Sitting Councillor for Ward 2, running for a third term.
Laura Dudas is the sitting Councillor for Ward 2 Orléans West-Innes, according to the City's list of elected officials, and is on the City's list of certified candidates for the same ward, with a nomination dated May 1, 2026. The City's published results give her 71.4 percent of the 2022 vote in the ward. In 2021 she pleaded guilty to two charges under the Municipal Elections Act about her 2018 campaign finances. Her campaign says it will keep working on green space, affordability, safer streets and infrastructure.
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Ottawa municipal electionThe City of Ottawa's list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 shows Laura Dudas as Councillor for Ward 2 Orléans West-Innes, and the Council minutes of September 9, 2026 list Councillor Laura Dudas as present. The Community Services Committee minutes of June 23, 2026 list her as its Chair. The City's published results for the October 24, 2022 election give her 11,821 of the 16,550 votes cast in Ward 2, which is 71.4 percent. The other candidates were Lori Stinson with 3,309 votes and Chris Fraser with 1,420 votes. CBC News says she is seeking a third term, and in the CTV News questionnaire she says she has been a City Councillor since 2018.
Her campaign website and the CTV News questionnaire say that before she was elected she was a newspaper journalist for more than a decade, worked for the City's communications department for nearly eight years and was president of the Blackburn Community Association for nearly a decade. In the CTV News questionnaire she says that during her two terms she has been Deputy Mayor, Chair of the Community Services Committee and Chair of the Emergency Shelter Task Force, and has served on the board of Ottawa Public Health, on the board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and on the board of the Heart of Orléans business improvement area. Only her chair of the Community Services Committee was checked in the City's minutes.
Court finding. CBC News reported that in 2019 the City's election compliance audit committee ordered an audit of her 2018 campaign finances after a resident in her ward complained that she had reused signs from her 2014 campaign and that expenses were incurred before she filed to run. On March 10, 2020 CBC News reported that the committee had decided to start legal proceedings after the auditors found areas of apparent non-compliance. On January 28, 2021 she pleaded guilty to two charges under the Municipal Elections Act: filing an incorrect financial statement, and incurring campaign expenses before opening a campaign bank account. She paid two fines of $500 each and a surcharge of $220. Two other charges, about record keeping, were dropped. The agreement was accepted by the Ontario Provincial Offences Court, according to the City Clerk. In a statement to CBC News she said the administrative errors in her paperwork were never in dispute and that she took responsibility for them.
Recorded Council votes (votes where each member's choice is written in the minutes). In the minutes of September 9, 2026 she voted for a motion asking the federal government to extend its consultation on the Eastern Bridge Project until the new Council takes office. That vote was 23 to 2. In the minutes of February 25, 2026 she voted for a motion supporting an Ontario rule change that would let OC Transpo special constables enforce the law on drug use in public places, which passed 17 to 7.
Her campaign website lists projects it says she delivered, including road resurfacing on Innes Road, Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard and many neighbourhood streets, upgrades to the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex and to the Orléans library branch, and splash pad renewals. In the CBC News questionnaire she says her work led to more than 5,000 trees planted in the ward in the last term and 10 residential roads resurfaced this year. These are her statements, and voche.me has not checked them against City records.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
Her campaign says it will protect and add to parks, tree cover and natural areas.
In the CBC News questionnaire she says she has led City and community efforts that planted more than 5,000 trees in the ward in the last term.
Her campaign says it will press for careful budgeting and long-term planning to keep everyday costs manageable and property taxes low.
She gave CBC News no figure for a limit on the 2027 property tax increase and wrote that she would keep taxes low and predictable.
She told CTV News she would work to lower transit fares, and that she supports an infrastructure levy (a separate tax for roads and sewers) only if the City says which projects it pays for and if it replaces a general tax increase of the same size.
Her campaign says it will add traffic calming near schools and parks, press for more Ottawa Police enforcement against speeding and unsafe driving, and support more funding for Fire Services and Paramedics.
In the CBC News questionnaire she answered that the police budget is appropriate and said she supports body cameras and neighbourhood policing.
Her campaign says it will keep funding the upkeep of roads, sidewalks, parks and facilities in an older neighbourhood.
In the CBC News questionnaire she named roads, pathways and sidewalk renewal as the top infrastructure need in the ward.
She wrote that development charges, the fees builders pay the City, should fully fund the effects of new homes built in existing neighbourhoods.
Evidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City's list of certified candidates for Ward 2, the City's list of elected officials, the City's official results for 2022, Council minutes of September 9 and February 25, 2026, the Community Services Committee minutes of June 23, 2026, two CBC News articles on the campaign finance case, her campaign website, and the CBC News and CTV News Ottawa questionnaires.
Gaps. The court record of the 2021 plea was not read, so the details come from CBC News. Her Deputy Mayor term and her board seats are her own statements. Her list of projects was not checked against City records. No social media account is on the City's list. Her votes on other items, including the 2026 budget, were not read. The questionnaire has not been sent.
The City's list of elected officials 2022 to 2026 shows her as the Ward 2 Councillor. The 2018 start date is her own statement in the CTV News questionnaire.
City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2022-2026 (Ward 1 and Ward 2 rows)The Committee's minutes of June 23, 2026 list her as Chair.
City of Ottawa · Community Services Committee minutes, June 23, 2026Her campaign website says she worked as a journalist for daily newspapers and in strategic communications for the City. The CTV News questionnaire gives more than a decade as a journalist, nearly eight years with the City and nearly a decade as president of her community association.
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