Elections were held on November 10, 1997 in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton

Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton

The Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton was a regional government area and census division in Ontario, Canada which existed from 1969 until 2001...

. This page lists the election results for Regional Chair, Regional Council, and local mayors and councils of the RMOC in 1997. The 1997 election was the last election for the regional government and the municipalities, as they were merged into the new city of Ottawa for the 2000 elections

Ottawa municipal election, 2000

The 2000 City of Ottawa elections were held on November 13, 2000, in Ottawa, Canada. The elections were held for mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and a number of school trustees. These elections would mark the first for the newly amalgamated city, which now included 10 new municipalities in...

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Ottawa West MPP Bob Chiarelli

Bob Chiarelli

Robert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...

 defeated incumbent Peter D. Clark for the chair of the region in a close race.

Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton

Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton

The Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton was the head of the regional council which controlled the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton since its formation in 1968....

Candidate	Vote	%
Bob Chiarelli Bob Chiarelli Robert "Bob" Chiarelli is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and was subsequently re-elected to the legislature in 2010 after serving as regional chair and mayor of Ottawa from 1997 to 2006...	81926	49.60
Peter Clark (X)	79128	47.90
John Turmel	4126	2.50

Regional Council

Orléans Ward Orléans Ward Orléans Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It was created before the 2000 Election when the area was amalgamated into the city of Ottawa. The ward covers much of the suburban community of Orleans in the east of the city. Previous to that, the ward existed in the Regional...
Candidate	Votes	%
Herb Kreling Herb Kreling Herb Kreling is a former Ottawa City Councillor representing Orléans Ward. He was first elected as a regional councillor for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in the 1994 election, and was re-elected to that position in 1997. He was elected to city council in 2000 and was re-elected in...  (X)	3648	41.39
Keith De Cruz	2730	30.98
Pierre Cantin	2435	27.63

Innes Ward Innes Ward Innes is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It includes the community of Blackburn Hamlet as well as the neighbourhoods of Orléans Village, Chateau Neuf and Chapel Hill in Orléans. It also includes the part of the community of Notre Dame des Champs formerly in the city of Gloucester. The...
Candidate	Votes	%
Richard Cantin (X)	3403	44.41
Ed Campbell	3154	41.16
Joyce Hum	597	7.79
Pierre Maheu	509	6.64

Bell-South Nepean Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Molly McGoldrick-Larsen	8166	73.16
Brian Beckett	1831	16.40
Adam Hacker	1165	10.44

Kanata Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Alex Munter Alex Munter Alexander Mathias Munter is a former politician and journalist in Ottawa, Canada's capital city. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario....  (X)	ACCLAIMED

Western Townships Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Betty Hill (X)	ACCLAIMED

Cumberland-Osgoode Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Robert van den Ham (X)	4216	51.88
John Cyr	2939	36.16
John Geary	580	7.14
Daniel Bood	392	4.82

Bay Ward Bay Ward Bay Ward is a municipal ward in Ottawa, Canada. It covers much of the western portion of the old city of Ottawa as well as some portions of what was once Nepean. The ward runs from Sherbourne and Maitland in the east to March Road in the west. The southern border in the Queensway while the northern...
Candidate	Votes	%
Wendy Byrne Wendy Byrne Wendy Elizabeth Byrne is a Canadian lawyer and politician from Ottawa. She is a former Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor.Byrne ran for political office twice in 1997. In June of that year, she ran for the New Democratic Party in the riding of Ottawa West—Nepean, but only received 7.6% of the vote...	3199	29.43
Peter Harris	3017	27.75
Frank Dalton	2041	18.77
David Morrow	1871	17.21
Victoria Manson	595	5.47
Douglas Besharah	148	1.36

Baseline Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Al Loney (X)	6291	64.17
Mike Patton	3512	35.83

