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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1982 Ottawa mayoral election
| flag_image= File:Flag of Ottawa (1902–1987).svg
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1980 Ottawa municipal election
| previous_year = 1980
| next_election = 1985 Ottawa municipal election
| next_year = 1985
| election_date = November 8, 1982 
| image1 = File:Mariondewar2.PNG
| party1= 
| candidate1 = [[Marion Dewar]]
| popular_vote1 =  57,167
| percentage1 = 52.02%
| color1            =   {{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|nohash}}
| image2 = 
| party2= 
| color2=   {{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|nohash}}
| candidate2 = [[Darrel Kent]]
| popular_vote2 = 48,461
| percentage2 = 44.10%
| map_image = 1982_Ottawa_mayoral_election_results_map_by_ward.png
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = Mayor
| before_election = [[Marion Dewar]]
| after_election = [[Marion Dewar]]
}}

The city of [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]] held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.

Mayor Marion Dewar was re-elected, defeating conservative alderman Darrel Kent.

==Mayor==
''Official results''<ref>1982 Ottawa election results, Ottawa Room, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch</ref>

Dewar was re-elected, thanks to support from the city's urban wards, plus her home region in the suburban west and the Francophone east end of the city. She won 10 of the city's 15 wards, with her strongest support in the city's core, where she won over 60% of the vote in three wards: St. George's (63.7%), Wellington (63.2%) and Capital (61.6%). Kent was the strongest in the city's suburban south end, doing his best in his home ward of Canterbury, where he won 59% of the vote. 

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
| [[Marion Dewar]] (X) || 57,168 || 52.02
|-
| [[Darrel Kent]] || 48,461 || 44.10
|-
| T. Joseph McCarthy || 2,060 || 1.87
|-
| Marc Gauvin || 1,725 || 1.57
|-
| Arnold Guetta || 487 || 0.44
|}

==[[Ottawa City Council]]==
[[Image:Ottawawards1981-1994.PNG|300px|thumb|Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election <br> 
1. [[Alta Vista Ward]] <br>
2. [[Billings Ward]] <br>
3. [[Britannia Ward]] <br>
4. [[By-Rideau Ward]] <br>
5. [[Capital Ward]] <br>
6. [[Canterbury Ward]] <br>
7. [[Carleton Ward]] <br>
8. [[Dalhousie Ward]] <br>
9. [[Elmdale Ward]] <br>
10. [[Overbrook-Forbes Ward]] <br>
11. [[Queensboro Ward]] <br>
12. [[Richmond Ward (Ottawa)|Richmond Ward]] <br>
13. [[River Ward|Riverside Ward]] <br> 
14. [[St. George's Ward]] <br>
15. [[Wellington Ward]] . ]]

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Alta Vista Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Greg MacDougall]] (X) || 6,413 || 79.31
|-
|Earle MacPhail || 1,673 || 20.69
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Billings Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Brian Bourns]] (X)  || 3,703 || 55.25
|-
|Bill Zlepnig || 2,999 || 44.75
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Britannia Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Marlene Catterall]] (X) || 2,840 || 49.80
|-
|Paul MacKay || 1,487 || 26.07
|-
|Terry O'Neill || 1,376 || 24.13
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[By-Rideau Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Marc Laviolette]] (X) || 4,466 || 54.53
|-
|Pierre Labelle || 3,724 ||  45.47
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Capital Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Howard Smith (Canadian politician)|Howard Smith]] (X) || 3,150 || 43.22
|-
|Dave Hagerman || 2,795 || 38.35
|-
|David Brasset || 1,343 || 18.43
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Canterbury Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Michael McSweeney]] || 3,706 || 44.44
|-
|Sue Snider || 3,154 || 37.82
|-
|Sig Schmidt || 1,479 || 17.74
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Carleton Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Toddy Kehoe]] (X) || 2,631 || 36.56
|-
|Bob Morrison || 2,395 || 33.28
|-
|Barbara Lajeunesse || 2,171 || 30.17
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Queensboro Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Terry Denison]] (X) || 5,476 || 75.97
|-
| Gordon MacMichael || 1,732 || 24.03
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Dalhousie Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Rolf Hasenack]] (X) || 3,285 || 56.66
|-
|Warren Ralph || 2,513 || 43.34
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Elmdale Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Graham Bird (politician)|Graham Bird]] (X) || 4,742 || 81.94
|-
|Geoffrey Sharpe || 1,045 || 18.06
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Overbrook-Forbes Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Rhéal Robert]] (X) || 4,383 || 58.53
|-
|Fernande Casey || 2,819 || 37.64
|-
|Marion Cray || 287 || 3.83
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Richmond Ward (Ottawa)|Richmond Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Jacquelin Holzman]] || 4,796 || 48.51
|-
|[[Bob Chiarelli]] || 4,214 || 42.63
|-
|Rick Stewart || 876 ||  8.86
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[River Ward|Riverside Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Jim Durrell]] (X)|| 6,856 || 87.53
|-
|Gregory Minion || 977 || 12.47
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[St. George's Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Nancy Smith (councillor)|Nancy Smith]] (X) || 4,644 || 77.41
|-
|Sam MacLean || 826 || 13.77
|-
|Serge Girard || 529 || 8.82
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3"| [[Wellington Ward]]
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|[[Diane Holmes]] || 2,920 || 46.28
|-
|[[Joe Cassey]] (X) || 2,522 || 39.97
|-
|Jack Bowie-Reed || 867 || 13.74
|}

