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"twitter:title": "David Brown: candidate for Councillor in Ward 21 Rideau-Jock, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 21 Rideau-Jock · Ottawa 2026 # David Brown Acclaimed Councillor for Ward 21 Rideau-Jock, the sitting member since 2022, with no vote held for the seat. David Brown is the sitting Councillor for Ward 21 Rideau-Jock, according to the City’s list of elected officials. The City of Ottawa’s page lists him as an acclaimed candidate for the ward, with a nomination dated May 25, 2026, so there is no vote for this seat on October 26, 2026. CBC News reported on August 23, 2026 that no one else filed a nomination before the August 21 deadline. The City’s results give him 6,898 of the 10,353 votes cast in Ward 21 in 2022, which is 66.6 percent, in a race of 5 candidates. The Council minutes record him voting for the 2026 Ottawa Police Service budget and the Development Charge Reduction Program, against the Rental Renovation Licence By-law review, and moving motions on the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee budget and on the use of artificial intelligence by the City. His Councillor website lists public finances, efficiency, infrastructure and local traffic problems as his work. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 David BrownOttawa municipal election *David BrownCouncillorv.* 01 / Introduction ## About David Brown The City of Ottawa’s list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 shows David Brown as Councillor for Ward 21 Rideau-Jock. The City’s page for the ward lists him as an acclaimed candidate and shows his nomination dated May 25, 2026. The City’s open data file shows the same date for his registration in the Contribution Rebate Program. CBC News reported on August 23, 2026 that he was one of two members of Council to keep a seat because no one else filed a nomination in the ward before the Friday afternoon deadline, and that this was the first acclamation of a councillor in Ottawa since 2003. The other was Riley Brockington in River ward. The acclamation field of this record carries the date the City’s page was last updated, September 21, 2026. The City’s published results for the October 24, 2022 election give him 6,898 of the 10,353 votes cast in Ward 21, which is 66.6 percent, the most votes in a race of 5 candidates (Leigh-Andrea Brunet received 1,654, Kevin Setia 1,201, Patty Searl 349 and Michael J Nowak 251). CBC News says he previously worked on local dairy farms and as a political staffer, and that he won the seat in 2022 after the previous Councillor, Scott Moffatt, left it open. His Councillor website lists his committees and boards as Chair of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee, the Environment and Climate Change Committee, the Community Services Committee, the Court of Revision, the City of Ottawa Superannuation Fund, the Manotick Business Improvement Area, the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and the Agile Government Efficiency Review Working Group. voche.me did not check these roles against committee minutes. The Council minutes of four meetings record his votes by name. On December 10, 2025 he voted for the 2026 Ottawa Police Service budget (carried 20 to 5, with Councillors King, Menard, Johnson, Bradley and Troster against). He voted against a motion by Councillor King that would have matched a $5.4 million police reserve allocation with $5.4 million for ANCHOR (a program that sends non-police crisis teams) and community hubs (lost 9 to 16), and against the second part of that motion, which carried 17 to 8. He voted for the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee part of the budget (carried as amended 23 to 2) and for the motion that adopted the 2026 budgets (carried 21 to 4). He voted for a motion by Councillor Kelly that would have added conditions to the zoning for a battery energy storage system at Marchurst Road (lost 9 to 16). That day he moved three motions that carried: one put the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee capital program back into the budget after that committee had rejected it, one asked the City Manager to expand the City’s use of artificial intelligence tools and to report to the Agile Government Working Group, and one directed staff to use mediation with the applicant over the refused rezoning at 6158 Rideau Valley Drive. On April 22, 2026 he voted for the Safe Access to Social Infrastructure By-law (carried 20 to 4, with Councillors Menard, Devine, Bradley and Troster against), and against both amendments to it: one that would have removed its ban on demonstrations inside safe access zones (lost 6 to 18) and one that would have limited the by-law to times when a facility is used for its main purpose (lost 10 to 14). On July 15, 2026 he voted for the Development Charge Reduction Program report (carried 23 to 1, with Councillor Menard against), against Councillor Menard’s motion to refer that report to a special meeting of Council (lost 11 to 14), and against the Rental Renovation Licence By-law review (carried 20 to 5, with Councillors Hubley, Hill, Desroches and Lo also against). On September 9, 2026 he voted for a motion by Councillor King that asks the federal government to extend its consultation on the Eastern Bridge Project (carried 23 to 2). His Councillor website says his work is aimed at fixing the City’s public finances and debt, making the City more efficient and open, closing the infrastructure gap, and two local problems: truck traffic on Bridge Street in Manotick and the lack of a traffic light at Perth Street and Shea Road in Richmond. He gave the City no campaign website or social media account for this election. These are his own statements, and voche.me checked only the votes, motions and election results described above. The sources read hold no complaint against 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 ### Public finances His Councillor website says the City has taken on a large amount of debt, and that he and his team work with staff, other Councillors and the Mayor’s Office to find savings so that the budget does not lead to higher taxes or fewer services.
Read the full position The Council minutes of December 10, 2025 record his motion asking the City Manager to expand the City’s use of artificial intelligence tools, which carried.
