1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections

Election in Ontario, Canada September 2023 1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional chair election Canada File:Flag_of_the_Regional_Municipality_of_Ottawa-Carleton.svg presidential no 1994 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections 1994 2000 Ottawa municipal election 2000 November 10, 1997 125px Bob Chiarelli ff0000 82,165 49.54% Peter D. Clark 073ED1 79,407 47.88% 1997_Ottawa-Carleton_chair_election_results_map.png Results by municipality Chair Peter D. Clark Bob Chiarelli Elections were held on November 10, 1997, in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. 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 West MPP Bob Chiarelli 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 Results by municipality Chiarelli only won three of the region's 11 municipalities, but won the two largest, Ottawa and Nepean. MunicipalityChiarelliClarkTurmel Cumberland 3,372 6,149 268 Gloucester 8,729 11,874 614 Goulbourn 3,122 3,380 142 Kanata 6,076 6,683 296 Nepean 16,460 12,153 492 Osgoode 2,453 2,753 156 Ottawa 36,200 29,911 1,726 Rideau 1,998 1,868 88 Rockcliffe Park 178 228 3 Vanier 1,295 1,882 202 West Carleton 2,282 2,526 141 Polls Published Date(s) Firm Clark Chiarelli Turmel Undecided Source Nov 3 EKOS 33 24 1 42 Ottawa Citizen, November 3, 1997, pg A1, "Clark leads Chiarelli in tight race" Regional Council 300px|thumb|Map of the RMOC's Wards used in this election 1. Orléans Ward 2. Innes Ward 3. Bell-South Nepean Ward 4. Kanata Ward 5. Western Townships Ward 6. Cumberland-Osgoode Ward 7. Bay Ward 8. Baseline Ward 9. Knoxdale-Merivale Ward 10. Gloucester-Southgate Ward 11. Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward 12. Rideau-Vanier Ward 13. Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward 14. Somerset Ward 15. Kitchissippi Ward 16. River Ward 17. Capital Ward 18. Alta Vista Ward. Orléans WardCandidateVotes%Herb Kreling (X) 3648 41.39Keith De Cruz 2730 30.98Pierre Cantin 2435 27.63 Innes WardCandidateVotes%Richard Cantin (X) 3403 44.41Ed Campbell 3154 41.16Joyce Hum 597 7.79Pierre Maheu 509 6.64 Bell-South Nepean WardCandidateVotes%Molly McGoldrick-Larsen 8166 73.16Brian Beckett 1831 16.40Adam Hacker 1165 10.44 Kanata WardCandidateVotes%Alex Munter (X)ACCLAIMED Western Townships WardCandidateVotes%Betty Hill (X)ACCLAIMED Cumberland-Osgoode WardCandidateVotesOfficial Results, City of Ottawa Archives%Robert van den Ham (X) 4516 50.50John Cyr 3386 37.87John Geary 630 7.05Daniel Bood 410 4.59 Bay WardCandidateVotes%Wendy Byrne 3199 29.43Peter Harris 3017 27.75Frank Dalton 2041 18.77David Morrow 1871 17.21Victoria Manson 595 5.47Douglas Besharah 148 1.36 Baseline WardCandidateVotes%Al Loney (X) 6291 64.17Mike Patton 3512 35.83 Knoxdale-Merivale WardCandidateVotes%Gord Hunter (X)ACCLAIMED Gloucester-Southgate WardCandidateVotes%Dan Beamish (X) 5169 65.18Joan O'Neill 2761 34.82 Beacon Hill-Cyrville WardCandidateVotes%Michel Bellemare (X) 3727 56.87Fiona Faucher 2827 43.13 Rideau-Vanier WardCandidateVotes%Madeleine Meilleur (X) 5228 71.06Alain Miguelez 1823 24.78Jude Antonin 306 4.16 Rideau-Rockcliffe WardCandidateVotes%Jacques Legendre (X) 4870 85.62Efren Marquez 818 14.38 Somerset WardCandidateVotes%Diane Holmes (X)ACCLAIMED Kitchissippi WardCandidateVotes%Linda Davis (X) 4440 49.84Joan Wong 3779 42.42Diana Brebner 690 7.74 River WardCandidateVotes%Wendy Stewart (X) 6855 86.25Daryl Martin 1093 13.75 Capital WardCandidateVotes%Clive Doucet 2987 36.80Jim Kennelly 2054 25.30Robin Quinn 1573 19.38Ed Barter 1002 12.34David McNicoll 