1982 Ottawa municipal election
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on November 8, 1982.
Mayor Marion Dewar was re-elected, defeating conservative Darrel Kent.
Mayor
[Ottawa City Council]
[Ottawa Board of Education] Trustees
Six to be elected in each zone| Eastern Zone | Vote |
| Jane Dobell | 17,501 |
| Russ Jackson | 13,053 |
| Ted Best | 12,781 |
| Roy Bushfield | 12,423 |
| Don Francis | 11,942 |
| John Smart | 10,587 |
| Marjorie Loughrey | 9,701 |
| John Samuel | 8,872 |
| David Armstrong | 9,027 |
| Michael McKenna | 8,540 |
| Ken Ellis | 6,069 |
| Anne Dupuis | 6,156 |
| Anne-Marie Kolinski-Corneau | 5,230 |
| Allan Simpson | 4,483 |
| David Delisle | 3,953 |
| George Denison | 3,709 |
| Colin Simpson | 2,997 |
| Barry Lemoine | 2,344 |
| William Voller | 2,283 |
| Western Zone | Vote |
| Bill Law | 13,733 |
| Robert Beatty | 12,769 |
| Sandra Goldstein | 10,903 |
| Bill Gowling | 10,817 |
| Kathy Yach | 9,058 |
| Alexander Cullen | 8,595 |
| Wayne Wilson | 7,527 |
| John Jackson | 7,310 |
| John Wright | 7,262 |
| Abby Pollonetsky | 7,221 |
| Marion Lothian | 6,377 |
| Robert Grace | 6,366 |
| Harry Albright | 5,381 |
| Stephen Delaney | 5,306 |
| Barbara Mollon | 4,455 |
| Calvin Kempffer | 3,041 |
| Dale Alkerton | 2,373 |
4 to be elected
| Separate school supporters: Ottawa | Vote |
| Jacques Beauchamp | 18,925 |
| Robert Belanger | 17,877 |
| Dalton McGuinty, Sr. | 16,585 |
| Lucien Bradet | 15,755 |
| Thomas Kent | 15,442 |
| Edouard Gagnon | 10,905 |
| Ken Bruton | 8,152 |