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Mark Sutcliffe

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His Worship Mark Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe in 2022

59th Mayor of Ottawa
Incumbent
Assumed office November 15, 2022
Preceded by	Jim Watson

Personal details
Born	(1968-07-14) July 14, 1968 (age 56) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Ginny Sutcliffe (m. 2008)
Children	3
Parents	John Sutcliffe (father) Florence Ng-Yelim (mother)
Residence	Wellington Village^[1]
Alma mater	Carleton University (attended)
Occupation	Politician journalist
Website	marksutcliffe.ca

Mark Sutcliffe (born July 14, 1968)^[2] ^[3]is a Canadian politician who has been the 59th mayor of Ottawa since 2022.^[4] Before entering politics, he hosted Ottawa Today on 1310News radio. Sutcliffe is the first Chinese Canadian and person from a visible minority group to serve as mayor of Ottawa.^[5]

Early life

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Mark Sutcliffe was born at the Riverside Hospital on July 14, 1968, the son of John Michael Sutcliffe and Florence Ng-Yelim.^[6]^[7] Sutcliffe's maternal grandfather, Xavier, was born to a Chinese family in Mauritius in 1902. Sutcliffe's maternal grandmother, Yolande, was French, and the two moved to Shanghai. The family moved to Canada during the Chinese Civil War. John Sutcliffe was also an immigrant, coming from Yorkshire in England. John and Florence met while working at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.^[5]

Sutcliffe grew up in McKellar Park in the city's west end. He graduated from St. Pius X High School, and then studied political science^[5] at Carleton University for one year before dropping out to take a job at the CHEZ 106 radio station.^[1] At the same time, he started working as a news reader at CFRA, and then became a news reporter for the Ottawa Business News, and was the first play-by-play announcer for the Ottawa Lynx baseball team. He then founded the Ottawa Business Journal, where he met his wife, Ginny.^[5]

Political career

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Sutcliffe was elected mayor of Ottawa in the 2022 municipal election.^[8] Described as a centrist, Sutcliffe defeated Catherine McKenney, a progressive councillor supported by many New Democratic Party and some Liberal figures.^[9] Sutcliffe was supported by many sitting Liberal and Conservative politicians.^[10]^[9]

He is the first Chinese Canadian mayor of Ottawa, as well as its first mayor from a visible minority group.^[5] Despite this, Sutcliffe acknowledges that he has benefitted in his career from racial privilege, being born "visibly White" without "any Asian features."^[11]

Electoral record

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2022 Ottawa municipal election: Mayor
Candidate		Popular vote			Expenditures
Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Mark Sutcliffe	161,679	51.37	–	$537,834.79
	Catherine McKenney	119,241	37.88	–	$542,847.97
	Bob Chiarelli	15,998	5.08	–	$96,844.84
	Nour Kadri	7,496	2.38	–	$71,062.45
	Mike Maguire	2,775	0.88	–	$5,500.00
	Graham MacDonald	1,629	0.52	–	$5,334.50
	Brandon Bay	1,512	0.48	–	$9,478.02
	Param Singh	1,176	0.37	–	$13,650.40
	Celine Debassige	867	0.28	–	none listed
	Ade Olumide	636	0.20	–	$1,966.25
	Gregory Jreg Guevara	584	0.19	–	$2,349.61
	Bernard Couchman	471	0.15	-0.21	none listed
	Jacob Solomon	432	0.14	–	none listed
	Zed Chebib	264	0.08	–	none listed
Total valid votes		314,760	99.53
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes		1,500	0.47	-0.92
Turnout		316,260	43.79	+1.24
Eligible voters		722,227
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: City of Ottawa^[12]^[13]

References

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^ ^a ^b Steele, Alistair (October 12, 2022). "Mark Sutcliffe running a different kind of race". CBC News. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6603187
^ "Sutcliffe". Ottawa Citizen. July 16, 1968. p. 26. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ Deachman, Bruce (October 25, 2022). "Deachman: Ottawa makes a bet on the inexperienced, but safe Mark Sutcliffe". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Duffy, Andrew (October 20, 2022) [13 October 2022]. "Running Man: The politics, marathons and luck of Mark Sutcliffe". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ Bishop, Heather (March 13, 1982). "Carriers fly to Florida Friday". Ottawa Citizen. p. 33. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ "Sutcliffe". Ottawa Citizen. July 16, 1968. p. 26. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ Pringle, Josh (October 25, 2022) [October 24, 2022]. "Mark Sutcliffe elected mayor of Ottawa". CTV News. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Platt, Brian (October 25, 2022). "Sutcliffe Wins Ottawa Race After Campaign That Divided Liberals". Bloomberg News. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ Nerenberg, Karl (October 20, 2022). "Mayoral race in Ottawa splits federal Liberals". rabble.ca. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ Fage, Derek (October 20, 2022). "Let's Chat with Derek Fage - Mark Sutcliffe - Rogers TV". YouTube. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
^ "2022 Official election results". City of Ottawa. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ "Financial statements for the 2022 Municipal Elections". City of Ottawa. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

v t e Mayors of Ottawa
Bytown (1847–55)	J. Scott J. B. Lewis Hervey Sparrow R. W. Scott Turgeon Friel
Ottawa (1855–2001)	J. B. Lewis McGillivray Workman Friel Dickinson Lyon Rochester Martineau Featherston Lyon-Fellowes Waller Bangs Mackintosh St. Jean Bate McDougal Stewart Erratt Birkett Durocher Cox Borthwick Bingham Payment Morris Davidson Cook J. Ellis Hastey D. Scott Champagne Hopewell Hinchey McVeity Porter Fisher Plant Watters Balharrie A. Ellis Allen Nolan J. E. S. Lewis Bourque Goodwin Whitton Nelms Reid Fogarty Benoit Greenberg Dewar Durrell Laviolette Holzman Watson Higdon (acting)
Ottawa (2001 amalgamation – present)	Chiarelli O'Brien Bellemare (acting) Thompson (acting) O'Brien Watson Sutcliffe

Mayors of cities in Ontario

v t e Members of the Ottawa City Council
Sutcliffe Bradley Brockington Brown Carr Curry Darouze Desroches Devine Dudas Gower Hill Hubley Johnson Kavanagh Kelly King Kitts Leiper Lo Luloff Menard Plante Tierney Troster
Ottawa City Hall 2022 Ottawa municipal election

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