The City of Ottawa's list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 shows Matthew Luloff as Councillor for Ward 1 Orléans East-Cumberland, and the Council minutes of September 9, 2026 list Councillor Matt Luloff as present. The City's published results for the October 24, 2022 election give him 11,918 of the 16,069 votes cast in Ward 1, which is 74.2 percent. The other two candidates were Rosemee Cantave with 2,376 votes and Tessa Franklin with 1,775 votes. The Ottawa Lookout and his campaign website say he was first elected in 2018. The minutes of the Ottawa Public Library Board of September 8, 2026 name him as its Chair.
His campaign website says he grew up in Orléans and graduated from St. Matthew High School, served in the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry with a deployment to Afghanistan in 2008, earned a Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management at Carleton University, and then advised Members of Parliament and federal ministers. The CTV News questionnaire gives his earlier work as infantry soldier from 2003 to 2008, Parliament Hill staffer from 2009 to 2015 and Issues Manager to the Minister of National Defence from 2016 to 2018. These are his own statements. The campaign site also says he has been Deputy Mayor, Chair of the Community and Protective Services Committee and Council Liaison for Veteran and Military Issues.
Court decision. CBC News reported that on March 5, 2026 Ontario Court Justice Mike Boyce found Luloff guilty of operating a vehicle while impaired and of having a blood alcohol level above the legal limit within two hours of driving. The court found that he drove home from Bluesfest late on July 5, 2024. He pleaded not guilty when the trial began on January 19, 2026. The judge fined him $3,500 plus a 30 percent victim fine surcharge, which is $4,550 in total, and ordered a one-year driving ban. CBC News reported that the judge also found Ottawa police breached his rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in how the reason for his detention was given and in a search of his bag, and that the breaches were not serious enough to remove all the evidence. CBC News reported that the judge told him that factors making the offence more serious included his blood alcohol readings and his erratic driving. After the verdict Luloff wrote on Facebook that his decision that night reflected a serious lapse in judgment and that he accepts the consequences. CBC News reported his lawyer saying an appeal was unlikely and would be considered. voche.me found no later report of an appeal.
CBC News reported on March 6, 2026 that the City Clerk confirmed that he remains a member of Council, because the Municipal Act and the Municipal Elections Act do not list this conviction among the reasons for losing a seat, and that the City's integrity commissioner said the matter is outside her authority. CBC News reported that the Mayor said impaired driving poses a real danger to the community and said a Councillor's future is a matter between him and his constituents. CBC News reported that in July 2024, the day after he was charged, he withdrew as a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the federal riding of Orléans, citing a personal matter. None of the campaign pages that voche.me read mention the court case.
Recorded Council votes. In the minutes of September 9, 2026 Luloff moved, and Councillor David Hill seconded, a motion in support of Bill S-246, the Wartime Service Recognition Act, which was carried without a recorded vote (a vote where each member's choice is written in the minutes). In the same meeting he 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 he 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.
