Glen Gower
Ottawa City Councillor
Assumed office
December 1, 2018
Preceded byShad Qadri
ConstituencyStittsville Ward
Deputy Mayor of Ottawa
Assumed office
2023
Personal details
Born1978
SpouseJacquie
Children2
Residence(s)Fairwinds, Stittsville

Glen Gower (born 1978) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to Ottawa City Council representing Stittsville Ward in the 2018 Ottawa municipal election.

Gower grew up in the neighbourhood of Tanglewood in Nepean, Ontario, now part of Ottawa. He attended Merivale High School, where he helped start a school newspaper. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Carleton University. While at Carleton, he started a website to track gas prices in Ottawa, which would later be bought out by GasBuddy. Later, he would start the website OttawaStart.com. He moved to Stittsville in 2009. After moving there, he helped create a community association for the neighbourhood. Prior to being elected, he was the director of Marketing and Communications with Iceberg Networks. He has also worked in marketing and communications with the Ottawa 67's and Ottawa Senators hockey teams,[1] where he was also the organist. He served as the director of game presentation for the Senators until 2013.

Ideologically, Gower has been described as a "moderate", and has stated that he has "voted for every political party".[2] He is an admirer of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, whom he calls a "social trailblazer".[3] One of his websites he created in his youth was dedicated to Diefenbaker.

Gower won election to city council in 2018, campaigning on "healthier development". He defeated three-term incumbent Shad Qadri with 58% of the vote to Qadri's 42%.

Electoral record

2022 Ottawa municipal election: Stittsville
Candidate Popular vote Expenditures
Votes  % ±%
Glen Gower (X) 7,758 58.67 +0.81 $18,453.69
Mathew Duchesne 2,692 20.36 $9,568.19
Tanya Hein 1,528 11.56 $4,904.85
Kevin Hua 1,244 9.41 $9,434.91
Total valid votes 13,222 98.99
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 135 1.01
Turnout 13,357 45.59 -0.78
Eligible voters 29,298
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[4][5]

References

  1. "About".
  2. "He was nameless organ player who brought rink to its feet — now Glen Gower's at centre ice".
  3. "Incumbent faces 1 challenger in Stittsville, again | CBC News".
  4. "2022 Official election results". City of Ottawa. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  5. "Financial statements for the 2022 Municipal Elections - Candidates for City Councillor – Ward 6 Stittsville". City of Ottawa. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
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