Knoxdale-Merivale Ward Knoxdale-Merivale Ward Knoxdale-Merivale is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's west end, the ward is bordered to the east by the Rideau River and Fisher Avenue, the northern boundaries of the community of Barrhaven to the south, Ontario Highway 416 and Cedarview Road to the west and to the north by the...
Candidate	Votes	%
Gord Hunter Gord Hunter Gordon Hunter was an Ottawa City Councillor. He represented Knoxdale-Merivale Ward. On January 31, 2010, he announced that he would not be running re-election to city council in 2010....  (X)	ACCLAIMED

Gloucester-Southgate Ward Gloucester-Southgate Ward Gloucester-Southgate Ward is a city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's south end, the ward includes Gloucester Glen east of the Rideau River, most of the Ottawa International Airport, CFB Uplands, Blossom Park, Greenboro, portions of Heron Gate south of Walkley Road, the Ottawa...
Candidate	Votes	%
Dan Beamish (X)	5169	65.18
Joan O'Neill	2761	34.82

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's east end, the ward is bordered to the west by Blair Ward from the Ottawa River to Ogilvie Road and St. Laurent Boulevard south of it, the south by the Via Rail train line and Innes Ward, to the east by Green's Creek...
Candidate	Votes	%
Michel Bellemare Michel Bellemare Michel Bellemare was member of the City Council in Ottawa, Canada from 1994 to 2010. He served as acting as mayor of Ottawa, while mayor Larry O'Brien faced charges from May 2-July 8, 2009....  (X)	3727	56.87
Fiona Faucher	2827	43.13

Rideau-Vanier Ward Rideau-Vanier Ward Rideau-Vanier Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada, designated as Ward 12 and represented on Ottawa City Council. It was originally created in 1994 as a Ward on Regional Council....
Candidate	Votes	%
Madeleine Meilleur Madeleine Meilleur Madeleine Meilleur is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and is a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Background:...  (X)	5228	71.06
Alain Miguelez	1823	24.78
Jude Antonin	306	4.16

Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the city's east end, the ward covers the neighbourhoods of New Edinburgh, Manor Park, Rockcliffe Park, CFB Rockcliffe, Overbrook, Lindenlea, Viscount Alexander Park, Finter Quarries, Forbes, Castle Heights and part of Carson...
Candidate	Votes	%
Jacques Legendre (X)	4870	85.62
Efren Marquez	818	14.38

Somerset Ward Somerset Ward Somerset is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It covers the neighbourhoods of Downtown Ottawa, Centretown, Lebreton Flats and most of Centretown West. It is Ottawa's smallest and most dense ward. It is represented on Ottawa City Council by Diane Holmes. It has an area of 6.5 km² and...
Candidate	Votes	%
Diane Holmes Diane Holmes Diane Holmes is an Ottawa City Councillor representing Somerset Ward which consists of Centretown, Centretown West and the downtown core. She was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and graduated from McGill University with a degree in Physical Education...  (X)	ACCLAIMED

Kitchissippi Ward Kitchissippi Ward Kitchissippi Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It gets its name from the Algonquin word for Great River. The ward is slightly west of downtown, and covers the neighbourhoods of Broadview, Champlain Park, Civic Hospital, Hampton Park, Highland Park, Hintonburg, Island Park,...
Candidate	Votes	%
Linda Davis (X)	4440	49.84
Joan Wong	3779	42.42
Diana Brebner Diana Brebner Diana Brebner was a Canadian poet.-Life:She is the eldest daughter of Dutch immigrants; she grew up in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec...	690	7.74

River Ward River Ward River Ward is city ward located in Ottawa, Ontario. Located in the central west/south central portion of the city, the ward includes the communities of Carlington, Skyline, Parkwood Hills, Fisher Heights, Mooney's Bay, Riverside Park and Hunt Club/Uplands which are located on both sides of the...
Candidate	Votes	%
Wendy Stewart Wendy Stewart Wendy Stewart is a former Ottawa City Councillor and Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor.Stewart was born in Ottawa, and lived in Carleton Heights since 1980, with her husband Ron Stewart, a professional football player....  (X)	6855	86.25
Daryl Martin	1093	13.75

