Sitting Ottawa Catholic School Board trustee for Zone 3 (Orléans), listed by CBC News as elected in 2018, re-elected in 2022 and the only person to register for the position in 2026.
Brian Coburn is on the City of Ottawa’s open data list of nominated candidates for Ottawa Catholic School Board trustee in Zone 3, which covers City Wards 1 and 19, with a nomination dated June 25, 2026, and the list shows no other nomination in the zone. CTV News Ottawa reports that he is acclaimed, which means he is declared elected without a vote because no one else registered. The board’s trustee page lists him as the Zone 3 trustee, CBC News listed him as trustee-elect in October 2018, and the City’s results give him 2,575 of 4,301 votes, 59.9 percent, in the 2022 race. voche.me found no statement from him for the 2026 race, and could not read the City’s own page for this board.
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The City of Ottawa’s open data file shows Brian Coburn’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa Catholic School Board in Zone 3 dated June 25, 2026, with no withdrawal, and it lists no other nomination in the zone. CTV News Ottawa reported on August 22, 2026 that he is one of five Ottawa Catholic School Board candidates acclaimed after being the only person to register, and its guide of September 9, 2026 marks him as acclaimed. The City’s page for this board could not be read, so voche.me cannot say what the City itself has declared.
The board’s trustee page lists him as Board Trustee for Zone 3, which covers Ward 1 Orléans East-Cumberland and Ward 19 Orléans South-Navan. CBC News listed him as the trustee-elect for Zone 3 on October 23, 2018, and said those results were unofficial at the time. The board’s releases of November 15, 2022, November 14, 2023 and November 12, 2024 list him as the Zone 3 trustee. The City’s official results for the October 24, 2022 election give him 2,575 of the 4,301 votes cast in the Zone 3 race, which is 59.9 percent. Paul Safi had 1,008 votes and Marguerite Gravelle had 718.
CTV News Ottawa reported on May 7, 2026 that the board’s chair, Mark D. Mullan, wrote on behalf of all 10 trustees to Education Minister Paul Calandra on May 4, 2026 to raise serious concerns about Bill 101, the Putting Student Achievement First Act. The letter is the board’s position as the chair put it, and voche.me did not find how each trustee voted on any motion.
Wikipedia states that a former Ontario cabinet minister of the same name, who sat in the Ontario Legislature from 1999 to 2003, is a different person from the trustee. Nothing about that former minister is used on this page. voche.me found no personal website or social media account for the trustee, and no statement from him. The sources read hold no complaint or allegation about him.
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Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s open data file of nominations and its 2022 official results for the Zone 3 race, the board’s trustee page, its releases of October 26, 2022, November 15, 2022, November 14, 2023 and November 12, 2024, its Board Meetings page and the agenda of its annual meeting of November 11, 2025, CTV News Ottawa of May 7, August 22 and September 9, 2026, CBC News of October 23, 2018, and the Wikipedia article on the former minister of the same name.
Gaps. The City’s page for the Ottawa Catholic School Board could not be read: ottawa.ca returns an empty page to scripts, and the Internet Archive holds no copy of that page. No campaign website, social media account or statement from him was found, so his background and his priorities for this term are not known. Board minutes with recorded votes were not found: the board posts agendas as shared documents and videos of meetings, and voche.me did not watch the videos. The annual meeting agenda of November 11, 2025 names trustees on lists for committees and gives no results, so voche.me does not say which committees each trustee sits on. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent.
CBC News listed him as trustee-elect for Zone 3 on October 23, 2018, and the board lists him as the Zone 3 trustee in 2022, 2023, 2024 and on its current trustee page. The City’s results give him 2,575 of 4,301 votes in the 2022 race.
CBC News · Your Ottawa school board trustees-elect, October 23, 2018Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Ottawa Catholic School Board race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
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