Dental technology manager and first-time candidate for Councillor in Ward 4 Kanata North.
James Murchison is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 4 Kanata North, with a nomination dated August 17, 2026. CBC News says he works in dental technology and follows City Hall closely. His website says he supports an infrastructure levy, more housing and mixed-use development, and an end to the City's legal fight over the Kanata Lakes golf course lands.
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James Murchison is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 4 Kanata North, with a nomination dated August 17, 2026. The City's list shows him as not registered for the Contribution Rebate Program. CBC News says he works in dental technology and is an avid city hall watcher and advocate. CTV News Ottawa says he gave no response to its questionnaire.
In his CBC News questionnaire he says he works in dental technology and manages a large production department, and his website says he manages a large staff. He says he was born in Ottawa, grew up in Carleton Place and returned to Ottawa after living in Toronto, and that he does not live inside the ward boundaries. He says he follows City Council and committee meetings closely, has spoken as a delegate at committee meetings several times, and volunteers with a community association and with Strong Towns Ottawa. These are his own statements, and voche.me has not checked them.
His website says he decided to run when he saw that Councillor Cathy Curry was likely to be unopposed, and that he is not accepting donations. The website and his CBC News questionnaire make statements about Councillor Curry's votes and remarks. voche.me has not checked those statements against Council or committee minutes and does not repeat them.
His website sets out priorities on reliable City services, the local economy, greenspace, traffic and housing. It says he supports a dedicated infrastructure levy to address a maintenance backlog that he puts at $10.6 billion, no further expansion of the urban boundary, more mixed-use development, and that the City should stop fighting the redevelopment of the Kanata Lakes golf course. In the CBC News questionnaire he says he would support a transit levy for OC Transpo deficits, that the police budget is appropriate, and that he would support a tax increase of 5 percent if residents approved it after deciding what to fund. The sources read hold no complaint or allegation about him.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
His campaign says it will support a dedicated infrastructure levy to address the maintenance backlog, stop setting tax increases before deciding what to fund, and reform procurement to consider lifetime costs.
In the CBC News questionnaire he says that if tax increases need to be 5 percent after residents decide what to fund, he will support that.
His campaign says it will allow more missing middle housing across the ward, allow small shops and daycares in residential areas by right, and lower development charges on infill while raising them on sprawl.
In the CBC News questionnaire he gives 5 on a scale where 5 is strongly agree to the statement that intensification will be important for housing in the ward.
His campaign says the courts have allowed the developer to build, that the City should stop spending money to block it, and that the City should work with the developer to include public greenspace.
James Murchison campaign · Candidate websiteHis campaign says it will prioritize bus lanes, signal priority and traffic calming, push for Stage 3 light rail to Kanata and let people work from home where they can.
In the CBC News questionnaire he chooses a transit levy to address OC Transpo deficits.
His campaign says it will oppose any further expansion of the urban boundary and put effort into protecting forests, wetlands and farmland.
James Murchison campaign · Candidate websiteEvidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City's list of certified candidates for Ward 4, his candidate website, the CBC News report and questionnaire, and the CTV News Ottawa report.
Gaps. His work and volunteer history are his own statements and were not checked. The website was found by search and is not on the City's list, so voche.me matched it by name, office and ward only. His statements about a rival's votes were not checked. He did not answer CTV News Ottawa. The questionnaire has not been sent.
His CBC News questionnaire says he works in dental technology and manages a large production department, and his website says he manages a large staff. CBC News also says he works in dental technology. No employer is named in the sources voche.me read.
CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 4 Kanata North (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC)Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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