Capital Ward Capital Ward Capital Ward is a city ward located in the centre of Ottawa, Ontario. Situated just south of downtown Ottawa, the ward includes the communities of Old Ottawa East, Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, Heron Park, Carleton University and Riverside...
Candidate	Votes	%
Clive Doucet Clive Doucet Clive Doucet is a Canadian writer and politician.Doucet was born in 1946 in London, England to an Acadian serviceman and an English war bride. Doucet grew up in the city of Ottawa, Ontario. He also spent some of his youth in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Doucet was raised as a Catholic,...	2984	36.80
Jim Kennelly	2051	25.29
Robin Quinn	1571	19.37
Ed Barter	1002	12.36
David McNicoll	501	6.18

Alta Vista Ward Alta Vista Ward Alta Vista Ward is a city ward in the city of Ottawa, Canada represented on Ottawa City Council. Alta Vista Ward was created prior to the 1966 election when Gloucester Ward was split in half due to population growth in the Alta Vista area. Until the 1972 elections, the ward was represented by two...
Candidate	Votes	%
Peter Hume (X)	6277	66.38
Patricia O'Reilly	2283	24.14
John Yarmo	657	6.95
John Wiebe	239	2.53

Cumberland

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Brian Coburn Brian Coburn Brian Coburn is not to be confused with the person of the same name who represents the same area on the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School BoardBrian Coburn is a politician in Ontario, Canada...  (X)	ACCLAIMED

Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Queenswood Ward
John Morgan	1835	54.48
Pat Armstrong	1533	45.52
Bilberry Ward
Dave Lewis (X)	1157	71.38
Brian Faktar	464	28.62
Fallingbrook Ward
Frank Dugal (X)	ACCLAIMED
Heritage Ward
Gerry Lalonde (X)	1614	60.59
Bob Cox	1050	30.41

Gloucester

Gloucester, Ontario

Gloucester is a suburb of and within the City of Ottawa. Gloucester Township was established in 1792 and originally included lands east of the Rideau River from the Ottawa River south to Manotick. It was incorporated as a township in 1850 and became a city in 1981...

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Claudette Cain Claudette Cain Claudette Cain was the mayor in the city of Gloucester, Ontario from 1991 until 2001 when Gloucester became part of the city of Ottawa.Before being elected to Gloucester council, Cain was an assistant to the council and a press secretary for the Carleton Separate School board.In the Ottawa...  (X)	19167	89.59
Scott Heffernan	1525	7.13
George Saadé	702	3.28

Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Gloucester North Ward
Michael Denny (X)	ACCLAIMED
Cyrville Ward
Patricia Clark (X)	ACCLAIMED
Blackburn Hamlet Ward
Rainer Bloess Rainer Bloess Rainer Bloess is a member of Ottawa City Council. He represents Ward 2 - Innes covering some of the city's eastern suburbs. He was originally a member of the city council of Gloucester, being elected to that council in 1994 on a cost cutting platform. He lives in the suburban community of...  (X)	2431	83.31
Gary Burns	487	16.69
Orléans North Ward
René Danis (X)	ACCLAIMED
Orléans South Ward
Ken Vowles	937	20.18
Marc Thibault	893	19.23
Martin Donley	724	15.59
Gary Jessup	530	11.42
Jacques Dufault	521	11.22
Kenneth Moreau	432	9.30
Jake Thomas	334	7.19
Marvin Mempin	307	6.34
Peter Larivière	272	5.86

Goulbourn

Goulbourn Township, Ontario

Goulbourn Township, Ontario was formed in 1818, roughly 20 km southwest of downtown Ottawa, with the first major settlement occurring in Richmond. Other communities in the township include Stittsville, Munster, and Ashton. Stittsville is the largest community in the township, owing in part to its...

