Rainer Bloess [SEP] position held
Rainer Bloess
Rainer Bloess is a member of Ottawa City Council. He represents Innes Ward (Ward 2), covering some of the city's eastern suburbs. Bloess was originally a member of the city council of Gloucester, being first elected to that council in 1994 on a cost cutting platform. When Gloucester was merged into Ottawa in 2000 he ran for Ottawa city council and was elected with a majority of the vote, defeating Ed Campbell and two other candidates. He was subsequently re-elected in 2003, 2006,
returned before the contract deadline of December 15. O'Brien added that the City's signing the contract would be a risk. A new vote was held on December 14 in which the Council voted to cancel the project by a margin of 13-11, with O'Brien and Rainer Bloess, who had been absent in the previous vote, casting the additional votes against the project.
Mayoral term (2006–2010) Transit Transportation Task Force.
On January 19, 2007, O'Brien created a new Transportation Task Force committee, led by former Liberal Cabinet