--- title: "Wilson Lo: candidate for Councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East, Ottawa 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/wilson-lo" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:41.419Z" meta: description: "Wilson Lo is the sitting Councillor for Ward 24 Barrhaven East, according to the City’s list of elected officials, and is on the City’s list of certified c..." "og:description": "Wilson Lo is the sitting Councillor for Ward 24 Barrhaven East, according to the City’s list of elected officials, and is on the City’s list of certified c..." "og:title": "Wilson Lo: candidate for Councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East, Ottawa 2026" "twitter:description": "Wilson Lo is the sitting Councillor for Ward 24 Barrhaven East, according to the City’s list of elected officials, and is on the City’s list of certified c..." "twitter:title": "Wilson Lo: candidate for Councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East · Ottawa 2026 # Wilson Lo Sitting Councillor for Ward 24 Barrhaven East since 2022, seeking a second term. Wilson Lo is the sitting Councillor for Ward 24 Barrhaven East, 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 4, 2026. The City’s results give him 4,403 of the 11,958 votes cast in Ward 24 in 2022, which is 36.8 percent, in a race of 7 candidates in the first election for the ward. The Council minutes record him voting for the 2026 Ottawa Police Service budget, the Safe Access to Social Infrastructure By-law and the Development Charge Reduction Program, and against the Lansdowne 2.0 agreements and the Rental Renovation Licence By-law. He moved three motions on December 10, 2025 and one on July 15, 2026, and the minutes record two of them as carried. His campaign says its priorities are widening Prince of Wales Drive, changes to how OC Transpo is governed and managed, and removing the Vacant Unit Tax. Four other candidates are on the ballot: Zahy A Adam, Ahmed Alsabaawi, Yoosaf Melparamba and Jules Ruhinda. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Wilson LoOttawa municipal election *Wilson LoCouncillorv.* 01 / Introduction ## About Wilson Lo The City of Ottawa’s list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 shows Wilson Lo as Councillor for Ward 24 Barrhaven East. The City’s list of certified candidates shows his nomination for the same ward dated May 4, 2026, with the same date for his registration in the City’s Contribution Rebate Program. CTV News Ottawa writes that Barrhaven East is Ottawa’s newest ward, added to the city map for the 2022 election. The City’s published results for the October 24, 2022 election give him 4,403 of the 11,958 votes cast in Ward 24, which is 36.8 percent, the most votes in a race of 7 candidates (Richard Garrick received 2,980, Patrick Brennan 2,153, Kathleen Caught 888, Atiq Qureshi 778, Guy Boone 516 and Dominik Janelle 240). The City’s page for him, copied on July 31, 2025 and written by his office, says he moved to Ottawa in 2009, graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2013, became an OC Transpo bus operator in early 2014 and moved to a communications role at OC Transpo in mid-2020, where he helped manage the agency’s customer service account on X and Council offices’ transit inquiries. In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire he gives the same career: bus operator from 2014 to 2020 and customer communications officer from 2020 to 2022. voche.me did not check these statements with the bodies named. The Council minutes of five meetings record his votes by name. On November 7, 2025 he voted against the amendments to the Lansdowne Partnership Plan agreements and against the Lansdowne 2.0 redevelopment report, and each carried 15 to 10. He voted for Councillor Curry’s motion that sets aside part of the City’s tax on hotel stays for the Lansdowne reserve and puts at least $2 million a year toward the debt for Lansdowne 2.0, which carried 15 to 10. His campaign site says he voted against Lansdowne 2.0. On December 10, 2025 he voted for the 2026 Ottawa Police Service budget (carried 20 to 5), for the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee part of the budget (carried as amended 23 to 2) and for the motion that adopted the 2026 budgets (carried 21 to 4). He voted against a motion by Councillor King that would have matched a $5.4 million police reserve allocation with $5.4 million for ANCHOR (a program that sends non-police crisis teams) and community hubs (lost 9 to 16), and for the second part of that motion, which carried 17 to 8. That day he moved three motions. One asked that a direction to staff on the City’s anti-racism strategy be sent to the next meeting of the Community Services Committee (lost 2 to 23, with only Councillor Hill voting with him). One asked staff to report on options for removing the new pre-authorized debit fee, a fee of $0.55 for each automatic bank payment of property tax or water bills, once 50 percent of property tax or water accounts use that way of paying (lost 8 to 16). One asked the Mayor to write to the Premier of Ontario and the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to ask the Province to keep local, watershed-based conservation authorities and to consider a merger of only the Mississippi Valley, Rideau Valley and South Nation authorities instead of the larger merger it proposed. The minutes record it as carried with no recorded vote. On April 22, 2026 he voted for the Safe Access to Social Infrastructure By-law (carried 20 to 4) and against three motions on it: going in camera (closed to the public) before the debate (lost 7 to 17), removing its ban on demonstrations inside safe access zones (lost 6 to 18) and limiting it to times when a facility is used for its main purpose (lost 10 to 14). On July 15, 2026 he voted for the Development Charge Reduction Program report (carried 23 to 1), against a motion by Councillor Menard to send that report to a special meeting of Council (lost 11 to 14), and against the committee recommendations on the Rental Renovation Licence By-law (carried 20 to 5, with Councillors Hubley, Hill, Brown and Desroches also against). That day he moved a motion to close a bus-only ramp at Nepean Woods Station on September 20, 2026 for the Barrhaven market, which the minutes record as carried. On September 9, 2026 he voted for a motion by Councillor King that asks the federal government to extend its consultation on the Eastern Bridge Project (carried 23 to 2). His campaign site says that in this term the new police station, traffic calming, road resurfacing and tree planting were advanced, that he started the process to widen Prince of Wales Drive north of Fallowfield and to create at least two fenced dog parks, and that he began talks with the Queensway-Carleton Hospital and other partners about a community health hub. In the Barrhaven Bugle he says he completed the policy side of widening Prince of Wales Drive in 2025 by adding it to the Transportation Master Plan, and that the new police station is due to open in May 2027. In the CBC News questionnaire he names a change to how OC Transpo is managed and governed as the City’s biggest challenge, saying that none of the world’s best transit systems are run wholly by a municipal government and that he wants something similar to a government-owned corporation with its own sources of revenue. He says the police budget should be increased with added help for related social programs, gives no figure for the highest 2027 tax increase he would support, and gives no answer on how to cover OC Transpo deficits. In the Barrhaven Bugle he says the City’s three-item limit on garbage has caused illegal dumping and that he got it wrong in the debate by not considering the third option, keeping the previous policy. These are his own statements. voche.me checked the votes, the motions, the 2022 results and the dates in the City’s list, and did not check the project statements. The sources read hold no complaint against him. Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. 01 ### Roads and traffic His platform lists continuing the process to widen Prince of Wales Drive, permanent physical traffic calming across the ward, more capacity at major intersections along Fallowfield and Strandherd, and road resurfacing and sidewalk repairs.
Read the full position In the Barrhaven Bugle he says the next step is to start the widening project, and he names traffic calming streets planned for this autumn and for 2027. In the CBC News questionnaire he names the widening of Prince of Wales Drive first among the ward’s infrastructure needs.
[Wilson Lo campaign · Platform ](https://wilsonlo.ca/platform/) 02 ### Transit and how OC Transpo is run His platform lists fairer allocation of transit resources, a non-stop peak-hour shuttle between Fallowfield and Tunney’s Pasture, the move to Stage 2 of light rail, the Barrhaven light rail extension and a systemic change in how transit is managed.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire he says OC Transpo should be run as an independent organization, separate from City Hall, with its own sources of money beyond fares and taxes. In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire he says that if fares need to rise they will rise, because transit costs should not fall only on property taxes. Capital Current reports that he has asked for added service between Fallowfield and Tunney’s Pasture and more frequent buses on Routes 74 and 75.
