Sudds resigns as councillor after winning Kanata-Carleton riding
Jenna Sudds has resigned as councillor for Kanata-North after winning a seat in the House of Commons.
Sudds won the riding of Kanata-Carleton in Monday's federal election, defeating Conservative Party candidate Jennifer McAndrew by 2,021 votes.
In a memo to council, City Clerk Rick O'Connor said Sudds provided his office with her written resignation from council on Thursday morning.
Sudds was first elected councillor for Kanata-North in the 2018 municipal election.
In accordance with the Municipal Act 2021, council will now be required to declare the Ward 4 office vacant at its next meeting on Oct. 13.
O'Connor's office will also submit a report outlining council's two options for filing the vacancy: holding a byelection or appointing a new member as councillor for Kanata-North until the October 2022 municipal election.
Council has 60 days after declaring the seat in Kanata-North vacant to decide whether to call a byelection or fill the vacancy through an appointment.
Sudds is the third councillor to resign from Ottawa City Hall during the 2018-22 term.
Tobi Nussbaum, who was re-elected in Rideau-Rockcliffe ward, left to become the CEO of the National Capital Commission in 2019. He was succeeded by Rawlson King in a byelection later that year. Stephen Blais left his seat in Cumberland ward after becoming the Liberal MPP for Orléans in a 2020 provincial by-election. Catherine Kitts won the 2020 municipal byelection in Cumberland to replace him.
The cost of the byelection in Cumberland was approximately $550,000.
With files from CTV News Ottawa's Ted Raymond.
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