This is an excerpt of an article originally posted on September 4, 2018, on CBC.ca at the following link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bay-ward-candidates-election-ottawa-2018-1.4791940
Coun. Mark Taylor has kept his promise to not run again, and that leaves this ward wide open. Taylor, first elected in 2010, had promised to only stay on as a councillor for two terms. “I made that commitment to run for two terms as councillor, and I intend to keep that,” Taylor said.
There are five candidates vying for the seat at the councillor table:
Erica Dath
Don Dransfield
Theresa Kavanagh
Marc Lugert
Trevor Robinson, who ran in 2014 and came in fourth.
Bay ward is diverse with a mix of incomes, and development is shaping up to be a big issue as older communities are revitalized.
Want to know more about the candidates?
So did we.
CBC Ottawa created a questionnaire and sent it to each of the registered candidates to fill out. You can read the responses at the following link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bay-ward-candidates-election-ottawa-2018-1.4791940