Ottawa City Council

The Ottawa City Council is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 21 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each of the councillors represent wards throughout the city. Council members are elected to three year terms with the last election being the 2003 election. The council meets at Ottawa City Hall in downtown. Much of the council's work is done in the standing committees made up sub-groups of councillors. The decisions made in these committees are presented to the full council and voted upon.

Members

• Bob Chiarelli, Mayor

• Georges Bédard – Rideau-Vanier
• Michel Bellemare – Beacon Hill-Cyrville
• Rainer Bloess – Innes
• Glenn Brooks – Rideau
• Eli El-Chantiry – West Carleton
• Rick Chiarelli- Baseline
• Alex Cullen – Bay
• Diane Deans – Gloucester-Southgate
• Clive Doucet – Capital
• Peggy Feltmate – Kanata
• Jan Harder – Bell-South Nepean
• Diane Holmes – Somerset
• Peter Hume – Alta Vista
• Gord Hunter – Knoxdale-Merivale
• Rob Jellett – Cumberland
• Herb Kreling – Orléans
• Jacques Legendre – Rideau-Rockliffe
• Shawn Little – Kitchissippi
• Maria McRae – River
• Janet Stavinga – Goulbourn
• Doug Thompson – Osgoode

2000–2003 members

• Bob Chiarelli, Mayor

• Elisabeth Arnold, Somerset
• Michel Bellemare, Beacon Hill-Cyrville
• Rainer Bloess, Innes
• Glenn Brooks, Rideau
• Rick Chiarelli, Baseline
• Alex Cullen, Bay
• Diane Deans, Gloucester-Southgate
• Clive Doucet, Capital
• Dwight Eastman, West Carleton
• Jan Harder, Bell South-Nepean
• Peter Hume, Alta Vista
• Gord Hunter, Knoxdale-Merivale
• Herb Kreling, Orléans
• Jacques Legendre, Rideau Rockliffe
• Shawn Little, Kitchissippi
• Phil McNeely, Cumberland
• Madeleine Meilleur, Rideau-Vanier
• Alex Munter, Kanata
• Janet Stavinga, Goulbourn
• Wendy Stewart, River
• Doug Thompson, Osgoode

see also: Ottawa municipal election, 2003, Ottawa municipal election, 2000