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title: "Ottawa voters elect new school board trustees across four boards"
description: "Ottawa voters chose trustees for the OCDSB, OCSB, CEPEO and CECCE on October 26. Many incumbents held on, while a handful of new faces joined the OCDSB as the board remains under provincial supervision."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/ottawa-school-board-trustees-2026-10-27"
last_updated: "2026-10-29T14:05:35.213Z"
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Ottawa voters chose school board trustees for all four school boards on October 26. The Ottawa Citizen reported the results zone by zone, drawn from the City of Ottawa's unofficial count.

The vote covered the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB), the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CEPEO) and the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE).

## OCDSB: Trustees elected, but still without authority

All 12 OCDSB zones were contested. Two incumbents, Jennifer Jennekens in Zone 7 and Julia Fortey in Zone 2, were re-elected. Four of the eight candidates who ran under a shared statement of principles aimed at restoring local governance were elected: John MacCrae (Zone 1, 61.8%), Emily Quaile (Zone 4, 78.1%), Keelin Pringnitz (Zone 10, 47.4%) and Cathy Varrette (Zone 12, 70%).

However, the Ottawa Citizen reported that newly elected OCDSB trustees will hold no official meetings, receive no pay and have no formal responsibilities while the board remains under provincial supervision. The province had not said when it would reinstate the trustees.

Here are all 12 elected OCDSB trustees, with vote share:

- Zone 1: John MacCrae, 61.8%
- Zone 2: Julia Fortey, 66.1%
- Zone 3: Brenda Abramson, 43.7%
- Zone 4: Emily Quaile, 78.1%
- Zone 5: Lara Bremner, 46.8%
- Zone 6: Jennifer Moroziuk, 40.2%
- Zone 7: Jennifer Jennekens, 60.8%
- Zone 8: Rick Bédard, 62.8%
- Zone 9: Hilary Clauson, 65.2%
- Zone 10: Keelin Pringnitz, 47.4%
- Zone 11: Alan Riddell, 49.7%
- Zone 12: Cathy Varrette, 70%

## OCSB: Five zones were acclaimed

Five of 10 Ottawa Catholic School Board zones had only one candidate, so those five trustees were acclaimed without a vote. Spencer Warren (Zone 4), Eugene Milito (Zone 6) and Jeremy Wittet (Zone 7) were re-elected incumbents. Cameron Bonesso won Zone 10 with 56.5% against incumbent Cindy Desclouds-Simpson, who had won the same race in 2022.

## CEPEO: Mathieu Fleury wins with 87.6%

In the seven Ottawa zones of the French public board, Mathieu Fleury won Zone 10 with 87.6% of the vote. Fleury served as the Rideau-Vanier city councillor for more than a decade before leaving municipal politics in 2022. Incumbents were re-elected in five of the seven zones.

## CECCE: Three trustees acclaimed

Three French Catholic school board trustees were acclaimed in Ottawa zones: Dan Boudria (Zone 8), Johanne Lacombe (Zone 9) and André J. Thibodeau (Zone 11). Isabelle Gervais won Zone 10 with 86.2%.

These are unofficial results. The City Clerk declares the official results under section 55 of Ontario's Municipal Elections Act, 1996. Residents can find full results at [/on/ottawa-2026/results](/on/ottawa-2026/results).

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