[2] For the 1991 election, the ward's eastern boundary was extended eastward to the city limits (Blair Road).

[6] The candidates in the 1980 election were Marc Laviolette, 29, a commerce teacher at École secondaire publique De La Salle living in Lowertown west, and Bruce Grant, 39, a civil engineer-turned-businessman from New Edinburgh, who owned a retail business in the Byward Market.

[2] Grant supported helping the city attract more industry, and prioritized maintaining the stability of established communities.

[2] The results saw a fairly close race between the two candidates, with Laviolette buoyed by the ward's large Francophone population, especially in his home neighbourhood of Lowertown.

Laviolette campaigned on keeping tax increases under inflation, reconstructing MacKay Street, establishing a daycare for Francophones in Lowertown, and alternate winter parking.

[10] In 1985, Laviolette, who had now moved to Manor Park,[11] was challenged by Wayne MacKinnon, 39, a social worker for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, a member of mayor Marion Dewar's advisory committee on visible minorities, and chairman of the police community relations committee on visible minorities.

MacKinnon ran on financial responsibility and accountability at city hall, affordable housing, and old-age homes, increased opportunities for visible minorities, women and the disability in municipal administration.

[11] Laviolette was challenged at the last minute by Richard Beaudry, 42, a political writer with The National Capital News, The Downtowner and The Entertainers, and Les McAfee, 37, a public relations consultant with (and founder) of EGALE.

House flipping also continued to be an issue, as well as heavy truck traffic on King Edward Avenue and Dalhousie, and how much development would be allowed in the Byward Market.

McAfee ran on a platform of more affordable housing for low and moderate income people, protection of neighbourhoods from being overdeveloped.

He also wanted to make opportunities for people on welfare to work for the city, more affordable housing, more buses, and fixing potholes.

Following Laviolette's appointment, city council elected Pierre Bourque, 32, a former race car driver and vice president of a real estate development firm, to represent the ward.

He believed the city should focus primarily on basic services, like roads, sidewalks, parks and buss passes, as well as public safety.

Pagé cited traffic on King Edward as a major issue, and opposed extending the Vanier Parkway as well.

[6] On election day, Cannings defeated Bourque by a "healthy margin", and claimed to be "the first ... anglophone (to win) this ward since Confederation".