The City's list of certified candidates shows Chelsea Walton's nomination for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville dated May 1, 2026. The City's list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 names Glen Gower as Councillor for Ward 6, and CBC News reported that he announced in February that he would not seek a third term, so no sitting member is running in this ward. Nine candidates are on the City's list.
In the CTV News questionnaire she describes herself as a former City of Ottawa Councillor's Assistant, serving in the Stittsville ward office from 2018 to 2020 and in the College ward office from 2022 to 2024, and as a City public servant with experience in project management, traffic services, traffic calming and social services, in Public Works and in Employment and Social Services. Her campaign website says she has worked inside the City for the past eight years, most recently in Traffic Services. In the Stittsville Central questions she names a role as Temporary Traffic Calming Coordinator. She says she began her career as a social worker in shelters for women and children leaving violence, and holds a Bachelor of Social Work from Carleton University and a diploma from George Brown College. In the CBC News questionnaire she says she has lived in the ward for 12 years and that she worked at non-profit housing and at the Social Housing Registry. These are her own statements, and voche.me has not checked them with the City or the schools.
Her campaign website lists community work that includes organizing the Stittsville Community Easter Egg Hunt for four years, a Halloween event in support of the Snowsuit Fund of Ottawa, and fundraisers for the Stittsville Food Bank. CBC News also describes her as someone who organizes local events including an annual Easter egg hunt.
Her campaign website sets out written commitments. They include getting construction of the Carp Road widening under way in spring 2027, asking the Auditor General to consider a review of the delays, reports on each bus route on late and cancelled buses, 15-minute weekday service on Routes 61 and 62, safer school zones, opposing development on wetlands, and moving the west-end health hub forward. In the debate on September 17, 2026, Stittsville Central reported that she and Devin O'Brien named the Carp Road widening as the immediate priority, while three other candidates placed the Robert Grant Avenue extension first.
In the CBC News questionnaire she says she would not set a maximum 2027 tax increase before seeing the full budget, picks a transit levy (a separate property tax charge for transit) as the main way to address OC Transpo deficits, and says the police budget should keep pace with growth with any increase tied to a clear need and clear outcomes. The sources voche.me read hold no complaint or allegation about her.
