Sitting Ottawa Catholic School Board trustee for Zone 5 (Orléans West-Innes and Beacon Hill-Cyrville), listed by CBC News as elected in 2018, re-elected in 2022 and the only person to register for the position in 2026.
Joanne MacEwan is on the City of Ottawa’s open data list of nominated candidates for Ottawa Catholic School Board trustee in Zone 5, which covers City Wards 2 and 11, with a nomination dated May 4, 2026, and the list shows no other nomination in the zone. CTV News Ottawa reports that she is acclaimed, which means she is declared elected without a vote because no one else registered. The board’s trustee page lists her as the Zone 5 trustee, CBC News listed her as trustee-elect in October 2018, and the City’s results give her 2,662 of 3,657 votes, 72.8 percent, in the 2022 race. voche.me found no statement from her for the 2026 race, and could not read the City’s own page for this board.
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The City of Ottawa’s open data file shows Joanne MacEwan’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa Catholic School Board in Zone 5 dated May 4, 2026, with no withdrawal, and it lists no other nomination in the zone. CTV News Ottawa reported on August 22, 2026 that she is one of five Ottawa Catholic School Board candidates acclaimed after being the only person to register, and its guide of September 9, 2026 marks her as acclaimed. The City’s page for this board could not be read, so voche.me cannot say what the City itself has declared.
The board’s trustee page lists her as Board Trustee for Zone 5, which covers Ward 2 Orléans West-Innes and Ward 11 Beacon Hill-Cyrville. CBC News listed her as the trustee-elect for Zone 5 on October 23, 2018, and said those results were unofficial at the time. The board’s releases of November 15, 2022, November 14, 2023 and November 12, 2024 list her as the Zone 5 trustee. The City’s official results for the October 24, 2022 election give her 2,662 of the 3,657 votes cast in the Zone 5 race, which is 72.8 percent, against one other candidate, Marc Bélisle, who had 995.
The public part of her X profile says she is a trustee for the Ottawa Catholic School Board in Zone 5. It gives no other background, and voche.me found no campaign website or statement from her.
CTV News Ottawa reported on May 7, 2026 that the board’s chair, Mark D. Mullan, wrote on behalf of all 10 trustees to Education Minister Paul Calandra on May 4, 2026 to raise serious concerns about Bill 101, the Putting Student Achievement First Act. The letter is the board’s position as the chair put it, and voche.me did not find how each trustee voted on any motion. The sources read hold no complaint or allegation about her.
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Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s open data file of nominations and its 2022 official results for the Zone 5 race, the board’s trustee page, its releases of October 26, 2022, November 15, 2022, November 14, 2023 and November 12, 2024, its Board Meetings page and the agenda of its annual meeting of November 11, 2025, CTV News Ottawa of May 7, August 22 and September 9, 2026, CBC News of October 23, 2018, and the public part of her X profile.
Gaps. The City’s page for the Ottawa Catholic School Board could not be read: ottawa.ca returns an empty page to scripts, and the Internet Archive holds no copy of that page. No campaign website or statement from her was found, so her background and her priorities for this term are not known. Board minutes with recorded votes were not found: the board posts agendas as shared documents and videos of meetings, and voche.me did not watch the videos. The annual meeting agenda of November 11, 2025 names trustees on lists for committees and gives no results, so voche.me does not say which committees each trustee sits on. Her posts on X need a login and were not read. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent.
CBC News listed her as trustee-elect for Zone 5 on October 23, 2018, and the board lists her as the Zone 5 trustee in 2022, 2023, 2024 and on its current trustee page. The City’s results give her 2,662 of 3,657 votes in the 2022 race.
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