# Clive Doucet > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clive_Doucet > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clive_Doucet.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Doucet > Source revision: 1335289843 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian writer and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name =Clive Doucet | image = Clive 2018.jpg | image_upright = yes | caption = Doucet in 2018 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|03|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = London, England | office = Ottawa City Councillor | term_start = 2001 | term_end = 2010 | predecessor = [Inez Berg](/source/Inez_Berg) | successor = [David Chernushenko](/source/David_Chernushenko) | office2 = Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor | term_start2 = 1997 | term_end2 = 2000 | predecessor2 = Brian McGarry | successor2 = Position abolished | party = [New Democratic Party](/source/New_Democratic_Party){{cite news|title=Party: Fear of a polarized council|date=31 January 2006|page=26|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-citizen/147725622/|access-date=20 May 2024}} (c. 2006)
[Green Party of Canada](/source/Green_Party_of_Canada) (since 2019) | constituency = [Capital Ward](/source/Capital_Ward) | constituency2 = [Capital Ward](/source/Capital_Ward) | majority = | spouse = Pat Steenberg }} '''Clive Oliver Robert Doucet''' (born 20 March 1946{{cite LCAuth |id=n78000433}}) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) writer and politician. He served as the [Ottawa City Councillor](/source/Ottawa_City_Councillor) for [Capital Ward](/source/Capital_Ward) from 1997 to 2010 and ran unsuccessfully for [Mayor of Ottawa](/source/Mayor_of_Ottawa) in the [2010 Ottawa municipal election](/source/2010_Ottawa_municipal_election), finishing third with 15 per cent of the vote. Eight years later, in [2018](/source/2018_Ottawa_municipal_election), he again ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Ottawa, this time finishing second with 22 per cent of the vote. ==Early life== Doucet was born in 1946 in London, England to an [Acadian](/source/Acadian) serviceman from [Grand Étang](/source/Grand_%C3%89tang%2C_Nova_Scotia)clive Doucette, Noted in a [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/im-from-bouctouche-me-by-donald-j-savoie/article4281510/ book review), ''Globe and Mail'', August 07, 2009] and an English war bride. Doucet grew up in the city of [Ottawa, Ontario](/source/Ottawa%2C_Ontario), having moved there at the age of six. He also spent some of his youth in [St. John's](/source/St._John's%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador). Doucet was raised as a Catholic, and his mother was Protestant. He became a Quaker in 1980. He first came to [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa) in his teens when his father worked there. Doucet played for the [Carleton Ravens](/source/Carleton_Ravens) football team for one season, and then moved to the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto). A football injury took him out of that sport and into the sport of rowing. He received a master's degree in urban anthropology from the [University of Montreal](/source/University_of_Montreal).{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mayor-ottawa-candidates-election-1.4850095| title = Meet your candidates for Ottawa mayor {{!}} CBC News}} In his younger days, he spent a summer working in a rock copper mine in British Columbia and helped build the [National Arts Centre](/source/National_Arts_Centre) as a construction worker. Before entering politics, Doucet was a municipal affairs policy advisor.Mohammed Adam, "Clive Doucet: Accidental politician", ''Ottawa Citizen'', 13 September 2010 ==Politics== In the [1997 regional elections](/source/1997_Ottawa-Carleton_Regional_Municipality_elections), Doucet ran for [Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council](/source/Ottawa-Carleton_Regional_Council) in [Capital Ward](/source/Capital_Ward), which includes [The Glebe](/source/The_Glebe), [Old Ottawa South](/source/Old_Ottawa_South), [Old Ottawa East](/source/Old_Ottawa_East), part of [Riverview Park](/source/Riverview%2C_Ottawa), [Carleton University](/source/Carleton_University), and [Heron Park](/source/Heron_Park). He was an activist against the proposed [Bronson Freeway](/source/Bronson_Freeway), which propelled him to victory. Central to his political platform has been the creation of a [light rail](/source/light_rail) rapid transit system across Ottawa manifested to date with the [O-Train](/source/O-Train) demonstration project (today's [Line 2](/source/Line_2_(O-Train))). On 6 July 2010, Doucet announced his candidacy for [Mayor of Ottawa](/source/Mayor_of_Ottawa) in the [2010 Ottawa municipal election](/source/2010_Ottawa_municipal_election). Doucet joined a record number of 115 candidates running for municipal office in 2010, of which 15 challenged mayoral incumbent [Larry O'Brien](/source/Larry_O'Brien_(Canadian_politician)).{{cite news|last=Cockburn|first=Neco|title=O'Brien responsible for record number of candidates: Watson|newspaper=[Ottawa Citizen](/source/Ottawa_Citizen)|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/3469984/story.html|access-date=2010-09-01|date=1 September 2010}} {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Doucet placed third with 15 per cent of the vote.{{Cite web|title=Official Results/Résultats officiels|url=http://ottawa.ca/city_hall/elections/results_en.html |publisher=City of Ottawa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113145456/http://ottawa.ca/city_hall/elections/results_en.html |archive-date=2010-11-13 |access-date=2018-07-27 |url-status=dead }} During the [2018 Ontario election](/source/2018_Ontario_general_election) campaign, Doucet volunteered in [Ottawa Centre](/source/Ottawa_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)) for NDP candidate [Joel Harden](/source/Joel_Harden).{{cite news|url=https://ottawasun.com/news/local-news/how-some-ottawa-municipal-candidates-are-linked-to-parties/wcm/deed9bd4-8153-4081-8952-f58288a77f79|title=Can Ottawa's municipal candidates shed political allegiances?|date=2018-07-31|work=Ottawa Sun|access-date=2018-08-01|language=en-US}} On July 27, 2018, Doucet announced that he would once again be running for Mayor of Ottawa in the [2018 Ottawa municipal election](/source/2018_Ottawa_municipal_election).{{cite news |last=Willing |first=Jon |date=July 27, 2018 |title=Former councillor Clive Doucet announces run for mayor |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/former-councillor-clive-doucet-announces-run-for-mayor |work=The Ottawa Citizen |access-date=September 6, 2018 }} Doucet placed second behind incumbent mayor [Jim Watson](/source/Jim_Watson_(Canadian_politician)) who he had also lost to in 2010. He won 22% of the vote. Doucet announced he will be running for the [Green Party of Canada](/source/Green_Party_of_Canada) in the [2019 Canadian federal election](/source/2019_Canadian_federal_election) in the riding of [Cape Breton—Canso](/source/Cape_Breton%E2%80%94Canso), the riding of his secondary residence of [Grand Étang, Nova Scotia](/source/Grand_%C3%89tang%2C_Nova_Scotia).{{Cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/clive-doucet-to-run-for-parliament-as-a-green-in-cape-breton|title=Clive Doucet to run for Parliament as a Green in Cape Breton}} ==Publications== Throughout his career, Doucet has been a writer of novels, poetry, plays, and non-fiction, often writing about his Acadian roots. His most recent book, ''Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual'', was published by New Society Publishers in 2007.[http://www.newsociety.com/bookid/3944 New Society Publishers – Urban Meltdown] In its review, ''[The Walrus](/source/The_Walrus)'' wrote "When Doucet speaks from the firm ground of experience as city councillor, his sharply logical solutions to municipal problems seem both hopeful and achievable."