Thread by @heatshear

Last week, I showed that a lot of municipal campaign donations come from people who don't even live in the ward. So where DO they live?

Get to know who was behind the 2018 election (thread showing residences of top donors and who they support). @TransparencyOtt #ottpoli

#1: $9300 from John & Jennifer Ruddy, supporting @JimWatsonOttawa @RickChiarelli @KeithEgli @dianedeans @TimTierney @StephenBlais @GeorgeDarouze @AllanHubley_23 . John founded Trinity Development Group (obj.ca/article/inside…). 8 Grouse Nest is located in Tierney's ward:

#2: $9200 from Scott Parkes & Theresa Rait Parkes, supporting @JimWatsonOttawa @TimTierney @AltaVistaWard18 @ScottMoffatt21 @AllanHubley_23. 7 Second Ave. is located in @ShawnMenard1's ward. Scott is VP of Tamarack Homes & is part of the Taggart family. obj.ca/article/michel…

#3: $8400 from Roberta & Pierre Bergeron, supporting @JimWatsonOttawa @barrhavenjan @RickChiarelli @MeehanCarolAnne . 4 Chancellor is located in @RiverWardRiley 's ward. Pierre is CEO of Taggart Group. obj.ca/index.php/arti…

#4: $8300 from Krishan & Manju Singhal, supporting @JimWatsonOttawa @barrhavenjan @Eli_ElChantiry @RickChiarelli @KeithEgli @dianedeans @TimTierney @GeorgeDarouze @ScottMoffatt21 @MeehanCarolAnne 456 Lansdowne is in @rawlsonking's ward. Krishan Singhal founded Richcraft Homes.

#5: $8200 (+$4500 to failed campaigns=$12,700) from Joanna & Troy Van Haastrecht + Crystal Ngo, to @JimWatsonOttawa @Laura_Dudas @TimTierney @StephenBlais 5504 Wicklow is in @Eli_ElChantiry's ward. Troy founded Caivan Communities, is past pres of Mattamy. ottawacitizen.com/life/homes/cai…

#6: $7357 (+$3000 to failed campaigns=$10357) to @JimWatsonOttawa @Laura_Dudas @barrhavenjan @KeithEgli @TimTierney @StephenBlais @GeorgeDarouze @ScottMoffatt21 @AllanHubley_23. Monica Singhal, daughter of founder, runs Richcraft Homes & Kevin Yemm is VP. obj.ca/article/ottawa…

#7: $7300 (+$750 to failed campaigns = $8050) to @JimWatsonOttawa @barrhavenjan @Eli_ElChantiry @dianedeans @TimTierney @GeorgeDarouze @ScottMoffatt21 @MeehanCarolAnne @AllanHubley_23 from the Stirling family. 1148 Julia is in El-Chantiry's ward. VP Minto ottawacitizen.com/life/homes/com…

#8: $7200 (+$2400 to failed campaigns = $9600), to @JimWatsonOttawa @barrhavenjan @Eli_ElChantiry @TimTierney @GeorgeDarouze @AllanHubley_23 by John & Donna Riddell. 11 Oakbriar in @MeehanCarolAnne's ward. John is pres of Novatech (land use, urban design) novatech-eng.com

#9: $7200 (+$500 to failed campaigns), to @JimWatsonOttawa @RickChiarelli @dianedeans @GeorgeDarouze @ScottMoffatt21 from Johanne & Bill Tomlinson. 1338 River is in Moffat's ward. Bill is the owner of Tomlinson Group (construction and waste management). tomlinsongroup.com/company/

#10: $7200 (+$500 to failed campaigns) from Amy & Ron Tomlinson to @JimWatsonOttawa @barrhavenjan @dianedeans @GeorgeDarouze @ScottMoffatt21. 5809 Lancer is in Darouze's ward. Ron is CEO of Tomlinson Group (construction & waste management). tomlinsongroup.com/company/

I'll continue the thread later, but I'd like to point out that just the top 10 households collectively donated $79,657 to successful campaigns, accounting for 9.3% of the $854,434.45 raised by members of Ottawa's 2018-2022 term of council.

