Bob Monette

Robert "Bob" Monette (born c. 1952)[1] is a politician in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He first joined political life in 1985 when he served on the Cumberland City Council for six years. Monette returned to serve on the Ottawa City Council in January 2006 in a by-election and was then reelected in November 2006 and October 2010.

Bob Monette
Deputy Mayor of Ottawa
Serving with Mark Taylor
In office
December, 2014 – December 1, 2018
Preceded bySteve Desroches, Eli El-Chantiry
Succeeded byGeorge Darouze, Laura Dudas and Matthew Luloff
Ottawa City Councillor
In office
January 2006 – December 1, 2018
Preceded byHerb Kreling
Succeeded byMatthew Luloff
ConstituencyOrléans Ward
Cumberland Township Councillor
In office
1985–1991
Preceded byRay Friel, Gerry Lalonde, Paul Macdonnell, Brian Coburn (At-large)
Succeeded byFrank Stacey
ConstituencyHeights Ward
Personal details
Political partyIndependent
ResidenceQueenswood Heights
ProfessionPolitician

Prior to being elected, Monette served as the constituency office manager to MPP Phil McNeely of the Ontario Liberal Party. He ran for the Liberal Party of Canada nomination for the 1988 Canadian federal election but lost.

Monette currently sits on the Planning Committee, Transportation Committee and the Hydro Ottawa Holdings Board. Monette has also been elected by Council to sit on both the Central Canada Exhibition Association and the Heart of Orléans Business Improvement Association.

Monette has assisted at cleaning up the Ottawa River; helping to secure over 100 million dollars in funding from all the levels of three levels of government after his 2008 tour of the ROPEC facility. Monette is also focused on the development of Lansdowne Park, and actively participated in the Lansdowne Live proposal. Monette also supports Kettle Island as the new location of the Interprovincial Bridge.

Some of Monette's local accomplishments are, opening up a community garden, the first ever Seniors Park in Eastern Ontario, facilitated in the development of Orléans first hotel in 30 years: Quality Inn, worked in paternership with Forum Inc to develop the Town Centre, and ensuring that Orleans is graffiti free.

Monette has been involved in many non-profit groups including, the Cumberland Community Resource Centre; Ottawa Arthritis Society; Queenswood Heights Neighbourhood Watch Association; Queenswood Heights Community Association, Fallingbrook Community Association.

There was much speculation that Monette would run for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the 2011 Ontario general election. However, on March 2, 2011, he announced he would not be running. He switched to the Tories after disagreement with the policies of Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Monette resides in Queenswood Heights with his wife and three children. On June 13, 2018 he announced he would not seek re-election in the 2018 municipal election.

Controversy

During Ottawa's 2008-2009 Bus Strike, Monette threatened legal action against Councillor Clive Doucet for speaking out against the city's bargaining strategy.

In March 2009, Monette attempted to block atheist slogans from being advertised on OC Transpo buses in an Ottawa City Council motion, despite a legal opinion that such censorship would probably fail in a court challenge.[2]

Bob Monette is firmly in favour of the Corridor 5 (Kettle Island) option for an interprovincial bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau. According to a report released by the consultants engaged to explore bridge options (www.ncrcrossings.ca), a bridge at Kettle Island would result in severe congestion at key intersections along Aviation Parkway for East-West traffic between Ottawa and Orleans.

Election results

Cumberland municipal election, 1985
Heritage Ward (2 elected)
Candidate Votes %
Bob Monette137234.84
Fern Casey101225.70
Doris Douma99525.27
Sandra Graham55914.20

Cumberland municipal election, 1988
Heritage Ward (2 elected)
Candidate Votes %
Bob Monette316940.02
Frank Stacey276234.88
Sidney Marinoff110213.92
Michael Blackburn85511.18

Cumberland mayoral election, 1991
Candidate Vote %
Brian Coburn793364.83
Bob Monette430435.17

1994 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections
Orléans Ward
Candidate Votes %
Herb Kreling327530.37
Bob Monette325230.16
Keith De Cruz311828.92
Bernard Pelot7667.10
Stan Lamothe3713.44

Orleans by-election, 2006
Orléans Ward (Ward 1)[3]
Candidate Votes %
Bob Monette 2891 34.15
Sheryl MacDonald 2026 23.93
Elena Harder 1738 20.53
Louise Malloy 578 6.83
Debbie Jodoin 457 5.40
Pierre Maheu 409 4.83
Gino L. Nicolini 307 3.63
Michel Tardif 60 0.71

Ottawa municipal election, 2006
Orléans Ward (Ward 1)[4]
Candidate Votes %
Bob Monette 12201 69.98
Dennis Vowles 5235 30.02

2010 Ottawa municipal election
Orléans Ward (Ward 1)[5]
Candidate Votes %
Bob Monette972859.99
Fred Sherwin393924.35
Jennifer Robitaille232614.34
Renee Greenberg2121.31

2014 Ottawa municipal election
Orléans Ward
Candidate Vote %
    Bob Monette1066275.47
    Jennifer Robitaille254618.02
    R. Gordon Jensen9196.51
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References
  1. "Orléans wants end to gridlock". Ottawa Citizen. October 18, 2010. p. B3. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. Patrick Dare (2009-03-11). "Atheist ads can go on buses, council decides". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
  3. "Orleans by-election Results". City of Ottawa. Archived from the original on 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  4. "2006 Municipal Election Results". City of Ottawa. Archived from the original on 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  5. "Statement of Votes Cast" (PDF). City of Ottawa. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
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