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Alta Vista Ward (Ward 18) is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario , Canada represented on Ottawa City Council . Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections , the ward was represented by two councillors (then called aldermen). Prior to the 1980 election , the Ward was split in half, with the western half remaining as Alta Vista ward and the eastern half became Canterbury Ward . They were reunited prior to the 1994 Election and was known as Ward 10 , and given the name Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward in 1995. During this time, on regional council it was known as just Alta Vista Ward. It was renamed to Alta Vista in 2000.

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7-489: The ward is located in Ottawa's southeast end, and covers the neighbourhoods of Eastway Gardens , Riverview , Alta Vista , Heron Gate and Sheffield Glen . The Ward is often advertised by candidates as " Alta Vista-Canterbury-Riverview ", as there was a plan to name it that in 1997. The ward covers an area of 20.3 km. There is only a small boundary change for the 2006 election: the boundary will follow Highway 417 instead of

14-676: Is facing off against Perry Marleau, (a civil servant with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade ) Ismael Lediye, notable in the Somali-Canadian community, Yusef Al Mezel (President of the Canadian Auto Workers Union Local 1688), Ahmed Ibrahim, an engineer, and Jim Ryan, a retired Bell Canada and Nortel employee. Eastway Gardens Eastway Gardens is a small neighbourhood in Alta Vista Ward in

21-452: The east end of Ottawa, Ontario , Canada. It consists of a series of dead end streets coming off of Tremblay Road between Riverside Drive and St. Laurent Boulevard . Most of these streets are named for letters of the alphabet, beginning with Avenue K and ending with Avenue U. According to the Canada 2016 Census , the neighbourhood had a population of 602. The residents association boundaries for

28-516: The neighbourhood are the Rideau River to the west, St. Laurent Boulevard to the east, Coventry Road to the north, and Belfast Road to the south. In 1911, this area of the Gloucester Township was registered as the new subdivision of Bannermount on the property of Nicholas J. Tremblay. The new subdivision was intended to be built to house railway employees. The original plan for Bannermount

35-577: The old city limits from Walkley north to the CPR right-of-way. Until 2014, the ward was represented by Peter Hume . He defeated incumbent Allan Higdon in the 2000 election. It was a battle of incumbents, as Hume was a regional councillor until the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton was abolished. Jean Cloutier replaced Hume in 2014. Key issues affecting the Alta Vista ward since 2000 have been:

42-647: The proposed Alta Vista transportation corridor Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine , the fate of the Canada Science and Technology Museum , as well as the O-Train expansion. The Ward's population was 46,500 in 2006 (estimate). At the Canada 2001 Census it had 44,435 people. Languages (mother tongue) Religion Income Dylan McGuinty (brother of future Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty ) lost to Tory Darrel Kent. After running unopposed in 2003, Hume

49-620: Was to have the streets be named with Avenue A in the west to Avenue U in the east (skipping I), yet not much was actually built. Most houses were built in the subdivision in the late 1950s by Teron Construction when the neighbourhood was renamed Eastway Gardens. Avenues A through D were expropriated to make way for the Riverside Drive interchange with the Queensway , while avenues E through H were expropriated for Ottawa's new Train Station when it

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