The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Brian Innes’s nomination for Councillor in Ward 15 Kitchissippi dated June 4, 2026, with the same date for his registration in the Contribution Rebate Program. The City’s list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 does not include him, and the City’s list shows no withdrawal and no nomination for another office. The sitting Councillor, Jeff Leiper, is running for Mayor and is not on this ward’s ballot. CBC News and CTV News Ottawa describe him as a former community association president, and the Kitchissippi Times says he previously served as president of the Hintonburg Community Association.
The minutes of the City’s Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee of October 22, 2020 list Brian Innes among the members present. His campaign website and CBC News questionnaire say he was a member of that committee and chaired meetings of it, and a reserve member of the Ottawa Transit Commission, and the Kitchissippi Times calls him a citizen member of the Transit Commission. voche.me found no City record of his term dates, of him chairing the committee, or of his Transit Commission seat. The Hintonburg Community Association’s page for its 2025-2026 board lists another person as President and does not give the dates of his term as president. His campaign also says he has coached skiing, coordinated a race, led a food security organization and helped the Hintonburg 5K Road Race.
In his answers to CTV News Ottawa he says he is 45, has lived in Ottawa for 18 years, and that this is his first run as a candidate after volunteering for municipal, provincial and federal candidates across Canada. He says he has worked on Parliament Hill, has worked with governments in Washington, Brussels, Tokyo and Beijing, and has led non-profit associations that bring businesses together. He does not name an employer or an association in the sources voche.me read, and voche.me has not checked these statements.
His campaign website names two priorities. The first is development that works for the people who live in the ward: opposing mega towers on residential and main streets, starting with the Tubman Funeral Home proposal, a public database of approved projects, meetings with the community for every zoning change request, and a say in how development charges are spent. The second is services and infrastructure that keep up: a study of how major roads will handle growth, 90 percent reliability on bus routes 11, 51 and 81, a new recreation centre, keeping Tom Brown Arena, more green space, ANCHOR and community policing, and help for seniors. In the CBC News questionnaire he says the police budget should be increased, especially for community policing, would support tax increases in line with inflation, and favours a transit levy. He told CTV News Ottawa he would work to decrease transit fares and supports an infrastructure levy with a detailed needs assessment. These are his own statements. The sources voche.me read hold no complaint about him.
