Peggy Feltmate

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Peggy Feltmate is an Ottawa city councillor representing Kanata ward. She was born in Wallaceburg, Ontario in 1949 and was first elected in the 2003 Ottawa election to replace outgoing councillor Alex Munter. She had won plaudits for her efforts at the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre and was backed by Munter and other well known Kanata figures. Her main opponent in the election was Richard Rutkowski. A controversy emerged during the race when someone bought many domain names based on Feltmate's name, preventing her from using the domains for her campaign. Rutkowski admitted his campaign manager had done this and fired him. The campaign manager stated that he had been acting under the direct orders of Rutkowski. Feltmate won in a landslide with almost triple the votes of Rutkowski.

During her first term in office, Feltmate helped save some of the area around Beaver Pond from development. She was re-elected in 2006 in the new Kanata South ward.

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Preceded by
Alex Munter
City councillors from Kanata Ward
2003-2006
Succeeded by
Ward abolished
Preceded by
Ward created
City councillors from Kanata South Ward
2006-present
Succeeded by
Incumbent