Clive Doucet
{{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
| caption = Doucet in 2018
| birth_date = 1946
| birth_place = London, England
| office = Ottawa City Councillor
| term_start = 2001
| term_end = 2010
| predecessor = Inez Berg
| successor = David Chernushenko
| office2 = Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor
| term_start2 = 1997
| term_end2 = 2000
| predecessor2 = Brian McGarry
| successor2 = Position abolished
| party = 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 (since 2019)
| constituency = Capital Ward
| constituency2 = Capital Ward
| majority =
| spouse = Pat Steenberg
}}
Clive Doucet (born 1946{{cite LAF|id=n78-433}}) is a Canadian writer and politician. He served as the Ottawa City Councillor for Capital Ward from 1997 to 2010 and ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Ottawa in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election, finishing third with 15 per cent of the vote. Eight years later, in 2018, 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 serviceman from Grand Étangclive 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, having moved there at the age of six. He also spent some of his youth in St. John's, Newfoundland. Doucet was raised as a Catholic, and his mother was Protestant. He became a Quaker in 1980. He first came to Ottawa in his teens when his father worked there. Doucet played for the Carleton Ravens football team for one season, and then moved to the 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.{{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 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, Doucet ran for Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council in Capital Ward, which includes The Glebe, Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East, part of Riverview Park, Carleton University, and Heron Park. He was an activist against the proposed Bronson Freeway, which propelled him to victory.
Central to his political platform has been the creation of a light rail rapid transit system across Ottawa manifested to date with the O-Train demonstration project (today's Line 2).
On 6 July 2010, Doucet announced his candidacy for Mayor of Ottawa in the 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.{{cite news|last=Cockburn|first=Neco|title=O'Brien responsible for record number of candidates: Watson|newspaper=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 campaign, Doucet volunteered in Ottawa Centre for NDP candidate 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.{{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 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 in the 2019 Canadian federal election in the riding of Cape Breton—Canso, the riding of his secondary residence of Grand Étang, 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 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 in the 1960s.
- Lost and Found in Acadie (2004), a meditation on Acadian history, the Great Expulsion of 1755 and his visit to the Second Acadian World Congress in Louisiana in 1999.
- Notes from Exile, 1999 – profiles his visit to the 1994 First Acadian World Congress in New Brunswick.
- Acadian Memories, 2005 – collaboration with photographer Francois Gaudet, a coffee table book keepsake of the Third Acadian World Congress held in Ste Anne, 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, 1976
- A Very Desirable Residence, Penguin Performance Company, 1978
- Chicken Delight, CBC Playhouse (radio), 1978
- May the Best Man Win
- The Chez Lucien is Dead (with 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 (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
| 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 (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
| 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 |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 (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 (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 (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 (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
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050324003103/http://clivedoucet.com/ Official site]
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{{Succession box|title=Regional councillors from Capital Ward
|before=Brian McGarry
|after=Position abolished
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|before=Inez Berg
|after=David Chernushenko
|years=2000–2010}}
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