Ike Jonathan Awgu is a Canadian politician. At the age of 19 he ran for Mayor in the 2003 municipal election

Ottawa municipal election, 2003

The Ottawa municipal election of 2003 was held in Ottawa, Canada, to elect the city's mayor, City Council, and school trustees for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The vote was held on November 10, 2003...

, and finished third out of eight candidates with 2.92% of the vote. He planned on running for city council

City council

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 in the 2010 Ottawa municipal election

Ottawa municipal election, 2010

The Ottawa municipal election was contested on October 25, 2010 to elect the mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and the Ottawa-Carleton Public and Catholic School Boards...

 in Bay Ward

Bay Ward

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, but dropped out after sitting councillor Alex Cullen

Alex Cullen

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 declared his intention for running for re-election.

After the municipal election, he became a editorial columnist for the Ottawa Sun

Ottawa Sun

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newspaper. He went on to host X-Factor, a politics-oriented national television show on CPAC, in the summer of 2004. He has also been a columnist for the Globe and Mail newspaper.

Ike Awgu studied economics

Economics

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 and mathematics

Mathematics

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 at Carleton University

Carleton University

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 before going on to earn a law degree

Juris Doctor

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 from Queen's University in 2008. In 2004 Awgu finished 4th place at the Canadian National Debating Championship

Canadian National Debating Championship

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.

Awgu returned to Ottawa in 2009.

External links

• Ike Awgu for mayor of Ottawa Internet Archive
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• Official Site