By-Rideau Ward

By-Rideau Ward was an electoral ward that was represented on Ottawa City Council from 1980 to 1994.

The ward was created when the city added four more seats to council, necessitating ward boundaries being redrawn in 1979. It was carved out of parts of By-St. George's Ward and Rideau Ward. It consisted of that part of the city north of Rideau Street and Montreal Road, east of the Rideau Canal and west of the eastern limit of the Rockcliffe Airport and Brittany Drive. For the 1991 election, the ward's eastern boundary was extended eastward to the city limits (Blair Road).

The ward contained the neighbourhoods of Lowertown, New Edinburgh, Manor Park, and Lindenlea. During the boundary change process, By-St. George's alderman Georges Bédard believed the Byward Market (located in Lowertown) should have been excluded from the new ward, and added to St. George's Ward.

From 1980 to 1991, the ward was represented by Marc Laviolette. He represented the ward until his appointment as Mayor of Ottawa in February 1991. Pierre Bourque was then appointed on March 4 to fill the seat for the remainder of the term. Richard Cannings represented the ward from 1991 until it was redistributed in 1994.

The ward was abolished prior to the 1994 election when city council was reduced in size by 5 seats. Lowertown became part of Ward 5 (later renamed Bruyère-Strathcona Ward), while the rest of the ward became part of Ward 4 (later renamed Rideau Ward).