501 6.17 Alta Vista WardCandidateVotes%Peter Hume (X) 6277 65.32Patricia O'Reilly 2383 24.80John Yarmo 657 6.84John Wiebe 239 3.05 Cumberland thumb|300px|Map of Cumberland's wards used in this election Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Brian Coburn (X)ACCLAIMED Council Candidate Vote % Queenswood WardJohn Morgan 1835 54.48Pat Armstrong 1533 45.52 Bilberry WardDave Lewis (X) 1157 71.38Brian Faktar 464 28.62 Fallingbrook WardFrank Dugal (X)ACCLAIMED Heritage WardGerry Lalonde (X) 1614 60.59Bob Cox 1050 30.41 Gloucester thumb|300px|Map of Gloucester's wards used in this election Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Claudette Cain (X) 19167 89.59Scott Heffernan 1525 7.13George Saadé 702 3.28 Council Candidate Vote % Gloucester North WardMichael Denny (X)ACCLAIMED Cyrville WardPatricia Clark (X)ACCLAIMED Blackburn Hamlet WardRainer Bloess (X) 2431 83.31Gary Burns 487 16.69 Orléans North WardRené Danis (X)ACCLAIMED Orléans South WardKen Vowles 937 20.18Marc Thibault 893 19.23Martin Donley 724 15.59Gary Jessup 530 11.42Jacques Dufault 521 11.22Kenneth Moreau 432 9.30Jake Thomas 334 7.19Marvin Mempin 307 6.34Peter Larivière 272 5.86 Gloucester South WardGeorge Barrett (X)ACCLAIMED Goulbourn thumb|300px|Map of Goulbourn's wards used in this election Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Janet Stavinga 3583 52.85Allan Ryan 3197 47.15 Council Candidate Vote % Ward 1Mike Bryan 901 53.89Linda Cronin 771 46.11 Ward 2Louise Beggs 1411 68.53Martha Cooper 648 31.47 Ward 3Steven Lewis (X) 1241 83.79Mark Labelle 240 16.21 Ward 4Dwayne Barkley 322 26.39Bryan Hetherington 315 25.82Bernie McMiller 256 20.98Paul Duplants 230 18.85Marc Poirier 97 7.95 Kanata Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Merle Nicholds (X) 10718 80.69John Harkness 2565 19.31 300px|thumb|Map of Kanata's wards used in this election Council Candidate Vote % Kanata North WardSheila McKee (X) 1859 45.25Naomi Ridout 1079 26.27Bruce Gowling 647 15.75Jim Malone 523 12.73 Katimavik/Hazeldean WardRichard Rutkowski 1092 35.70Sharron Quinn 933 30.50Andrew Ladanowski 760 24.84Peter McNichol 274 8.96 Glen Cairn WardPam Cripps (X) 1241 50.90Doug Parsons 860 35.27James Clute 337 13.82 Bridlewood WardLance Mitchell (X) 1787 50.59Stu Chandler 1745 49.41 Nepean thumb|300px|Map of Nepean's wards used in this election Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Mary Pitt 15905 54.47Doug Collins 9354 32.03Fred Ennis 3722 12.75Bob Higgs 221 0.76 Council Candidate Vote % Lakeshore WardMerv Sullivan (X) 2058 90.70Bilal Syed 211 9.30 Nepean Centre WardRick Chiarelli (X)ACCLAIMED Evergreen WardWayne Phillips 2973 52.81Patrick Brennan 2657 47.19 Knoxdale WardMargaret Rywak (X)ACCLAIMED Merivale WardLee Ann Farnworth (X)ACCLAIMED Barrhaven WardJan Harder (X) 3222 54.72Mike Kronick 1841 31.27Bill Gordon 825 14.01 Osgoode Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Doug Thompson 2443 49.48Jim Waddell 1663 33.68Lloyd Cranston (X) 831 16.83 Council Four elected at large. Elected councillors indicated in bold. Candidate Vote %George Wright 3345 23.21Dwayn Acres (X) 3027 21.01Dale Harley (X) 2459 17.07Carol Parker 2207 15.32Walter Nibogie 1778 12.34Marg McManus 1593 11.06 Ottawa 1997 Ottawa municipal election Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Jim Watson 54,148 81.56Robert G. Gauthier 8,037 12.11Alexander Saikaley 4,209 6.34 Rideau Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Glenn Brooks 2603 64.56James Stewart (X) 1247 30.92Ronald Watson 182 4.51 Council Candidate Vote % Ward 1George PrattACCLAIMED Ward 2Don Stephenson (X)ACCLAIMED Ward 3Rob Fraser (X)ACCLAIMED Ward 4 Bonnie Gray 421 42.87 Clare Fassett 185 18.84 Wendy Braid 171 17.41 Brenda Wold 156 15.89 Graeme Nesbitt 49 4.99 Rockcliffe Park Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Patrick Murray (X)ACCLAIMED Council Four elected at large. Elected councillors indicated in bold. Candidate Vote %John Bull (X)ACCLAIMEDJane Dobell (X)ACCLAIMEDGordon Roston (X)ACCLAIMEDJames Taylor (X)ACCLAIMED Vanier Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Guy Cousineau (X)ACCLAIMED thumb|right|300px|Map of Vanier's wards used in this election Council Candidate Vote % Cummings WardDiane DoréACCLAIMED William D'Aoust WardRobert Crête (X)ACCLAIMED Richelieu WardYvon Dubé (X) 587 57.10Théo Bretin 441 42.90 St. Charles WardSylvain Boyer (X) 579 75.88Alain Vachon 157 20.58Terrence Valade McLaughlin 27 3.54 West Carleton Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Dwight Eastman (X) 2624 51.43Beth Sweetman 1891 37.06John Reid 587 11.51 Council Candidate Vote % Ward 1Dan MacMillan (X) 920 66.67Marlene Gramann 460 33.33 Ward 2Bert Reitsma (X) 1199 67.13Barry Portt 404 22.62David Brown 183 10.25 Ward 3Harold Daley 683 59.81Guido Curridor 459 40.19 Ward 4Orville Kemp (X)ACCLAIMED School trustees English Language Public Board The Ottawa Board of Education and the Carleton Board of Education were set to merge in 1998, and would become the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, covering all of Ottawa-Carleton. Voters selected the trustees for the new board, which had yet to be named. Zone 1 (West Carleton, Goulbourn and Marlborough Townships)English Public November 4, 1997 F6 Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50647353/the-ottawa-citizen/ May 10, 2020 Vote % Lynn Scott 2,721 70.55 Bruce Sample 630 16.33 Len Russell 506 13.12 Zone 2 (Kanata) Vote % Jim Libbey 2,386 29.36 Brian Parsons 2,268 27.91 David Gourlay 1,675 20.61 Tim Carrigan 1,268 15.60 Elat Lerner 434 5.34 Daren Givoque 96 1.18 Zone 3 (Bell-South Nepean Ward) Vote % Norm MacDonald 5,832 84.62 George Eustace 1,060 15.38 Zone 4 (Nepean's Lakeshore, Knoxdale and Nepean Centre wards) Vote % Alex Getty 4,810 64.90 Martin Taller 1,875 25.30 John Poirier 726 9.80 Zone 5 (Ottawa's Britannia-Richmond and Carleton wards) Vote % Patty Anne Hill 4,302 50.62 Chris Jekel 3,185 37.48 Brian Loader 1,011 11.90 Zone 6 (Ottawa's Alta Vista-Canterbury and Southgate wards) Vote % Russ Jackson 4,406 52.37 Deborah Morey 4,008 47.63 Zone 7 (Osgoode and North Gower Townships, and Gloucester's Blackburn Hamlet and Gloucester South wards) Vote % Pam Morse 2,054 59.84 Ronald Daniel Britten 536 18.23 Robert Dotten 351 11.93 Zone 8 (Cumberland and Gloucester's Orléans North and Orléans South wards) Vote % Sheryl MacDonald 2,737 39.96 Judy Lian 1,958 28.59 Bruce Tudin 956 13.96 Bryan Bourque 687 10.03 Amyn Keshavjee 511 7.46 Zone 9 (Ottawa's Capital and Bruyère-Strathcona wards) Vote % Lynn Graham 5,945 83.76 Taylor Wentges 1,153 16.24 Zone 10 (Ottawa's Kitchissippi and Somerset wards) Vote % Albert Chambers 6,457 83.03 Anthony Galveias 1,320 16.97 Zone 11 (Ottawa's River Ward and Nepean's Merivale Ward) Vote % Andrew Lam 3,771 49.32 William Taylor 1,266 16.56 Susan Miller 1,175 15.37 Steven Jones 397 5.19 Zone 12 (Ottawa's Rideau Ward, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward) Vote % Cynthia Bled 2,842 51.61 Maret Swayze 2,665 48.39 Sources Ottawa Citizen, November 11, 1997, edition Ottawa Sun, November 11, 1997, edition Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Category:1997 Ontario municipal elections Category:1990s in Ottawa