Candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 1 who says he has more than 10 years in public service and wants provincial supervision of the board to end.
John MacRae is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 1, which covers City Wards 5, 6 and 21, with a nomination dated August 5, 2026. His campaign lists five priorities: public education funding, healthy and safe schools, support for every student and for education workers, planning for growing and rural communities, and a trustee who brings residents’ concerns to the board. He is one of eight candidates from different zones who signed a shared statement of principles. The board’s own page says it has been under provincial supervision since June 27, 2025. No school board or City office held by him appears in the sources voche.me read.
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The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows John MacRae’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 1 dated August 5, 2026. The City’s open data file shows no withdrawal. He gave the City a campaign website, an Instagram account and a Facebook page. His website describes the zone as West Carleton-March, Stittsville and Rideau-Jock, and CTV News Ottawa lists him among the candidates for the zone.
His campaign website says he grew up in a rural community and has spent a large part of the past 8 years in Zone 1. It says he worked for the City of Ottawa in after-school children’s programs and supervised recreation programs for adults with special needs, and that he has more than 10 years of public service in program delivery, policy and regulatory interpretation, stakeholder relations, process improvement and team leadership. It also says he has taken part in community and political advocacy, including advocating for workers, and does not name an employer, a party or an organization. These are his own statements, and voche.me has not checked them.
The City’s published results for the October 24, 2022 election give Lynn Scott 13,703 of the 21,729 votes cast in Zone 1, which is 63.1 percent, and CBC News reported on August 24, 2026 that she is not running. The board’s page says that since June 27, 2025 the board has been under supervision by the Minister of Education, so that decisions normally made by trustees are made by the appointed Supervisor. His platform says he will speak for Zone 1 during supervision and will work for supervision to end. His five priorities are properly funded public education, with special education and Educational Assistants named; healthy, safe and modern schools, including drinking water, indoor air quality and classroom temperatures; support for every student and for education workers, where he writes that he is proud to support education workers and the unions that represent them; planning for growing suburban and rural communities, including earlier planning for new schools and attention to transportation and boundary changes; and a trustee who communicates openly and brings residents’ concerns to the board.
CBC News reported on August 27, 2026 that he and seven candidates from other zones signed a shared statement of principles that calls for an immediate end to provincial supervision. The statement, which is also on his website, adds more funding for students with disabilities, a commitment to remove hate from schools, and co-operation among trustees. The Ottawa Citizen quotes him saying that without official powers, trustees can work directly with their communities and spend more time listening to them. The sources voche.me 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 ask the province for funding that matches the supports students need, with special education and Educational Assistants named, while supporting careful budgeting.
John MacRae campaign · PlatformHis platform lists safe drinking water, indoor air quality, reasonable classroom temperatures, accessible spaces and repairs, with long-term planning for older schools.
It says he would not take money from classroom supports to pay for building work, and would ask the province for more capital funding.
His platform says he would advocate for special education funding that reflects student needs and for enough teachers, Educational Assistants, support staff and mental health resources.
He writes that he supports education workers and the unions that represent them and respects collective bargaining.
His platform promises earlier planning for new schools and additions in growing areas such as Stittsville, and attention to transport and boundary changes for rural families.
John MacRae campaign · PlatformHis platform says he would communicate openly about major decisions, explain his positions, and work for provincial supervision to end.
The shared statement of principles that he co-signed makes the same call for an end to supervision.
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 and 2022 results, his campaign website (Home, Platform, Shared Statement of Principles, Zone 1 and Voting Information), the board’s page on its trustees and on supervision, CBC News of August 24 and August 27, 2026, the Ottawa Citizen of August 27, 2026, and the CTV News Ottawa list of school board candidates of September 9, 2026.
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His website says he worked in after-school children’s programs and supervised recreation programs for adults with special needs. voche.me has not checked this with the City.
John MacRae campaign · HomeHis website says he has worked in public service in program delivery, policy and regulatory interpretation, stakeholder relations, process improvement and team leadership. It names no employer, and voche.me has not checked it.
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