Somerset Ward

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Somerset
Location within Ottawa
Coordinates: 45°25′N 75°42′W / 45.417°N 75.700°W / 45.417; -75.700Coordinates: 45°25′N 75°42′W / 45.417°N 75.700°W / 45.417; -75.700
Country Canada
Province Ontario
City Ottawa
Government
  Councillor Diane Holmes
Area
  Total 5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Total 33,515
  Density 5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Languages
  English 63.8%
  French 13.1%
  Others 23.2%
Avg. income 38,202

Somerset (Ward 14) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It covers the neighbourhoods of Downtown Ottawa, Centretown, Lebreton Flats and most of Centretown West. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on Ottawa City Council by Diane Holmes. It has an area of 6.5 km² and a projected 2006 population of 38,500. According to Canada 2001 Census it had a population of 36,365. The ward was created in 1994 when Dalhousie Ward and Wellington Ward were merged.

City councillors

  1. Elisabeth Arnold (1994-2003)
  2. Diane Holmes (2003-present)

Population data

Languages (mother tongue):

  • English: 60.2%
  • French: 9.9%
  • Chinese: 7.9% (inc. Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese)
  • Vietnamese: 1.9%
  • Arabic: 1.8%
  • Italian: 1.7%
  • Spanish: 1.6%

Religion:

  • Roman Catholic: 36.0%
  • No religion: 27.3%
  • Anglican: 6.7%
  • United Church: 5.2%
  • Muslim: 4.7%
  • Buddhist: 3.5%
  • Presbyterian: 1.3%
  • Baptist: 1.3%
  • Jewish: 1.0%
  • Greek Orthodox: 1.0%

Income:

  • Average household income: $51,319
  • Average income: $36,042

Election results

1994 elections

Arnold defeated Harris in a rematch of the 1991 election in Dalhousie Ward for city council.

City council
Candidate Votes %
Elisabeth Arnold 4,529 50.48
Peter Harris 4,443 49.52
Regional council
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes 6,496 76.07
Dale Curwin 1,080 12.64
Ross Taylor 742 8.69
Bill Overall 222 2.60

1997 elections

City council
Candidate Votes %
Elisabeth Arnold 4,004 78.16
Kris Schimmel 1,119 21.84
Regional Council
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes Acclaimed

Ottawa municipal election, 2000

City council
Candidate Votes %
Elisabeth Arnold 6,517 75.77
Olivia Bradley 2,084 24.2

Ottawa municipal election, 2003

City council
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes 4105 61.62%
Dawn Pickering 119517.94%
David MacDonald 567 8.51%
William A. Ostapyk 366 5.49%
Steve Sweeney 189 2.84%
Sotos Petrides 132 1.98%
Bill Driver 55 0.83%
Mike Jung 53 0.80%

Ottawa municipal election, 2006

City council
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes 6600 63.07%
Luc Lapointe 1782 17.03%
George Guirguis 1497 14.31%
Karen Dawe 359 3.43%
Idris Ben-Tahir 226 2.16%

Ottawa municipal election, 2010

Diane Holmes is running for re-election against Don Fex, a former festival production manager and manager of a local book store, Susan Miller, a former elected School Commissioner for the Western Quebec School Board 2007, and Barkley Pollock, an unsuccessful mayoral candidate from 2006 election, and past supporter of Liberal candidate Richard Mahoney.

City council
Candidate Votes %
Diane Holmes 6282 66.51
Don Fex 2024 21.43
Susan Miller 810 8.58
Barkley Pollock 329 3.48

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