Mark Sutcliffe returns to Ottawa City Hall for a four-year term with support from across urban, suburban and rural wards, but he was the top choice in two wards by less than 110 votes. Sutcliffe was re-elected for a second term as mayor of Ottawa on Monday night with 44.65 per cent of the vote. Jeff Leiper finished second with 33.9 per cent of the vote, followed by Neil Saravanamuttoo with 11 per cent of the vote and Alex Lawson with 7.56 per cent of the vote. Ottawa’s City Clerk officially certified the results of Monday’s election on Friday. Newly released data from the City of Ottawa shows Sutcliffe was the top choice for mayor in 20 wards across the City of Ottawa, while Leiper was the top choice in four wards. Sutcliffe won Bay ward by 77 votes and River ward by 104 votes. Sutcliffe was the top choice for mayor in Rideau-Rockcliffe by 382 votes. Leiper was the top choice for mayor in Rideau-Vanier, Somerset, Kitchissippi and Capital Ward. The data shows Leiper was the top choice in Somerset by 5,825 votes and won Kitchissippi by 3,984 votes. In Capital ward, Leiper received 6,925 votes, compared to 3,596 votes for Sutcliffe and 2,213 votes for Saravanamuttoo. Saravanamuttoo placed third in 20 of the 24 ridings. Lawson was the third choice for mayor in Orléans East-Cumberland, West Carleton-March, Osgoode and Rideau-Jock. Here is a look at the wards Sutcliffe won: The ward-by-ward votes do not include votes cast during the four days of Special Advance Voting. A total of 14,223 votes were cast for Sutcliffe during the Special Advance Voting Days, compared to 8,165 votes for Leiper. Sutcliffe received 1,393 votes through mail-in ballots, compared to 1,043 for Leiper and 255 for Saravanamuttoo. Voter turnout was 36.2 per cent in Ottawa’s municipal election, the lowest voter turnout in 23 years. Kitchissippi and Capital wards had the highest voter turnout in Ottawa’s municipal election. The city says 46,68 per cent of eligible voters in Kitchissippi cast a ballot, while 44.1 per cent of eligible voters in Capital ward voted in the election. In 2022, Sutcliffe won 19 of 24 wards in the municipal election.