[Wilson Lo campaign · Platform ](https://wilsonlo.ca/platform/) 03 ### Community safety His platform lists better enforcement aids, better lighting where needed and advancing the Barrhaven paramedic facility.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire he says the police budget should be increased, with added help for related social programs. The Council minutes of December 10, 2025 record his vote for the 2026 Ottawa Police Service budget, which carried 20 to 5.
[Wilson Lo campaign · Platform ](https://wilsonlo.ca/platform/) 04 ### Practical rules and spending His platform lists removing the Vacant Unit Tax, amending the Tree Protection By-law, reviewing how community funding is awarded, reviewing parts of the garbage item limit, a focus on core services and modernizing 311.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire he sets no limit for a 2027 tax increase, saying fixed limits can cause problems later and that the City needs major improvements in how it uses resources. In the Barrhaven Bugle he says he would revive the effort to remove the Vacant Unit Tax.
[Wilson Lo campaign · Platform ](https://wilsonlo.ca/platform/) 05 ### Parks, health care and recreation His platform lists fenced off-leash dog parks, better park amenities and tree planting, a community health hub and emergency department expansion at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital, and partnerships to improve sports and recreation facilities. [Wilson Lo campaign · Platform ](https://wilsonlo.ca/platform/) 06 ### A responsive councillor’s office His platform lists communication through a newsletter and social media, a local ward office, and town halls and information meetings.
Read the full position His Newsletter page says a weekly campaign newsletter starts in September and lists no past newsletters as of October 7, 2026.
[Wilson Lo campaign · Platform ](https://wilsonlo.ca/platform/) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for Ward 24 (an Internet Archive copy), its open data file of nominations, its list of elected officials and its 2022 results, the City’s page for him (an Internet Archive copy of July 31, 2025), his campaign website (home, About, Platform and Newsletter pages), CBC News of August 25, 2026 with its questionnaire, CTV News Ottawa of September 2026, Capital Current of September 28, 2026, the Barrhaven Bugle of September 17, 2026, and the Council minutes of November 7 and December 10, 2025 and April 22, July 15 and September 9, 2026. Gaps. His Facebook page and Instagram account showed no readable posts to a visitor who is not logged in, and his councillor office website, ward24.ca, was not read. The City’s page for him is a copy of July 31, 2025 and lists no committee roles, so his committee roles were not established, and committee minutes were not searched. His statements about the police station, traffic calming, the Transportation Master Plan, the health hub talks and his statement that he supported a motion early in the term to hire an independent auditor were not checked with the bodies named. His votes outside the five Council meetings above were not searched. A challenger’s campaign says he has delivered no landmark motion in four years. That statement is on that candidate’s page. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent. 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2022 to 2026 ### City Councillor, Ward 24 Barrhaven East The City’s list of elected officials 2022 to 2026 shows him as the Ward 24 Councillor, and the City’s 2022 results give him 4,403 of 11,958 votes in the first election for the ward. [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2022-2026 (Ward 24 row)](https://services.arcgis.com/G6F8XLCl5KtAlZ2G/arcgis/rest/services/_Elected_Officials_2022_2026/FeatureServer/0) 2014 to 2022, as he describes it ### OC Transpo bus operator and customer communications officer In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire he lists bus operator from 2014 to 2020 and customer communications officer from 2020 to 2022. The City’s page for him gives the same career. voche.me has not checked it with OC Transpo. [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East, September 2026](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-councillor-in-ward-24-barrhaven-east/) December 10, 2025 ### Motions moved at City Council The Council minutes record him moving three motions: to refer the anti-racism strategy direction to a committee (lost 2 to 23), to ask for a report on removing the pre-authorized debit fee (lost 8 to 16), and to ask the Mayor to write to the Province about the merger of eastern Ontario conservation authorities (carried, no recorded vote). [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, December 10, 2025 (2026 budget meeting)](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=4d914219-00c6-48c4-bcc6-b82ca579c430&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English) July 15, 2026 ### Motion moved at City Council The Council minutes record him moving a motion to close a bus-only ramp at Nepean Woods Station on September 20, 2026 for the Barrhaven market, with the organizers paying for the pylons and a temporary curb ramp. The minutes record it as carried. [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, July 15, 2026 (Minutes 83)](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=ba9d583c-b16d-4f97-9e87-a7b16b5825f4&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Wilson Lo directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Wilson Lo's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Wilson Lo? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Wilson Lo's own campaign.
