Candidate for Councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East, a realtor who started a petition for a non-stop express bus.
Yoosaf Melparamba is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East, with a nomination dated May 25, 2026. CBC News and CTV News Ottawa describe him as a realtor, and Capital Current reports that he started a petition for a non-stop express bus between Fallowfield and Tunney’s Pasture. In his own answers he says he is president of the Malayali Association of Ottawa and has worked on two provincial campaigns and the last federal campaign. His campaign site lists a sixteen-point platform that includes widening Prince of Wales Drive and Greenbank Road, a youth centre for ages 12 to 18, $5,000 a month for seniors programs from his office budget, a redesign of OC Transpo’s route planning led by riders and operators, and monthly reports to residents. In the CBC News questionnaire he says the police budget should be increased only with accountability. He is running against the sitting Councillor, Wilson Lo, and against Zahy A Adam, Ahmed Alsabaawi and Jules Ruhinda.
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The City’s list of certified candidates shows Yoosaf Melparamba’s nomination for Ward 24 Barrhaven East dated May 25, 2026, with the same date for his registration in the City’s Contribution Rebate Program. The City list gives him a website and Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat accounts. CBC News describes him as a realtor, and CTV News Ottawa describes him as a real estate agent.
In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire he says he is a licensed Realtor with Royal LePage, with earlier experience as an administrator at the same office, and a community leader with the Malayali Association who organizes local cultural events and fundraisers. He says he has lived in Ottawa for almost five years and works in Barrhaven East every day, and in the CBC News questionnaire he gives 0 years as his time living in the ward. In the CBC News questionnaire he says he is president of the Malayali Association of Ottawa. In the Barrhaven Bugle he says he has served on the Real Estate Board’s Member and Impact Committee. voche.me did not check these roles with the bodies named.
On politics he says in the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire that he has been part of two provincial campaigns and the last federal campaign and is a director at the local provincial riding association. The sources read do not name the party or parties, and voche.me did not infer one.
Capital Current reports that he has started a petition calling for a non-stop express bus between Fallowfield and Tunney’s Pasture. He says in the Barrhaven Bugle that the petition has over 600 signatures and that he took it to OC Transpo’s general manager in person, and in the CBC News questionnaire he says it has over 700 signatures. voche.me did not check the petition or the number of signatures.
His campaign site lists a plan in sixteen points. The first five points of the full platform are widening Prince of Wales Drive and Greenbank Road with Community Safety Zones near schools, a youth centre for ages 12 to 18, a redesign of OC Transpo’s route planning led by riders and operators, a promise to put Barrhaven East’s priorities into every City budget, and a review of flood and stormwater plans along the Jock River. Others include $5,000 a month from his office budget for seniors programs, monthly reports to residents and an office in the ward, hospital and health access, active transportation, waste and recycling information, and a warning ticket system for first-time parking offences. His campaign site and the CBC News questionnaire also criticize the sitting Councillor, saying Barrhaven East has a councillor who communicates well but has not delivered results to match, and that the ward has no new Community Safety Zones after four years. voche.me did not check these statements. In the CBC News questionnaire he says the 2027 property tax increase should be lower than 3.75 percent, without giving a figure, with higher fare recovery on OC Transpo, and that the police budget should be increased but only with accountability. These are his own statements. The sources read hold no complaint against him.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
His platform says he will work toward widening Prince of Wales Drive, Greenbank Road and Fallowfield Road, and wants Community Safety Zones near all Ward 24 schools, better street lighting, faster pothole repair and protected left-turn signals at high-risk intersections.
His platform says Ward 3 has three Community Safety Zones protecting seven schools and Ward 24 has none after four years. voche.me did not check this.
His platform says Barrhaven East has no youth drop-in space for ages 12 to 18, that the nearest is in Hunt Club, and that he would work for a dedicated youth centre with sports, mentorship and mental health support.
His platform gives figures for the number of young people and the distance and travel time to the nearest drop-in. voche.me did not check them.
In the CBC News questionnaire he names a standalone youth centre as the top infrastructure need in the ward.
His platform says he would push for a full redo of OC Transpo’s route planning led by riders, operators and transit union members, schedules that match real run times and better real-time information.
In the CBC News questionnaire he says he would push for a public tracker of how often buses arrive on time, and in the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire he sets 60 days after taking office for it.
Capital Current reports that he started a petition for a non-stop express bus between Fallowfield and Tunney’s Pasture.
His platform says he would put $5,000 a month from his office budget toward seniors programs such as coffee mornings, walking clubs and information sessions.
In the CBC News questionnaire he says there is no dedicated Ward 24 office now and that he would build one and use it for public nurse hours as a first step toward urgent care in the ward.
His platform says he would give monthly plain-language updates on budget decisions and on transit and road progress, and hold coffee and walking meetings in all eight neighbourhoods of the ward.
His home page also lists an office in Barrhaven East itself.
His platform says he would seek a public review of flood and stormwater plans near the Jock River, closer scrutiny of fill, grading and development decisions, and more local health support, including nurse hours from Ottawa Public Health and a community health hub.
Yoosaf Melparamba campaign · Better Barrhaven East, Yoosaf for Ward 24 (home page and full platform)In the CBC News questionnaire he says police funding needs stronger oversight before it needs more money, and that the budget should be increased but only with accountability.
He says the 2027 property tax increase should be lower than 3.75 percent, without giving a figure, with higher fare recovery on OC Transpo to reduce its reliance on tax money.
Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for Ward 24 (an Internet Archive copy) and its open data file of nominations, his campaign website and its full platform, CBC News of August 25, 2026 with its questionnaire, CTV News Ottawa of September 2026, Capital Current of September 28, 2026 and the Barrhaven Bugle of September 17, 2026.
Gaps. His Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat accounts showed no readable posts to a visitor who is not logged in. His realtor licence, his role in the Malayali Association of Ottawa, his committee role, his campaign and riding association work, the petition and its signature count, and the figures and comparisons in his platform and in his statements about the sitting Councillor were not checked with the bodies named. He gives the petition as over 600 signatures in the Barrhaven Bugle and over 700 in the CBC News questionnaire. He gives 0 years in the ward to CBC News and almost five years in Ottawa to CTV News Ottawa. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent.
In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire he says he is a licensed Realtor with Royal LePage, with earlier experience as an administrator at the same office. CBC News describes him as a realtor. voche.me has not checked his licence with the regulator.
CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East, September 2026In the CBC News questionnaire he says he is president of the Malayali Association of Ottawa and has organized cultural events, fundraisers and talent shows. voche.me has not checked this with the association.
CBC News · Candidate questionnaire: Yoosaf Melparamba, Ward 24 Barrhaven EastIn the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire he says he has been part of two provincial campaigns and the last federal campaign and is a director at the local provincial riding association. The sources read do not name the party.
CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 24 Barrhaven East, September 2026Capital Current reports that he started a petition calling for a non-stop express bus between Fallowfield and Tunney’s Pasture.
Capital Current · Election Ottawa 2026: Crowded routes 75 and 74 in political spotlight in Barrhaven East, September 28, 2026Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
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