Municipal elections were held on November 13, 1978 in the
Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton
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(RMOC),
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,
Canada
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. This page lists the election results for local mayors,
reeves, councils and hydro commissions of the RMOC in 1978.
Cumberland
Reeve
Council
Four to be elected
Gloucester
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Reeve
Deputy reeve
Council
(Five to be elected)
Hydro commission
(Two to be elected)
Goulbourn
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Mayor
Council
Kanata
Referendum
This was the first municipal election in Kanata's history, which amalgamated
March Township
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with parts of Nepean and Goulbourn. As the city had yet to be named, voters voted in a referendum to choose the new city's name. Kanata was the choice of a plurality of voters, thanks to winning the support of voters in March Township.
Mayor
Council
Nepean
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Reeve
Deputy Reeve
Council
(Five to be elected)
Hydro commission
(Four to be elected)
Osgoode
Reeve
Council
Four to be elected
Ottawa
Mayor
Rideau
Mayor
Council
Two to be elected from each ward
Rockcliffe Park
Rockcliffe Park ( French: ''Parc Rockcliffe'') is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward, close to the centre of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1864, organized as a Police village in 1908, and an independent village from 1926, and ...
Referendum
Voters were asked if they were in favour of licensed liquor premises in the village, which would make the village "wet".
Reeve
Council
Four to be elected
Vanier
Mayor
Council
Two elected from each ward
West Carleton
Mayor
Council
Two to be elected from each ward
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality Elections, 1978
Municipal elections in Ottawa
1978 elections in Canada