--- title: "Alan Riddell: candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 11, Ottawa 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/alan-riddell" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:31.596Z" meta: description: "Alan Riddell is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 11, which covers City Wards..." "og:description": "Alan Riddell is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 11, which covers City Wards..." "og:title": "Alan Riddell: candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 11, Ottawa 2026" "twitter:description": "Alan Riddell is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 11, which covers City Wards..." "twitter:title": "Alan Riddell: candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 11, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 11 · Ottawa 2026 # Alan Riddell Candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 11; his campaign describes him as a bilingual employment lawyer and former Algonquin College instructor who wants a balanced budget and a back-to-basics approach to teaching. Alan Riddell is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 11, which covers City Wards 10 and 16, with a nomination dated August 21, 2026. His campaign website says he is a bilingual human resources lawyer, a former Algonquin College instructor and teacher, and a senior partner in an Ottawa law firm. It lists five priorities: restoring confidence in public schools, a back-to-basics approach to education, fiscal responsibility, civility at board meetings and persuading the Minister of Education to lift the suspension. These are the campaign’s own statements, and voche.me has not checked them. The board has been under provincial supervision since June 27, 2025. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Alan RiddellOttawa municipal election *Alan RiddellOttawa-Carleton District School Boardv.* 01 / Introduction ## About Alan Riddell The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Alan Riddell’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 11 dated August 21, 2026. The City’s open data file shows no withdrawal. The other candidates in the zone are Brendan Ray and Jason Glover. The City list gives him a campaign website. CTV News Ottawa lists him in its guide of September 9, 2026. His campaign website says he was born in Ottawa and attended Ottawa public schools, and holds a B.A. and an LL.B. from the University of Toronto and a degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. It says he practises employment, human rights and public law in English and French, is a senior partner in a prominent Ottawa law firm that it does not name, and has appeared before several courts and tribunals, including as lead counsel in a Supreme Court of Canada decision on the privacy rights of federal public servants under the Access to Information Act. The site gives no case name. It also says he is a co-founder and vice-chair of Young Voices Can!, a charity that encourages dialogue among high school students, and vice president and a board member of Samawada, a charity that builds village wells in East Africa. voche.me did not check these statements. The site describes the board of the past as marked by infighting, over-spending and poor management, and says a newly elected board must prove itself competent, balanced-budget minded and collaborative. It says that as a trustee he would use his advocacy skills to persuade the Minister of Education to restore full authority to elected trustees, and that he wants to halt the move of students from Ottawa public schools to private and Catholic schools by restoring parent confidence through a back-to-basics approach, while balancing the budget without sacrifices that affect teachers, students and parents. The board’s page says that since June 27, 2025 the board has been under supervision by the Minister of Education, and that decisions normally made by trustees are made by the appointed Supervisor, Robert Plamondon. The sources read hold no complaint or allegation about him. Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. 01 ### Restore confidence in public schools His campaign site says he wants to restore teacher and parent confidence in Ottawa’s public schools and reverse the decline in enrolment and funding. [Alan Riddell campaign · Alan Riddell, Candidate for OCDSB Trustee, Zone 11 ](https://www.electalan.ca/) 02 ### Back to basics in education His campaign site says he would put greater emphasis on a back-to-basics approach to education. [Alan Riddell campaign · Alan Riddell, Candidate for OCDSB Trustee, Zone 11 ](https://www.electalan.ca/) 03 ### Fiscal responsibility and quality education His campaign site says he would bring fiscal responsibility and quality education to the system, and balance the budget without sacrifices that affect teachers, students and parents. [Alan Riddell campaign · Alan Riddell, Candidate for OCDSB Trustee, Zone 11 ](https://www.electalan.ca/) 04 ### Civility at board meetings His campaign site says he would restore civility and collegiality to board meetings so that trustees can discuss matters productively. [Alan Riddell campaign · Alan Riddell, Candidate for OCDSB Trustee, Zone 11 ](https://www.electalan.ca/) 05 ### Lift the suspension of the board His campaign site says he would show the Minister of Education that the suspension should be lifted, so that the board is again directly accountable to parents, students and teachers. [Alan Riddell campaign · Alan Riddell, Candidate for OCDSB Trustee, Zone 11 ](https://www.electalan.ca/) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (an Internet Archive copy) and its open data file of nominations, the home page of his campaign website and its voting information page, the CTV News Ottawa list of school board candidates of September 9, 2026, and the board’s page on supervision. Gaps. His Facebook page needs a login, so nothing from it was used. Pages exist about a lawyer named Alan Riddell. His campaign site names no firm or case, so voche.me could not tie those pages to this candidate and left them out. His degrees, his law practice, his Supreme Court of Canada role, his teaching at Algonquin College and his two charity roles are his own statements and were not checked. No news report that quotes him was found. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent. 03 / Background ## Experience & community Dates not given ### Employment, human rights and public law lawyer; senior partner His campaign site says he practises in English and French and is a senior partner in a prominent Ottawa law firm. It names no firm. voche.me did not check this. [Alan Riddell campaign · Alan Riddell, Candidate for OCDSB Trustee, Zone 11](https://www.electalan.ca/) Dates not given ### Former instructor and teacher, Algonquin College His campaign site calls him a former Algonquin College instructor and teacher. voche.me did not check this. [Alan Riddell campaign · Alan Riddell, Candidate for OCDSB Trustee, Zone 11](https://www.electalan.ca/) Dates not given ### Co-founder and vice-chair, Young Voices Can!; vice president and board member, Samawada His campaign site names these two registered charities. voche.me did not check these roles. [Alan Riddell campaign · Alan Riddell, Candidate for OCDSB Trustee, Zone 11](https://www.electalan.ca/) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Alan Riddell directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Alan Riddell's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Alan Riddell? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Alan Riddell's own campaign.
Does Alan Riddell currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Alan Riddell.
How many sources does this Alan Riddell profile cite? This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Alan Riddell's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Alan Riddell in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Alan Riddell is running in? The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Zone 11 (Wards 10, 16), list last updated September 29, 2026; Internet Archive copy ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-school-board-trustees/certified-candidates-school-board-trustee-ottawa-carleton-district-school-board)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5b79177ae7524c9fa68f79e852527604)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for Ottawa school board trustee, September 9, 2026 ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-ottawa-school-board-trustee/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Alan Riddell campaign · Alan Riddell, Candidate for OCDSB Trustee, Zone 11 ](https://www.electalan.ca/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board · Board of Trustees (statement on supervision) ](https://www.ocdsb.ca/about-us/board-of-trustees)Checked October 7, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Alan Riddell campaign website](https://www.electalan.ca/) [Alan Riddell on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61593611656628) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board**Alykhan Abdulla**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/alykhan-abdulla) [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board**Anthony Wong**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/anthony-wong) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Alan Riddell a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/on/ottawa-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.