While David Brown and Clarke Kelly are coming to the council table with priorities that reflect life in the furthest\u002Dflung of Ottawa wards, they say they want to work constructively with all of their new colleagues, regardless of their proximity to the Greenbelt.
There are two new councillors-elect across the four wards that comprise rural Ottawa; both men in their 30s with behind-the-scenes experience in the political world and lifelong residency in the communities that just voted them in.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Incumbent Scott Moffatt is bowing out after three terms and Brown was able to secure the victory that evaded him when he went from Moffatt staffer to challenger in 2018. Brown easily defeated his handful of opponents with 67 per cent of the ballots cast, and links his hefty vote count to the resonance with residents of the ideas he ran with.
“Everyone has their own particular road they want fixed. But that’s the general message: ‘Just fix the road.
Kelly, 35, tendered his resignation on Parliament Hill in June when he decided to run for council, and not just to focus on a full-time campaign, but also toThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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