==[[Ottawa Board of Education]] Trustees==
''Six to be elected in each zone''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Eastern Zone (529/530 polls)
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
|-
| '''Jane Dobell''' (X) || 17,501
|-
| '''Russ Jackson''' || 13,053
|-
| '''Ted Best''' (X) || 12,781
|-
| '''Roy Bushfield''' || 12,423
|-
| '''Don Francis''' || 11,942
|-
| '''John Smart''' || 10,587
|-
| Marjorie Loughrey (X) || 9,701
|-
| John Samuel || 8,872
|-
| David Armstrong || 9,027 
|-
| Michael McKenna (X) || 8,540
|-
| Ken Ellis || 6,069
|-
| Anne Dupuis || 6,156
|-
| Anne-Marie Kolinski-Corneau || 5,230
|-
| Allan Simpson || 4,483
|-
| David Delisle || 3,953
|-
| George Denison || 3,709
|-
| Colin Simpson || 2,997
|-
| Barry Lemoine || 2,344
|-
| William Voller || 2,283
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Western Zone
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
|-
| '''[[Bill Law (politician)|Bill Law]]''' (X) || 13,733 
|-
| '''Robert Beatty''' (X) || 12,769
|-
| '''Sandra Goldstein''' (X) ||| 10,903 
|-
| '''Bill Gowling''' || 10,817
|-
| '''Kathy Yach''' || 9,058
|-
| '''[[Alex Cullen (politician)|Alexander Cullen]]''' || 8,595
|-
| Wayne Wilson (X) || 7,527
|-
| John Jackson (X) || 7,310
|-
| John Wright (X) || 7,262
|-
| Abby Pollonetsky || 7,221
|-
| Marion Lothian || 6,377
|-
| Robert Grace || 6,366
|-
| [[Harry Albright]] || 5,381
|-
| Stephen Delaney || 5,306
|-
| Barbara Mollon || 4,455
|-
| Calvin Kempffer || 3,041
|-
| Dale Alkerton || 2,373 
|}

''4 to be elected''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Separate school supporters: Ottawa (937/938 polls)
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
|-
| '''Jacques Beauchamp''' (X) || 18,925
|-
| '''Robert Belanger''' (X) || 17,877
|-
| '''[[Dalton McGuinty, Sr.]]''' (X) || 16,585
|-
| '''Lucien Bradet''' (X) || 15,755
|-
| Thomas Kent || 15,442
|-
| Edouard Gagnon || 10,905
|-
| Ken Bruton || 8,152 
|}

''1 to be elected''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Separate school supporters: [[Vanier, Ontario|Vanier]] 
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | %
|-
| '''Claudette Boyer''' || 3,378 || 56.21
|-
| Alain Gougeon || 2,632 || 43.79
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*''[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19821109&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ottawa Citizen, November 9, 1982]''

{{Ottawa elections}}

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