Much smaller field of candidates in Orleans East-Cumberland

Two candidates are challenging the incumbent in the newly drawn Orleans East-Cumberland a much shorter list than the 17 candidates who ran in the area in 2018.

• What are candidates in your ward saying? Click here to scroll down to questionnaire responses

Four years ago MatthewLuloff beat out 16 other candidates for the job.

Luloff took home about 24 per cent of the ballots casts, beating out Catherine Kitts by less than 300 votes. In 2020, Kitts ran, and won, in a byelection in Cumberland Ward (Ward 19), now called Orlans South-Navan.

This time around in Orleans East-Cumberland, there are just two challengers: Rosemee Cantave and Tessa Franklin.

Election day is Monday, Oct. 24. For more information about where and how to vote, visit the city's election page.

Ward at a glance

Projected population 2022: 50,504

Projected population 2026:52,751

Candidates running

CBC Ottawa sent a detailed questionnaire to candidates in this and other wards, and those who responded have their answers below. Candidates were also asked to submit photos of themselves. Where candidates have web sites, those links can be accessed by clicking on the candidate's name.

Rosemee Cantave

Tessa Franklin

Matt Luloff