Ariel Troster is a politician in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is the city councillor for Somerset Ward on Ottawa City Council.
Background
Prior to being elected, Troster had a long professional career, working for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Public Service Alliance of Canada, and The Council of Canadians. She has a bachelor's degrees in journalism and history from Concordia University and a master's degree in women's studies from the University of Ottawa. She is Jewish.
Politics
Troster was elected in the 2022 Ottawa municipal election. She was endorsed by outgoing councillor and mayoral candidate Catherine McKenney. Troster is the second consecutive LGBT councillor to represent Somerset Ward.
Electoral record
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!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!colspan="3"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Expenditures
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! Votes
! %
! ±%
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| style="background-color:#ED396D;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Ariel Troster
| style="text-align:right;" | 8,669
| style="text-align:right;" | 61.28
| style="text-align:right;" | –
| style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="background-color:#187B3E;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Stuart MacKay
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,706
| style="text-align:right;" | 33.29
| style="text-align:right;" | –
| style="text-align:right;" |
|-
| style="background-color:#A10B0A;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Brandon Russell
| style="text-align:right;" | 768
| style="text-align:right;" | 5.43
| style="text-align:right;" | –
| style="text-align:right;" |
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| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 14,137 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 95.31 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" | |- | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 695 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 4.69 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" | |- | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 14,832 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 45.24 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | +6.14 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" | |- | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 32,787 | style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="3" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |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. |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: |}