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title: "Quorus poll shows Sutcliffe at 28 per cent, Leiper at 24 per cent four days before Ottawa votes"
description: "A Quorus Consulting Group survey of 807 Ottawa residents, conducted Oct. 8 to 15, put incumbent mayor Mark Sutcliffe at 28 per cent and challenger Jeff Leiper at 24 per cent, the Ottawa Citizen reported Oct. 22."
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last_updated: "2026-10-22T13:51:17.064Z"
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The Ottawa Citizen reported on Oct. 22 that a Quorus Consulting Group poll put incumbent mayor [Mark Sutcliffe](/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/mark-sutcliffe) at 28 per cent and challenger [Jeff Leiper](/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/jeff-leiper) at 24 per cent, four days before voting day. [Neil Saravanamuttoo](/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/neil-saravanamuttoo) was at 7 per cent and [Alex Lawson](/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/alex-lawson) at 4 per cent, the Ottawa Citizen reported. The Citizen's story ran under the byline of Aedan Helmer.

The survey covered 807 Ottawa residents and was conducted from Oct. 8 to 15, the Ottawa Citizen said. Quorus said a margin of error could not be calculated, because respondents were selected from a group of people who had signed up to take online surveys through a panel, the Ottawa Citizen reported. When respondents come from a panel rather than a random selection of the population, it is not possible to calculate how far the results might differ from the true picture among all voters.

Several other polls have been published during the 2026 Ottawa mayor race. Earlier surveys by Nanos Research and Mainstreet Research also asked Ottawa residents about their choices for mayor. Each pollster uses different methods, questions and timing, so results across polls are not directly comparable. A voter following the Ottawa race will have seen a range of numbers from different firms; the Quorus Oct. 8 to 15 survey is the most recent published as of Oct. 22, 2026, four days before voting day. It is one piece of information, alongside each candidate's platform and record, that a voter can weigh before Oct. 26.

The four candidates on the ballot are incumbent mayor Mark Sutcliffe, Jeff Leiper, Neil Saravanamuttoo and Alex Lawson. Ottawa voters choose a mayor, a councillor in one of 24 wards, and trustees for four school boards on the same day.

**Voting day is Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. Polls open at 10 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.** Ottawa voters can find candidate information for the mayor race and all wards at [/on/ottawa-2026/candidates#mayor](/on/ottawa-2026/candidates#mayor).

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