{{Cite web |last=Dutkiewicz |first=Jan |title=Book Review: Urban Meltdown – Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual |url=http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.02-clive-doucet-urban-meltdown-book-review/ |date=January 2008 |access-date=9 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222024837/http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2008.02-clive-doucet-urban-meltdown-book-review/ |archive-date=22 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }} ===Fiction=== *''Disneyland Please'', novel, 1978, shortlisted for the W.H. Smith First Novel Award *''John Coe's War'', novel, 1983 *''Gospel According to Mary Magdalene'', novel, 1990 *''The Priest's Boy'', linked short stories, 1992 ===Non-fiction=== *''My Grandfather's Cape Breton'', originally 1980, republished in 2003 – a memoir of summer boyhood visits to his grandfather on the family farm on [Cape Breton Island](/source/Cape_Breton_Island) in the 1960s. *''Lost and Found in Acadie'' (2004), a meditation on Acadian history, the [Great Expulsion](/source/Great_Expulsion) of 1755 and his visit to the Second Acadian World Congress in [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana) in 1999. *''Notes from Exile'', 1999 – profiles his visit to the 1994 First Acadian World Congress in [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick). *''Acadian Memories'', 2005 – collaboration with photographer Francois Gaudet, a [coffee table book](/source/coffee_table_book) keepsake of the Third Acadian World Congress held in Ste Anne, [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) in 2004. ===Poetry=== *''Before Star Wars'', 1981 *''Debris of Planets'', 1993 *''Looking for Henry'', 1999 – an epic poem meditating on the deportation of Acadians in 1755 contrasted to the defeat of the Metis Nation in 1885, and how the victors get to write history. *''Canal Seasons'', 2003 ===Plays=== *''Hatching Eggs'', [National Arts Centre](/source/National_Arts_Centre), 1976 *''A Very Desirable Residence'', Penguin Performance Company, 1978 *''Chicken Delight'', [CBC](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) Playhouse (radio), 1978 *''May the Best Man Win'' *''The Chez Lucien is Dead'' (with [Wayne Rostad](/source/Wayne_Rostad)) ==Electoral record== ===Federal=== {{2019 Canadian federal election/Cape Breton—Canso}} ===Municipal=== ====Mayoral==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="230px" colspan="2" | Mayoral candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- | bgcolor=#ED1D24 width="30px"|   |   [Jim Watson](/source/Jim_Watson_(Canadian_politician)) (X) || 188,960 || 71.03 |- | bgcolor=#1B194A width="30px"|   |   Clive Doucet || 59,156 || 22.24 |- | bgcolor=#C1B094 width="30px"|   |   Bruce McConville || 4,360 || 1.64 |- | bgcolor=#000000 width="30px"|   |   Craig MacAulay || 2,272 || 0.85 |- | bgcolor=#DB1D23 width="30px"|   |   Ahmed Bouragba || 1,912 || 0.72 |- | bgcolor=#4C0363 width="30px"|   |   Joey Drouin || 1,893 || 0.71 |- | bgcolor=#427BDB width="30px"|   |   Hamid Alakozai || 1,867 || 0.70 |- | bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"|   |   James T. Sheahan || 1,354 || 0.51 |- | bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"|   |   Michael Pastien || 1,177 || 0.44 |- | bgcolor=#DCDCDC width="30px"|   |   Ryan Lythall || 1,115 || 0.42 |- | bgcolor=#20A6E8 width="30px"|   |   Moises Schachtler || 994 || 0.37 |- | bgcolor=#2185B7 width="30px"|   |   Bernard Couchman || 964 || 0.36 |} {| class="wikitable collapsible" width=375 |- ! colspan=3 | Mayor |- ! width="220px" | Candidate ! Votes ! % |- | [Jim Watson](/source/Jim_Watson_(Canadian_politician)) | align=right style="padding-left:25px;padding-right:8px;" | 131,323 | align=right style="padding-left:15px;padding-right:8px;" | 48.70 |- | [Larry O'Brien](/source/Larry_O'Brien_(Canadian_politician)) ('''X''') | align=right style="padding-left:25px;padding-right:8px;" | 64,862 | align=right style="padding-left:15px;padding-right:8px;" | 24.06 |- | '''Clive Doucet''' | align=right style="padding-left:25px;padding-right:8px;" | '''40,148''' | align=right style="padding-left:15px;padding-right:8px;" | '''14.89''' |- | [Andrew S. Haydon](/source/Andrew_S._Haydon) | align=right style="padding-left:25px;padding-right:8px;" | 18,914 | align=right style="padding-left:15px;padding-right:8px;" | 7.01 |- | Mike Maguire | align=right style="padding-left:25px;padding-right:8px;" | 6,618 | align=right style="padding-left:15px;padding-right:8px;" | 2.45 |- | ''15 other candidates'' | align=right