Candidate for Councillor in Ward 15 Kitchissippi who gave the City no website or contact details and campaigns for free transit, affordable housing and climate action.
Xavier Commerford is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 15 Kitchissippi, with a nomination dated August 17, 2026. The City list gives no website, account or contact details. CBC News describes Commerford as a community activist, and a campaign website found by name search lists free transit, affordable housing, food security and climate action and endorses Jeff Leiper for Mayor. CTV News Ottawa had no email address for Commerford and publishes no answers. voche.me found no public record of Commerford holding office.
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Ottawa municipal electionThe City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Xavier Commerford’s nomination for Councillor in Ward 15 Kitchissippi dated August 17, 2026, and shows no registration in the Contribution Rebate Program. It lists no website, social media account, telephone or email for Commerford. The City’s list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 does not include Commerford, and the City’s list shows no withdrawal and no nomination for another office. The sitting Councillor, Jeff Leiper, is running for Mayor and is not on this ward’s ballot.
CBC News describes Commerford as a community activist, and Capital Current calls Commerford a lifelong Kitchissippi resident. In the CBC News questionnaire Commerford says they have lived in the ward for 27 years and have worked as a product manager and entrepreneur, as a community activist and organizer, and in project management and marketing, and that they have lived overseas. The campaign website, which the City list does not give but which a name search found and which repeats the platform in the CBC News answers, says Commerford has worked for technology start-ups and has lived in Seoul and Montreal, and that over 27 years Commerford has lived, worked and organized in Hintonburg and Westboro, fought the end of the airport bus route and led climate action rallies. CTV News Ottawa could not send Commerford its questionnaire because no email address was available. voche.me did not check any of these statements.
The campaign website describes a progressive, grassroots candidate and lists free transit in phases (starting with the O-Train, free fare zones, free transit for minimum wage workers and recipients of provincial disability support, and free Route 11), a commercial vacancy tax, a municipal food emergency declaration, affordable housing, fully funded paramedics, an end to return-to-office orders, a moratorium on towers of 50 storeys or more, a City-owned public housing developer, an expanded ANCHOR program, a refocus of police funding on serious crime, and no public funds for the Lansdowne 2.0 project. It says the campaign takes no developer money and endorses Jeff Leiper for Mayor. In the CBC News questionnaire Commerford says the next task is affordable housing and fixing OC Transpo, would support as much of a 2027 tax increase as is necessary, favours a transit levy and an infrastructure levy, wants the City to control the police budget and tie it to performance, and wants $1 million for food banks. The sources voche.me read hold no complaint about Commerford.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
The campaign website proposes free transit in phases, starting with fare-free light rail, free fare zones in central hubs, free transit for minimum wage workers and people on provincial disability support, and a free Route 11, and says it would reverse the New Ways to Bus cuts.
In the CBC News questionnaire Commerford answers that light rail should be free and that a transit levy should cover OC Transpo deficits.
The campaign website calls for a moratorium on towers of 50 storeys or more, a focus on mid-rise and family-sized housing, a City-owned public housing developer, a municipal anti-renoviction bylaw and enforcement of a maximum indoor temperature bylaw.
In the CBC News questionnaire Commerford says affordable housing construction is the City’s first move on affordability and supports an infrastructure levy.
The campaign website says it would expand the ANCHOR program, refocus police funding on serious crime such as femicide and hate crimes, and fully fund paramedics.
In the CBC News questionnaire Commerford says police funding should be under the City’s control and performance-based.
The campaign website calls for a municipal food emergency, baseline grants for food banks, a school lunch program, a commercial vacancy tax and a youth business incubator.
In the CBC News questionnaire Commerford asks for $1 million in immediate funding for food banks and similar non-profits.
The campaign website lists permeable boulevards, more mature trees, community emergency relief hubs, basement flood grants and year-round use of the Chief William Commanda Bridge.
In the CBC News questionnaire Commerford says the City should build resilient, long-lasting infrastructure.
Evidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for Ward 15 and its open data file of nominations, the campaign website found by name search, a Bluesky account with the campaign’s name, CBC News of August 25, 2026 and its candidate questionnaire, CTV News Ottawa of September 11, 2026 and Capital Current of October 2026.
Gaps. The City list gives no website or account, so the campaign website and the Bluesky account were found by name search and tied to Commerford by their content. The second website address did not answer, and the website’s social media icons were not followed. Commerford’s work history, years in the ward and activism were not checked. CTV News Ottawa has no answers. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent.
The campaign website says Commerford has worked for technology start-ups, and in the CBC News questionnaire Commerford describes a career as a product manager and entrepreneur and years as a community activist and organizer. voche.me has not checked this with any employer or organization.
CBC News · Candidate questionnaire: Xavier Commerford, Ward 15 KitchissippiProposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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