Thanks to @ottwatch for this data.

Alright, let's do the next 10. Of the 1400 households that donated, about 100 supported multiple candidates. I won't feature all of them.

I'm not sure what the logical place to stop will be.
$2400 cutoff (twice the max)?
Once we've accounted for 25% of total campaign funds?

#11: $7100 (plus $1100 to failed campaigns) from Cuckoo & Madhu Kochar to @JimWatsonOttawa @barrhavenjan @Eli_ElChantiry @RickChiarelli @dianedeans @TimTierney @StephenBlais @GeorgeDarouze @MeehanCarolAnne @AllanHubley_23 3759 Revelstoke is in @RiverWardRiley ward. Phoenix Homes.

#12: $6157 from the Aggarwal family to @JimWatsonOttawa @barrhavenjan @dianedeans @RiverWardRiley. 189 Acacia Ave is located in @rawlsonking ward. Anand owns Manor Park Development. obj.ca/article/ottawa…

#13: $6000 (plus $1000 to a failed campaign) from Cindy Tomlinson Keon and Ryan Keon, to @JimWatsonOttawa @dianedeans @GeorgeDarouze @ScottMoffatt21 5849 Queenscourt is located in Darouze's ward. Tomlinson-Keon is EVP at Tomlinson, Ryan Keon is a lawyer for Tomlinson.

#14: $6000 (plus $1200 to failed campaigns, returned contributions crossed out) from Bonnie & Richard Gardner to @JimWatsonOttawa @barrhavenjan @StephenBlais @AllanHubley_23. 1360 Merkley is in Winchester. Richard is Secretary for Rideau-Carleton Raceway, Bonnie is a server.

#15: $6000 (plus $1200 to failed campaigns) from the Taggarts to @JimWatsonOttawa Matthew Luloff & @StephenBlais. 473 Mayfair is in @JLeiper ward. Chris is President at Tamarak Developments, Mary publishes Home Magazine. Danial is CPA for Taggart ottawacitizen.com/life/homes/ott…

#16: $6000 (plus $1200 to failed campaigns) from Ted Phillips and Crystal Ngo (we first met her in #5 - recordkeeping error?) to @JimWatsonOttawa @Eli_ElChantiry @StephenBlais. 3436 Prince of Wales is in @MeehanCarolAnne ward. Ted is VP at Taggart

(decision: I'm gong to draw my arbitrary line soon at either #20 or at $5000 in donations - this is getting repetitive... same kinds of people, donating to the same few campaigns)

#17: $5600 (plus $3400 to failed campaigns) from Pierre & Dylan Dufresne, Beverley Morrow to @JimWatsonOttawa @barrhavenjan @StephenBlais @GeorgeDarouze @MeehanCarolAnne 183 Stewart is in @MathieuFleury ward. Pierre is VP for Tartan Homes. Beverley is a law clerk for Taggart.

#18: $5300 from Doug Lazier to @JimWatsonOttawa @Eli_ElChantiry @RickChiarelli @TimTierney @AllanHubley_23. 137 Willingdon is in @rawlsonking ward. Partner in Nicol & Lazier (corporate commercial law - Nicol founded Tartan Homes). obj.ca/index.php/arti…

#19: $5138 (plus 794.36 to failed campaigns) from the Bird family to @JimWatsonOttawa @Eli_ElChantiry @MeehanCarolAnne. 48 Harmer is in @JLeiper ward. The family have roles at GBA Group, which advises developers (and employs former city planner John Moser) gbagroup.ca/gba-way/gba-te…

#20 is a 3 way tie at $4800. Adding up the top 20 households, we have $137,752.

So, just 20 households accounted for 16% of all campaign funds raised by those who won a seat in the 2018 Ottawa municipal election.

Here's the whole thing, pie-chart style.