--- title: "Hilary Clauson: candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9, Ottawa 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/hilary-clauson" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:33.215Z" meta: description: "Hilary Clauson is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9, which covers City Wards..." "og:description": "Hilary Clauson is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9, which covers City Wards..." "og:title": "Hilary Clauson: candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9, Ottawa 2026" "twitter:description": "Hilary Clauson is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9, which covers City Wards..." "twitter:title": "Hilary Clauson: candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9 · Ottawa 2026 # Hilary Clauson Candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9; her campaign describes her as a policy professional, an OCDSB parent and a school council volunteer. Hilary Clauson is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9, which covers City Wards 17 and 18, with a nomination dated August 11, 2026. Her campaign website says she is the daughter of two public school teachers, an OCDSB parent, a school council volunteer and a Girl Guides leader. Its priorities include working with the province to restore the mandate of elected trustees, asking the province to increase public education funding, and approving balanced board budgets. 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 ![Hilary Clauson, from Hilary Clauson campaign (hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca).](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/images/candidates/hilary-clauson-640.webp) *Hilary ClausonOttawa-Carleton District School Boardv.* [Image: Hilary Clauson campaign (hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca)](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/) 01 / Introduction ## About Hilary Clauson The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Hilary Clauson’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9 dated August 11, 2026. The City’s open data file shows no withdrawal. The other candidates in the zone are Scott Dutrisac and Sergio DeFranco. The City list gives her a campaign website, and CTV News Ottawa links to the same site in its guide of September 9, 2026. Her campaign website says she is the daughter of two public school teachers and an OCDSB parent, and that she has lived in Ottawa since 2010. It says she volunteers on a parent council, represents her school council at the Ottawa-Carleton Assembly of School Councils, and has been a Girl Guides leader for 15 years. The site describes her as a policy professional and says she managed the budgets of international development projects, and reviewed and approved annual budgets as a board member of Girl Guides of Canada and Early Start Africa. voche.me has not checked these roles with those organizations. The site lists eight priorities: to be guided by regular input from students, parents and community members; to work with the province to restore the mandate of elected trustees; to keep schools safe and inclusive, with a focus on 2SLGBTQI+ people, newcomers and students with special needs; to offer families choices between the closest school and specialized schools, with supports placed inside schools; to base decisions on classroom technology on evidence and to protect foundational skills; to prepare an education system that responds to the climate crisis and to weaker civic engagement; to ask the province to increase public education funding; and to approve balanced OCDSB budgets each year. A post of September 30, 2026 on her site, written for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, says policy decisions shaped residential schools and that she wants schools to serve students, families and communities. The events page lists a virtual conversation on September 30, an in-person conversation on October 3 and a children’s meet-and-greet on October 17, 2026 with the place still to be announced. The page does not say who attended. 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 her. 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 ### Regular input from students, parents and the community Her campaign says she would be guided by regular input from students, parents and community members. [Hilary Clauson campaign · My priorities ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/priorities/) 02 ### Restore the mandate of elected trustees Her campaign says she would work with the provincial government to restore the mandate of democratically elected OCDSB trustees. [Hilary Clauson campaign · My priorities ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/priorities/) 03 ### Safe and inclusive schools Her campaign says public schools should be safe, inclusive communities for all students and staff, with a focus on 2SLGBTQI+ people, newcomers and students with special needs. [Hilary Clauson campaign · My priorities ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/priorities/) 04 ### Choices for families, with supports inside schools Her campaign says parents and students should have choices, from the closest school to a specialized school, with supports placed in schools so that families carry less of the burden. [Hilary Clauson campaign · My priorities ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/priorities/) 05 ### Funding and balanced budgets Her campaign says she would ask the provincial government to increase public education funding and would approve a balanced OCDSB budget each year. [Hilary Clauson campaign · My priorities ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/priorities/) 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 CTV News Ottawa list of school board candidates of September 9, 2026, five pages of her campaign website (home with two posts, About, Priorities, Qualifications and Events), and the board’s page on supervision. Gaps. Her LinkedIn profile, which her site links, refused a script request and needs a login, so nothing from it was used. Her roles with Girl Guides of Canada, Early Start Africa and a parent council, and her years in policy work, are her own statements and were not checked. No news report that quotes her was found. She holds no public office on the record voche.me read. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent. 03 / Background ## Experience & community Dates not given ### Parent council volunteer and school council representative Her campaign says she volunteers on a parent council and represents her school council at the Ottawa-Carleton Assembly of School Councils. voche.me did not check this. [Hilary Clauson campaign · Qualifications](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/qualifications/) 15 years, end date not given ### Girl Guides leader Her campaign says she has been a Girl Guides leader for 15 years. voche.me did not check this. [Hilary Clauson campaign · Qualifications](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/qualifications/) Dates not given ### Budget roles in international development and on two education boards Her campaign says she managed budgets of multi-million-dollar international development projects, and that as a board member of Girl Guides of Canada and Early Start Africa she reviewed and approved annual budgets. voche.me did not check this. [Hilary Clauson campaign · Qualifications](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/qualifications/) 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 Hilary Clauson 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 Hilary Clauson's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Hilary Clauson? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Hilary Clauson's own campaign.
Does Hilary Clauson currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Hilary Clauson.
How many sources does this Hilary Clauson profile cite? This profile lists 10 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Hilary Clauson's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Hilary Clauson 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 Hilary Clauson 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 9 (Wards 17, 18), 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 - [Hilary Clauson campaign · Home and posts of September 2 and 30, 2026 ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Hilary Clauson campaign · About ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/about/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Hilary Clauson campaign · My priorities ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/priorities/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Hilary Clauson campaign · Qualifications ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/qualifications/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Hilary Clauson campaign · Events ](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/events/)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. [Hilary Clauson campaign website](https://hilaryclauson4schoolboardtrustee.ca/) [Hilary Clauson on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-clauson-78517950/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board**Alan Riddell**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/alan-riddell) [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board**Alykhan Abdulla**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/alykhan-abdulla) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Hilary Clauson 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.