old Sutcliffe, a long-time broadcaster and entrepreneur who positioned himself as a city hall outsider during this fall's election campaign, ...

"Catherine is a trailblazer. "It's tough and it's disappointing, but we're going to move forward. "Tonight we're going to share some drinks. There's no soft landing here." "I've learned a lot during this campaign. "And Catherine has an unequaled ambition for what our city could be." Sutcliffe told a raucous crowd during his victory speech at the Lago events centre at Dows Lake. But most of all, I am feeling incredible gratitude." [spoke to his "cross-partisan" support](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-city-municipal-election-2022-mayor-endorsement-1.6618414). [the first trans non-binary mayor of a major Canadian city](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/catherine-mckenney-mayor-ottawa-profile-2022-1.6599795). [the weeks-long occupation of Ottawa's downtown by Freedom Convoy protesters](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/truck-convoy-downtown-ottawa-residents-mental-health-1.6333674). [cap property tax increases at 2.5 per cent](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mayoral-candidate-mark-sutcliffe-taxes-finances-budget-1.6607607) in 2023 and 2024 and continue to keep them low in 2025 and 2026.

Following a tight race, Mark Sutcliffe has made it to the finish line as Ottawa's newest mayor. The 54-year-old former journalist was declared the winner over ...

Sutcliffe is not an incumbent, so that’s change, but he is not necessarily a radical change in terms of the policy direction for the city.” McKenney represents a change in terms of the candidate. McKenney was seen as one of the few political leaders who stood up for afflicted Ottawa residents during the “Freedom Convoy” protests. “Creative, compassionate, ambitious people who want to build a better future for those in their community. Within the first 100 days in office, he wanted to find $35 million in savings, reduce children's fees by 10 per cent, freeze transit fares and limit property taxes to a maximum of 2.5 per cent. McKenney was unable to close the gap with Sutcliffe.

Canada's capital city elected a new centrist mayor after a surprisingly contentious campaign that divided members of the country's governing Liberal Party.

Citizens will elect a new mayor and a bevy of new councillors, including 10 in wards where incumbents chose not to run again, and one in the newly created ...

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