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Janet Stavinga Janet Stavinga Janet Stavinga is a politician from East Ontario, Canada, she was an Ottawa City Councillor. She represented the Goulbourn ward covering what was once the independent Goulbourn Township. Stavinga represent the claim of Tanakiwin, the traditional territory of the Algonquin Nation.She was first a...	3583	52.85
Allan Ryan	3197	47.15

Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Mike Bryan	901	53.89
Linda Cronin	771	46.11
Ward 2
Louise Beggs	1411	68.53
Martha Cooper	648	31.47
Ward 3
Steven Lewis (X)	1241	83.79
Mark Labelle	240	16.21
Ward 4
Dwayne Barkley	322	26.39
Bryan Hetherington	315	25.82
Bernie McMiller	256	20.98
Paul Duplants	230	18.85
Marc Poirier	97	7.95

Kanata

Kanata, Ontario

Situated in the Ottawa Valley, Kanata is located about west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa along Highway 417 at a latitude of 45°18' North and a longitude of 75°55' West, with an area of . Its northern end is just to the west of the Ottawa River....

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Merle Nicholds Merle Nicholds Merle Nicholds served as the final mayor of Kanata, Ontario from 1991 to 2000.Her background was in nursing and was employed by the Scarborough Health Department Metropolitan Toronto until 1982...  (X)	10718	80.69
John Harkness	2565	19.31

Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Kanata North Ward Kanata North Ward Kanata North Ward is a ward in the city of Ottawa,Ontario, Canada. The ward was created in 2006 when its precessor, Kanata Ward, split in two main parts. The original Kanata Ward covered all of the former City of Kanata...
Sheila McKee (X)	1859	45.25
Naomi Ridout	1079	26.27
Bruce Gowling	647	15.75
Jim Malone	523	12.73
Katimavik/Hazeldean Ward
Richard Rutkowski	1092	35.70
Sharron Quinn	933	30.50
Andrew Ladanowski	760	24.84
Peter McNichol	274	8.96
Glen Cairn Ward
Pam Cripps (X)	1241	50.90
Doug Parsons	860	35.27
James Clute	337	13.82
Bridlewood Ward
Lance Mitchell (X)	1787	50.59
Stu Chandler	1745	49.41

Nepean

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Mary Pitt Mary Pitt Mary Pitt was a British courtier.Her portrait is one of the Hampton Court Beauties by Godfrey Kneller, comissioned by Queen Mary II of England.-Family:...	15905	54.47
Doug Collins	9354	32.03
Fred Ennis	3722	12.75
Bob Higgs	221	0.76

Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Lakeshore Ward
Merv Sullivan (X)	2058	90.70
Bilal Syed	211	9.30
Nepean Centre Ward
Rick Chiarelli Rick Chiarelli Richard "Rick" Chiarelli is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently an Ottawa City Councillor, and the second cousin of former Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli. He represents the College Ward covering part of Nepean and Ottawa's west end.-Early years:...  (X)	ACCLAIMED
Evergreen Ward
Wayne Phillips	2973	52.81
Patrick Brennan	2657	47.19
Knoxdale Ward
Margaret Rywak (X)	ACCLAIMED
Merivale Ward
Lee Ann Farnworth (X)	ACCLAIMED
Barrhaven Ward Barrhaven Ward Barrhaven Ward is a city ward in Ottawa, Canada. Prior to 2006, the ward was known as Bell-South Nepean Ward.The ward consists of the neighbourhoods of Cedarhill Estates, Orchard Estates, The Meadows, Pheasant Run, Fraservale, Barrhaven, Knollsbrook and Longfields.Prior to 2006, the ward was much...
Jan Harder Jan Harder Jan Harder is an Ottawa City Councillor representing the ward of Barrhaven. She is the appointed chair of the Ottawa Public Library board, which sets policy and has the ultimate say in decisions affecting the library system....  (X)	3222	54.72
Mike Kronick	1841	31.27
Bill Gordon	825	14.01

Osgoode

Osgoode Township, Ontario

Osgoode Township is a former township that is now a part of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It encompassed the same area that is currently Osgoode Ward. The township along the Rideau River was established in 1798 and incorporated in 1850. It was an independent township in Carleton County until...

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Doug Thompson Doug Thompson Doug Thompson is a councillor in the city of Ottawa for the Osgoode Ward. Thompson is also the former mayor of Osgoode Township prior to the amalgamation with the new City of Ottawa, and he is a Councillor with the amalgamated City of Ottawa Council for Osgoode Ward. Prior to being Mayor of...	2443	49.48
Jim Waddell	1663	33.68
Lloyd Cranston (X)	831	16.83

Council
Four elected at large. Elected councillors indicated in bold.