Does Wilson Lo currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Wilson Lo.
How many sources does this Wilson Lo profile cite? This profile lists 20 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Wilson Lo's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Wilson Lo in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Wilson Lo is running in? The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Councillor ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ward 24 Barrhaven East (list last updated August 31, 2026; Internet Archive copy) ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/certified-candidates-ward-24-barrhaven-east)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5b79177ae7524c9fa68f79e852527604)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2022-2026 (Ward 24 row) ](https://services.arcgis.com/G6F8XLCl5KtAlZ2G/arcgis/rest/services/_Elected_Officials_2022_2026/FeatureServer/0)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2022 Elections Official Results (Statement of Votes Cast) ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/ec1423ac43254bff8692fabd5d47772b)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · Wilson Lo, Councillor, Ward 24 Barrhaven East (Internet Archive copy of July 31, 2025) ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/mayor-and-city-councillors/wilson-lo-councillor-ward-24-barrhaven-east)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CBC News · Barrhaven East: Here’s who’s running to be your Ottawa city councillor, August 25, 2026 (updated October 1) ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/barrhaven-east-ward-election-city-ottawa-2026-9.7314390)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East, September 2026 ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-councillor-in-ward-24-barrhaven-east/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CBC News · Candidate questionnaire: Wilson Lo, Ward 24 Barrhaven East ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28713248/wilson-lo-ward-24-barrhaven-east.pdf)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Barrhaven Bugle · Barrhaven Bugle: Meet the Candidates, September 17, 2026 ](https://barrhavenbugle.substack.com/p/barrhaven-bugle-meet-the-candidates)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Capital Current · Election Ottawa 2026: Crowded routes 75 and 74 in political spotlight in Barrhaven East, September 28, 2026 ](https://capitalcurrent.ca/election-ottawa-2026-crowded-routes-75-and-74-in-political-spotlight-in-barrhaven-east/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Wilson Lo campaign · Re-elect Wilson Lo (home page) ](https://wilsonlo.ca/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Wilson Lo campaign · About ](https://wilsonlo.ca/about/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Wilson Lo campaign · Platform ](https://wilsonlo.ca/platform/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Wilson Lo campaign · Newsletter ](https://wilsonlo.ca/newsletter/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, November 7, 2025 (Minutes 68, Lansdowne 2.0) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=a0303d33-6a97-4a39-b1df-b775b0569c49&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, December 10, 2025 (2026 budget meeting) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=4d914219-00c6-48c4-bcc6-b82ca579c430&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, April 22, 2026 (Minutes 78) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=b8f046ed-1ad8-41a3-9c20-c177b0dde00a&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, July 15, 2026 (Minutes 83) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=ba9d583c-b16d-4f97-9e87-a7b16b5825f4&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · City Council minutes, September 9, 2026 (Minutes 85) ](https://pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0576ac9f-74e8-4986-b8f8-9c96b26f6e67&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English)Checked October 7, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Wilson Lo campaign website](https://wilsonlo.ca/) [Councillor’s office website, ward24.ca (listed on the City’s page for him)](https://www.ward24.ca/) [Councillor Wilson Lo on Facebook (listed on the City’s page for him)](https://www.facebook.com/BarrhavenEast) [Councillor Wilson Lo on Instagram (listed on the City’s page for him)](https://www.instagram.com/BarrhavenEast/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Councillor**Ahmed Alsabaawi**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-alsabaawi) [Councillor**Ahmed Rashid**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-rashid) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Wilson Lo a question. Give your name, email and question. 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