[David Brown · Councillor website, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock ](https://www.ward21.ca/) 02 ### Efficiency and openness His Councillor website says the City should review what it does and should not do, deliver its main services well before it takes on other priorities, and give Councillors a larger role in holding the City to account for how it spends tax money. [David Brown · Councillor website, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock ](https://www.ward21.ca/) 03 ### Infrastructure His Councillor website says roads, bridges, sidewalks and other infrastructure are falling behind growth in the ward, and that his office works to have infrastructure funded as a priority.
Read the full position The Council minutes of December 10, 2025 record his motion that put the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee capital program back into the 2026 budget, which carried.
[David Brown · Councillor website, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock ](https://www.ward21.ca/) 04 ### Local traffic problems His Councillor website names truck traffic on Bridge Street in Manotick and the lack of a traffic light at Perth Street and Shea Road in Richmond as the two local problems that most need action. [David Brown · Councillor website, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock ](https://www.ward21.ca/) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s page for acclaimed candidates in Ward 21 (an Internet Archive copy), its open data file of nominations, its list of elected officials and its 2022 results, his Councillor website, CBC News of August 23 and 25, 2026, CTV News Ottawa of September 2026, and the Council minutes of December 10, 2025, April 22, July 15 and September 9, 2026. Gaps. The City gave no campaign website or social media account for him. His Facebook page and YouTube channel showed no posts to a visitor who is not logged in. The City’s page prints May 25, 2025 as the date of his registration in the Contribution Rebate Program, and its open data file prints May 25, 2026, which is the date used here. No City page that gives the date of the clerk’s declaration was read, so the acclamation date is the date the City’s page was last updated. Committee minutes were not searched, so his committee roles rest on his Councillor website. His votes on matters outside the four Council meetings above were not searched. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent. 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2022 to present ### City Councillor, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock The City’s list of elected officials 2022 to 2026 shows him as the Ward 21 Councillor, and the City’s 2022 results give him 6,898 of 10,353 votes. CBC News and CTV News Ottawa describe 2026 as his second term. [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2022-2026 (Ward 21 row)](https://services.arcgis.com/G6F8XLCl5KtAlZ2G/arcgis/rest/services/_Elected_Officials_2022_2026/FeatureServer/0) 2022 to present, as he describes it ### Chair of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee His Councillor website lists these roles among his committee and board seats. voche.me has not checked them against committee minutes. [David Brown · Councillor website, Meet Councillor Brown](https://www.ward21.ca/meet-david-brown) Before 2022 ### Dairy farm worker and political staffer CBC News says he previously worked on local dairy farms and as a political staffer. voche.me did not find his own account of these jobs. [CBC News · Rideau-Jock: Your councillor, David Brown, has been acclaimed, August 25, 2026 (updated October 1)](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rideau-jock-ward-election-city-ottawa-2026-9.7314350) 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 David Brown 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 David Brown's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for David Brown? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from David Brown's own campaign.
Does David Brown currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for David Brown.
How many sources does this David Brown profile cite? This profile lists 14 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on David Brown's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to David Brown 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 David Brown is running in? The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Councillor 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, Councillor ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · acclaimed candidate for City Councillor, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock (page last updated September 21, 2026; Internet Archive copy) ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/acclaimed-candidate-ward-21-rideau-jock)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5b79177ae7524c9fa68f79e852527604)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2022-2026 (Ward 21 row) ](https://services.arcgis.com/G6F8XLCl5KtAlZ2G/arcgis/rest/services/_Elected_Officials_2022_2026/FeatureServer/0)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2022 Elections Official Results (Statement of Votes Cast) ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/ec1423ac43254bff8692fabd5d47772b)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CBC News · Rideau-Jock: Your councillor, David Brown, has been acclaimed, August 25, 2026 (updated October 1) ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rideau-jock-ward-election-city-ottawa-2026-9.7314350)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CBC News · This rural Ottawa ward kept its councillor without a vote, August 23, 2026 (updated August 24) ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-rideau-jock-david-brown-election-2026-9.7316723)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 21 Rideau-Jock, September 2026 ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-councillor-in-ward-21-rideau-jock/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [David Brown · Councillor website, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock ](https://www.ward21.ca/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [David Brown · Councillor website, Meet Councillor Brown ](https://www.ward21.ca/meet-david-brown)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, December 10, 2025 (2026 budget meeting) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=4d914219-00c6-48c4-bcc6-b82ca579c430&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, April 22, 2026 (Minutes 78) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=b8f046ed-1ad8-41a3-9c20-c177b0dde00a&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, July 15, 2026 (Minutes 83) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=ba9d583c-b16d-4f97-9e87-a7b16b5825f4&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, September 9, 2026 (Minutes 85) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0576ac9f-74e8-4986-b8f8-9c96b26f6e67&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)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. [David Brown, Councillor website for Ward 21 Rideau-Jock](https://www.ward21.ca/) [Councillor David Brown on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/CouncillorDavidBrown) [Councillor David Brown on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@CouncillorDavidBrown) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Councillor**Ahmed Alsabaawi**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-alsabaawi) [Councillor**Ahmed Rashid**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-rashid) Candidate Q&A ## Ask David Brown 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.