1997 Ottawa municipal election

Election in Ontario, Canada September 2023 1997 Ottawa mayoral election Flag of Ottawa, Ontario (1987–2000).png presidential no 1994 Ottawa municipal election 1994 2000 Ottawa municipal election 2000 November 10, 1997 Robert G. Gauthier 8,037 12.11% 137px Jim Watson 54,148 81.56% ED1D24 333399 1997_Ottawa_mayoral_election_results_map_by_ward.png Results by ward Mayor Jacquelin Holzman Jim Watson The 1997 Ottawa municipal election was held on November 10, 1997, in Ottawa, Canada. Capital Ward councillor Jim Watson was easily elected mayor over two lesser known candidates. Mayor Jacquelin Holzman did not run for re-election. This would be the last election for the old city of Ottawa. Ottawans also elected members of Regional Council and Regional Chair of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. For those results see 1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections. Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Jim Watson 54,148 81.56Robert G. Gauthier 8,037 12.11Alexander Saikaley 4,209 6.34 Results by ward Watson easily won all 10 wards in the city, but was the weakest in the more Francophone wards of Rideau and Bruyère-Strathcona. His strongest ward was Capital, which he had previously represented on city council.Official poll by poll results, City of Ottawa archives WardGauthierSaikaleyWatson Britannia-Richmond (1) 782 556 7,049 Carleton (2) 362 269 3,880 Southgate (3) 505 317 3,468 Rideau Ward (4) 1,456 335 3,703 Bruyère-Strathcona (5) 1,205 206 2,472 Somerset (6) 755 394 3,730 Kitchissippi (7) 736 555 7,096 Mooney's Bay (8) 628 633 6,630 Capital (9) 488 307 7,544 Alta Vista-Canterbury (10) 1,035 596 7,804 Special 85 41 772 City council 300px|thumb|Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election 1. Britannia-Richmond Ward 2. Carleton Ward 3. Southgate Ward 4. Rideau Ward 5. Bruyère-Strathcona Ward 6. Somerset Ward 7. Kitchissippi Ward 8. Mooney's Bay Ward 9. Capital Ward 10. Alta Vista-Canterbury Ward. Britannia-Richmond WardCandidateVotes%Ron Kolbus (X) 6506 75.93Jim Jones 1639 19.13Alphonse Lapointe 423 4.94 Carleton WardCandidateVotes%Brian Mackey (X) 3552 74.51Michael O'Byrne 1215 24.49 Southgate WardCandidateVotes%Diane Deans (X)ACCLAIMED Rideau WardCandidateVotes%Richard Cannings (X)ACCLAIMED Bruyère-Strathcona WardCandidateVotes%Stéphane Émard-Chabot (X) 3218 82.64Allan Brian Shields 371 9.53Steven Merritt 305 7.83 Somerset WardCandidateVotes%Elisabeth Arnold (X) 4004 78.16Kris Schimmel 1119 21.84 Kitchissippi WardCandidateVotes%Shawn Little 2968 35.03Paul Copeland 1809 21.35Andre Vertes 1605 18.94Brenda Parris 851 10.04Linda Kitchikeesic Juden 822 9.70Michael Kostiuc 253 2.99Michael Bartholomew 165 1.95 Mooney's Bay WardCandidateVotes%Karin Howard (X) 5005 62.00Kathy Ablett 3068 38.00 Capital WardCandidateVotes%Inez Berg 3843 46.85Colin McSweeney 1660 20.24Domenic Santaguida 1136 13.85Craig Watson 521 6.35Chris Jalkotzy 511 6.23Tim Porter 336 4.10Jaine Marulanda 196 2.39 Alta Vista-Canterbury WardCandidateVotes%Allan Higdon (X)ACCLAIMED References Sources Ottawa Citizen, November 11, 1997, edition Ottawa Sun, November 11, 1997, edition Category:Municipal elections in Ottawa Ottawa municipal election Municipal election, 1997 Ottawa municipal election