style="padding-left:25px;padding-right:8px;" | 7,775 | align=right style="padding-left:15px;padding-right:8px;" | 2.88 |- | align=right | Total votes | align=right style="padding-left:25px;padding-right:8px;border-bottom:none;" | 269,640 | align=right style="padding-left:15px;padding-right:8px;border-bottom:none;" | 100.00 |- | colspan=3 style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;" | {{resize|'''Source:''' {{cite web |url=http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/your-city-government/elections/2010-municipal-elections-results |title=2010 municipal election results |publisher=[City of Ottawa](/source/City_of_Ottawa) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219223132/http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/your-city-government/elections/2010-municipal-elections-results |archive-date=2014-02-19 }} }} |} ====City Councillor==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3"| [Capital Ward](/source/Capital_Ward) (Ward 17) |- ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |- | '''Clive Doucet''' (X) | '''6,495''' | '''48.14%''' |- | Jay Nordenstrom | 4,602 | 34.11% |- | Ian Boyd | 1,963 | 14.55% |- | Sean Curran | 433 | 3.21% |} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3"| [Capital Ward](/source/Capital_Ward) (Ward 17) |- ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |- | '''Clive Doucet''' (X) | '''5,785''' | '''80.06%''' |- | C.R.L. Erickson | 1,024 | 14.17% |- | Mike Salmon | 417 | 5.77% |- |} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3"| [Capital Ward](/source/Capital_Ward) (Ward 17) |- ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |- |'''Clive Doucet''' (X) || '''6,486''' || '''69.51''' |- |Jim Bickford || 2,845 || 30.49 |} {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3"| [Capital Ward](/source/Capital_Ward) (Ward 17) |- ! style="width: 170px"|Candidate ! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |- |'''Clive Doucet''' || '''2,984''' || '''36.80''' |- |Jim Kennelly || 2,051 || 25.29 |- |Robin Quinn || 1,571 || 19.37 |- |Ed Barter || 1,002 || 12.36 |- |David McNicoll || 501 || 6.18 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050324003103/http://clivedoucet.com/ Official site] {{S-start}} {{Succession box|title=Regional councillors from Capital Ward |before=Brian McGarry |after=Position abolished |years=1997–2000}} {{Succession box|title=City councillors from Capital Ward |before=[Inez Berg](/source/Inez_Berg) |after=[David Chernushenko](/source/David_Chernushenko) |years=2000–2010}} {{S-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Doucet, Clive}} Category:20th-century Canadian poets Category:20th-century Canadian male writers Category:Canadian male poets Category:20th-century Canadian novelists Category:20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights Category:21st-century Canadian novelists Category:Canadian male novelists Category:Politicians of Acadian descent Category:Acadian history Category:Poets from Ottawa Category:Ottawa city councillors Category:Living people Category:Université de Montréal alumni Category:University of Toronto alumni Category:1946 births Category:British emigrants to Canada Category:Canadian Quakers Category:Converts to Quakerism Category:20th-century Quakers Category:Writers from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Category:People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia Category:Canadian players of Canadian football Category:Canadian male rowers Category:Carleton University alumni Category:Carleton Ravens football players Category:Ottawa–Carleton regional councillors Category:Canadian male dramatists and playwrights Category:21st-century Canadian male writers Category:Green Party of Canada candidates in the 2019 Canadian federal election Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen Category:Novelists from Ottawa Category:Novelists from Newfoundland and Labrador --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Clive Doucet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Doucet) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Doucet?action=history)). 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