Chair of the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est and its trustee for Zone 9 (Orléans-Est-Cumberland), elected without opposition in 2022 and listed by the City as an acclaimed candidate for another term.
Johanne Lacombe is on the City of Ottawa’s list of candidates for trustee of the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE, the French Catholic school board) in Zone 9, which covers City Ward 1, with a nomination filed on May 6, 2026. The City’s page, last updated September 9, 2026, lists her as an acclaimed candidate, so there is no vote for this seat on October 26, 2026. The board’s own pages list her as the trustee for its sector 9 and as chair, and its release of November 18, 2025 says the trustees re-elected her chair for an 11th consecutive term. The City list gives her a Facebook page that shows only a header, and voche.me found no 2026 campaign statement from her.
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The City of Ottawa’s list of certified and acclaimed candidates for the CECCE, last updated September 9, 2026, shows Johanne Lacombe as the acclaimed candidate in Zone 9 (Ward 1), with a nomination filed on May 6, 2026. The City’s open data file shows her as the only nomination in the zone and shows no withdrawal. The City list gives her a Facebook page and no website.
The board’s Table politique page lists Johanne Lacombe, chair, as the trustee for sector 9, named as Orléans-Est-Cumberland, and names six schools that the sector serves: École élémentaire catholique Arc-en-ciel, École élémentaire catholique des Pionniers, École élémentaire catholique Reine-des-Bois, École élémentaire catholique d’enseignement personnalisé La Source, École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges and École secondaire catholique Garneau. The board’s notice for its public meeting of September 8, 2026 names her as chair. The board’s release of November 18, 2025 says the trustees re-elected her chair for an 11th consecutive term, and says she is also president of the Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones, president of the Consortium Centre Jules-Léger and a member of the board of directors of the Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholiques. A release of April 16, 2026 says she won the 2026 Femmes remarquables d’Ottawa award in the community category and has been chair since 2015.
In an ONFR interview of May 18, 2019, she said she ran for trustee in 2010. The interviewer’s questions state that she was the board’s communications manager from 2002 to 2005 and had been chair since 2015, and she did not dispute them. ONFR reported that she had received the Saphir for female personality of the year on May 11, 2019. ONFR wrote on October 8, 2025 that she was one of seven Franco-Ontarians to be made Knights of the Ordre de la Pléiade, and that she had been chair since 2010. The board and ONFR’s 2019 interview say 2015, so the date of 2010 in ONFR’s 2025 article differs from them. voche.me did not check any of the awards with the bodies that give them.
Radio-Canada reported on August 19, 2022 that eight school board candidates were elected without opposition, and it named Johanne Lacombe among them. The City’s 2022 results sheet for CECCE Zone 9 holds no votes and carries the line “Acclaimed”, which means nobody ran against the candidate. ONFR of November 1, 2016 quotes her as chair of the board, in a release on the lack of provincial money for two school projects, saying the board would keep telling provincial elected officials and the Ministry of Education about its building needs and would ask for explanations of the criteria used to fund new schools. In the board’s release of November 18, 2025, she is quoted saying that eleven terms are eleven years of trust and collaboration, and that she wants to keep supporting students, their families and all staff who work for their success.
voche.me found no recorded vote by her. The board’s page of public meetings shows the notice and agenda of its next meetings and no minutes of past meetings. voche.me found no 2026 campaign statement from her and no complaint or allegation against her in the sources read.
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Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s list of certified and acclaimed candidates for the CECCE (an Internet Archive copy of the page last updated September 9, 2026), the City’s open data file of nominations, the City’s 2022 official results for CECCE Zone 9, the board’s Table politique page and its page of public meetings with the notice of September 8, 2026, two board news releases (November 18, 2025 and April 16, 2026), the Radio-Canada article of August 19, 2022, three ONFR articles (November 1, 2016, May 18, 2019 and October 8, 2025), the header text of her public Facebook page, and the VoteMate listing, which holds no profile text. CTV News Ottawa’s guide to school board candidates, published September 9, 2026 and updated October 5, 2026, was also read; it lists the candidate by name under the CECCE and quotes nothing.
Gaps. Only the header of her Facebook page is shown without a login, and her posts were not read. The general web search tool refused because the session’s search allowance was used up. A campaign page or a post that only a general search would find may exist. The board’s page of public meetings shows the notice and agenda of its next meetings and no minutes of past meetings. Her votes are unknown. The two board releases are the board’s own account of its chair, and her awards and positions in other organizations were not confirmed with those organizations. ONFR gives two start years for her time as chair (2010 and 2015), and the roles named in the sources do not match in every detail: ONFR of October 8, 2025 calls her chair of the Association franco-ontarienne des conseils scolaires catholiques and vice-chair of the Consortium Centre Jules-Léger, and the board’s release of November 18, 2025 calls her a board member of the association and president of the consortium. The board’s release is used here. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent.
The board’s release of November 18, 2025 says the trustees re-elected her chair for an 11th consecutive term on the evening of November 17, 2025. The board’s release of April 16, 2026 says she has been chair since 2015.
Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est · Johanne Lacombe réélue à la présidence pour un 11e mandat, November 18, 2025In an ONFR interview of May 18, 2019, she said she ran for trustee in 2010. Radio-Canada reported on August 19, 2022 that she was elected without opposition that year. The board’s Table politique page lists her for sector 9.
ONFR · Johanne Lacombe, un Saphir comme précieuse reconnaissance, May 18, 2019 (updated August 12, 2025)This is the board’s description of her roles outside the CECCE. voche.me did not check it with those organizations.
Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est · Johanne Lacombe réélue à la présidence pour un 11e mandat, November 18, 2025ONFR’s interview of May 2019 states, in a question that she did not dispute, that she had been general manager of the Patro d’Ottawa since 2017. The board’s release of April 16, 2026 says she has held positions at the Centre Séraphin-Marion, the Centre éducatif des Bécasseaux and the Patro d’Ottawa. voche.me did not check these with the organizations and does not know whether she holds any of them now.
Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est · Johanne Lacombe remporte le Prix Femmes remarquables d’Ottawa, April 16, 2026Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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