About Rick Whitley
The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Rick Whitley’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 12 dated May 11, 2026. The City’s open data file shows no withdrawal. The other candidate in the zone is Cathy Varrette. The City list gives him no website or social media account.
The Leveller listed him on July 24, 2026 as a newcomer candidate for Zone 12, which it describes as West Innes, Beacon Hill and Cyrville. CTV News Ottawa lists him in its guide of September 9, 2026. VoteMate, a voter information site, lists him for Zone 12 with a note that he has not uploaded a profile. None of these gives any statement, profession or background for him. The name is common, and voche.me did not link him to any other Rick Whitley.
The board’s page says that since June 27, 2025 the board has been under supervision by the Minister of Education, and that decisions normally made by trustees are made by the appointed Supervisor, Robert Plamondon. He holds no public office on the record voche.me read. The sources read hold no complaint or allegation about him.
Priorities & positions
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What voche.me has checked
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, The Leveller of July 24, 2026, the CTV News Ottawa list of school board candidates of September 9, 2026, the VoteMate listing, and the board’s page on supervision.
Gaps. No campaign website, social media account or statement from him was found, so his background and priorities are unknown. An empty section records only that nothing was found, and he may well have statements that voche.me has not seen. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent.
Experience & community
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How many sources does this Rick Whitley profile cite?
This profile lists 7 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
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When is the election Rick Whitley is running in?
The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
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Sources & transparency
- City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Checked
- City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Zone 12 (Wards 2, 11), list last updated September 29, 2026; Internet Archive copy Checked
- City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates Checked
- CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for Ottawa school board trustee, September 9, 2026 Checked
- The Leveller · School Board Election to Nowhere?, July 24, 2026 Checked
- VoteMate · Rick Whitley, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Zone 12 (listing with no profile text) Checked
- Ottawa-Carleton District School Board · Board of Trustees (statement on supervision) Checked
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