Osgoode Ward (Ward 20) is a municipal ward located in the rural southeast corner of the City of Ottawa. It mostly consists of the former Osgoode Township and parts of the former city of Gloucester. It was represented on Ottawa City Council by George Darouze until his election as MPP in the 2025 Ontario general election.

The ward contains the communities of Greely, Osgoode, Metcalfe, Vars, Edwards, Carlsbad Springs, Kenmore, Vernon, South Gloucester, Ficko, Limebank, Johnston Corners and Piperville.

The ward was created for the 2000 municipal elections in preparation for Osgoode Township's amalgamation into the city of Ottawa. Prior to that, Osgoode Township was located in Cumberland-Osgoode Ward on the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton regional council.

From 2000 to 2006, the ward consisted solely of the former Township of Osgoode. Beginning with the 2006 election, the boundaries changed to add much of rural southern Gloucester to the ward. And, beginning with the 2022 election, the ward expanded further to include more of rural Gloucester, plus southern and southwestern portions of the former Cumberland Township.

Regional and city councillors

  1. Arnold Taylor (1969–1976) as reeve of Osgoode
  2. Albert Bouwers (1977–1994) as reeve/mayor of Osgoode
  3. Robert van den Ham (1994–2000) as regional councillor for Cumberland-Osgoode Ward
  4. Doug Thompson (2001–2014)
  5. George Darouze (2014–2025)

Election results

  • As Cumberland-Osgoode Ward
Regional council
Candidate Votes %
Robert van den Ham Acclaimed
  • As Cumberland-Osgoode ward
Regional council
Candidate Votes %
Robert van den Ham 4216 51.88
John Cyr 2939 36.16
John Geary 580 7.14
Daniel Bood 392 4.82
City council
Candidate Votes %
Doug Thompson 4034 56.29%
John Cyr 2027 28.28%
Dwayne Acres 1106 15.43%
City council
Candidate Votes %
Doug Thompson ACCLAIMED
City council
Candidate Votes %
Doug Thompson 7681 85.44
Robert Fowler 1309 14.56
City council
Candidate Votes %
Doug Thompson 5393 67.26
Mark Scharfe 1873 23.36
Bob Masaro 752 9.38
City council
Candidate Vote %
    George Darouze 1,783 21.06
    George Wright 1,309 15.46
    Jean Johnston-McKitterick 1,158 13.68
    Liam Maguire 1,146 13.54
    Tom Dawson 1,097 12.96
    Davis Jermacans 1,064 12.57
    Mark Scharfe 327 3.86
    Kim Sheldrick 293 3.46
    Bob Masaro 215 2.54
    Paul St. Jean 45 0.53
    Allen Scantland 28 0.33
Ottawa mayor (Ward results)
Candidate Vote %
    Jim Watson 5,002 59.90
    Mike Maguire 3,016 36.12
    Rebecca Pyrah 90 1.08
    Robert White 85 1.02
    Darren W. Wood 78 0.93
    Anwar Syed 33 0.40
    Bernard Couchman 28 0.34
    Michael St. Arnaud 18 0.22
Candidate Vote %
    George Darouze 4,653 54.86
    Jay Tysick 2,694 31.76
    Mark Scharfe 603 7.11
    Kim Sheldrick 504 5.94
    Auguste Banfalvi 28 0.33
Candidate Vote %
George Darouze 4,353 40.81
Doug Thompson 4,115 38.58
Dan O'Brien 1,541 14.45
Bob Masaro 432 4.05
Bruce Anthony Faulkner 226 2.12

2025 by-election

There will be a by-election on June 16, 2025 to replace Darouze who had been elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario earlier in the year.

Candidates[2]
  • Doug Thompson, former city councillor for Osgoode Ward, 2022 Ottawa municipal election candidate
  • Colette Lacroix-Velthuis, retired IBM executive
  • Dan O'Brien, 2022 Ottawa municipal election candidate
  • Isabelle Skalski, president of the Greely Community Association
  • Jennifer Van Koughnett, project manager
Results
2025 Osgoode Ward By-election: To be held June 16, 2025
Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes % ±%
Total valid votes
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes
Turnout
Eligible voters
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources:

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