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# City Council

6 stories, newest first. Times are Eastern.

## Wednesday, October 28

Election newsReported

### [Steve Desroches wins fourth council term in Riverside South-Findlay Creek with 85 per cent of the vote](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/desroches-riverside-south-wins-2026-10-27)

Desroches took 7,702 of 9,063 votes in the Oct. 26 count, and says his next priorities are a new recreation complex, the ward's first library branch and a major intersection upgrade.

9:38 am ET3 min read

## Tuesday, October 27

Election newsReported

### [Erin Coffin defeats four-term incumbent Allan Hubley in Kanata South](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/coffin-kanata-south-upset-2026-10-27)

Erin Coffin won Ward 23 on October 26 with 7,878 votes, removing four-term incumbent Allan Hubley in the only seat change among Ottawa's 24 wards.

10:40 pm ET2 min read

Election newsReported

### [Ottawa's new council will have more women than men, first time since 2001](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/ottawa-council-women-majority-2026-10-27)

Thirteen of Ottawa's 24 councillors elected on 26 October 2026 are women, the first time since the city's 2001 amalgamation that women hold a majority of council seats.

7:45 pm ET3 min read

Election newsReported

### [Laine Johnson wins 14,327 votes for a second term in College Ward](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/laine-johnson-college-ward-2026-10-27)

Ottawa College Ward councillor Laine Johnson was re-elected with 14,327 votes on October 26, defeating Malloum Abakar by a wide margin and naming stormwater flooding as her first priority.

5:36 pm ET2 min read

Election newsReported

### [Joanne Chianello wins Kitchissippi Ward in first bid for council](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/chianello-kitchissippi-wins-2026-10-27)

Former CBC and Ottawa Citizen journalist Joanne Chianello won the open Kitchissippi Ward seat on October 26, defeating three challengers including Brian Innes, Subhir Uppal, and Xavier Commerford.

5:35 pm ET2 min read

Election newsReported

### [Ariel Troster wins second term in Somerset Ward with 62 percent of the vote](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/troster-somerset-ward-2026-10-27)

Ariel Troster took 9,061 votes in Ward 14, defeating four challengers and naming homelessness as her central focus for the next four years.

5:34 pm ET2 min read

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