Candidate	Vote	%
George Wright	3345	23.21
Dwayn Acres (X)	3027	21.01
Dale Harley (X)	2459	17.07
Carol Parker	2207	15.32
Walter Nibogie	1778	12.34
Marg McManus	1593	11.06

Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Jim Watson	54,148	81.56
Robert G. Gauthier	8,037	12.11
Alexander Saikaley	4,209	6.34

Rideau

Rideau Township, Ontario

Rideau is an historic township in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located in the rural parts of the City of Ottawa, in the extreme south. Its eastern boundary is the Rideau River, its namesake....

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Glenn Brooks Glenn Brooks Robert "Glenn" Brooks is a Canadian politician who was mayor of Rideau Township and later Ottawa City Councilor representing the rural Rideau-Goulbourn Ward. He grew up on a dairy farm outside of Oshawa and became a science teacher, he and is a wife Gail also operated a small beef cattle farm.He...	2603	64.56
James Stewart (X)	1247	30.92
Ronald Watson	182	4.51

Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
George Pratt	ACCLAIMED
Ward 2
Don Stephenson (X)	ACCLAIMED
Ward 3
Rob Fraser (X)	ACCLAIMED

Rockcliffe Park

Rockcliffe Park, Ontario

Rockcliffe Park is one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Ottawa, Ontario, and is one of the most prosperous enclaves in Canada. From 1926 until 2001 it was an independent village, but was amalgamated with the rest of the city January 1, 2001...

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Patrick Murray (X)	ACCLAIMED

Council
Four elected at large. Elected councillors indicated in bold.

Candidate	Vote	%
John Bull (X)	ACCLAIMED
Jane Dobell (X)	ACCLAIMED
Gordon Roston (X)	ACCLAIMED
James Taylor (X)	ACCLAIMED

Vanier

Vanier, Ontario

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Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Guy Cousineau Guy Cousineau Guy Cousineau was the last mayor of the city of Vanier before it was amalgamated with Ottawa in 2001.He was born in Eastview, which was later renamed Vanier, in 1937, the son of Trefflé Cousineau and Augustine Charette. His grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Charette, was mayor of Eastview in 1936...  (X)	ACCLAIMED

Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Cummings Ward
Diane Doré	ACCLAIMED
William D'Aoust Ward
Robert Crête (X)	ACCLAIMED
Richelieu Ward
Yvon Dubé (X)	587	57.10
Théo Bretin	441	42.90
St. Charles Ward
Sylvain Boyer (X)	579	75.88
Alain Vachon	157	20.58
Terrence Valade McLaughlin	27	3.54

West Carleton

West Carleton Township, Ontario

West Carleton is a historic township in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located in the rural parts of the new City of Ottawa, west of Kanata. Its northern boundary is the Ottawa River....

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Dwight Eastman Dwight Eastman Dwight Eastman was the last mayor of West Carleton Township before it was amalgamated into the new City of Ottawa.Eastman served as mayor of West Carleton from 1995 until 2001. He was elected in the 2000 Ottawa election as city councillor representing the new West Carleton Ward...  (X)	2624	51.43
Beth Sweetman	1891	37.06
John Reid	587	11.51

Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Dan MacMillan (X)	920	66.67
Marlene Gramann	460	33.33
Ward 2
Bert Reitsma (X)	1199	67.13
Barry Portt	404	22.62
David Brown	183	10.25
Ward 3
Harold Daley	683	59.81
Guido Curridor	459	40.19
Ward 4
Orville Kemp (X)	ACCLAIMED

Sources

• Ottawa Citizen
  Ottawa Citizen
  The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper had a 2008 weekly circulation of 900,197.- History :...
  
  , November 11, 1997 edition
• Ottawa Sun
  Ottawa Sun
  The Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It was first published in the early 1980s as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988....
  
  , November 11, 1997 edition