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The 1997 Hamilton municipal election was a municipal election held on November 10, 1997, to elect municipal officials for the City of Hamilton. Hamiltonions selected one mayor, one regional chairperson, and seventeen members of the Hamilton City Council, who were elected on a two-tier basis, as well as members of both the English and French Public and Catholic School Boards. [1] The suburban communities of Ancaster, Flambrough, Glanbrook, Dundas and Stoney Creek, each elected town councils for the last time before amalgamation. [2]
Voter turnout remained steady in 1997, amidst events such as Premier Mike Harris' Common Sense Revolution service cuts, the Plastimet Fire, and plebiscites on smoking by-laws and a proposed casino. [2]
For the 1997 election, the City of Hamilton switched from paper ballots to a new automated voting system. This system saw voters mark their choices on a paper ballot, enclose it in a 'privacy sleeve' and feed it into a computer that automatically tabulated the results. [3]
Hamilton, Ontario, Municipal referendums, 1997 | ||||||||||||
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Question | Yes | No | Voter Turnout | |||||||||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||||
Smoking Control Bylaw - Banning smoking in restaurants and bars | 50,817 | 66.89% | 25,156 | 33.11% | 75,973 | |||||||
Provincial Casino - Approval to build a casino in Hamilton | 28275 | 36.97% | 48,211 | 63.03% | 76,486 | |||||||
Total Voters | ||||||||||||
Note: Vote totals for each question were different as voters did not need to vote on each question | ||||||||||||
Sources: [4] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Bob Morrow(incumbent) | 58,486 | 75.11% | -12.11% | |||||||||
Dave Snowdon | 4,998 | 6.41% | n/a | |||||||||
Kristina Heaton | 4,647 | 5.98% | n/a | |||||||||
Brian McHattie | 4,255 | 5.46% | n/a | |||||||||
Paul Decker | 3,468 | 4.45% | -0.06% | |||||||||
Waylon MacDonald | 1,407 | 1,81% | n/a | |||||||||
Wendell Fields | 611 | 0.78% | n/a | |||||||||
Total votes | 77,872 | 100% | ||||||||||
Registered voters | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Mary Kiss(Incumbent) | 4,560 | 29.2% | ||||||||||
Marvin Caplan(Incumbent) | 4,125 | 26.4% | ||||||||||
Cam Nolan | 3,848 | 25% | - | |||||||||
Sarah Whatmough | 3,059 | 19.4% | - | |||||||||
Total votes | 15,589 | |||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Andrea Horwath | 3,587 | 28.1% | ||||||||||
Ron Corsini | 3,364 | 26.4% | ||||||||||
Vince Agro(incumbent) | 3,346 | 44.5% | ±0% | |||||||||
Bill McCulloch(incumbent) | 2,605 | 34.63% | +0.9% | |||||||||
Jason Capobianco | 902 | 7.1% | - | |||||||||
John Kenyon | 512 | 4% | - | |||||||||
Jim Savage | 208 | 1.6% | - | |||||||||
Total votes | 12,767 | |||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Bernie Morelli(incumbent) | 4,229 | - | ||||||||||
Dennis Haining | 1,989 | - | ||||||||||
Sam Merulla | 1,728 | - | ||||||||||
Elena Lazar | 1,372 | - | ||||||||||
Bob Stewart | 985 | - | ||||||||||
Joyce Rattray | 917 | - | ||||||||||
Dwain Burns | 536 | - | ||||||||||
Kattie Calleja | 496 | - | ||||||||||
Melvin Boudreau | 213 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Dave Wilson(incumbent) | 4,892 | - | ||||||||||
Geraldine Copps(incumbent) | 3,659 | - | ||||||||||
Murray Kilgour | 2,720 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Chad Collins | 5,347 | - | ||||||||||
Fred Eisenberger(incumbent) | 4,546 | - | ||||||||||
Rita Chimienti | 2,866 | - | ||||||||||
Rocco Restauri | 2,192 | - | ||||||||||
Margaret Cunningham | 1,828 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Tom Jackson(incumbent) | 7,938 | - | ||||||||||
Bob Charters(incumbent) | 6,093 | - | ||||||||||
Paul Lewis Settimi | 4958 | - | ||||||||||
Charles Eleveld | 1,789 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Terry Anderson(incumbent) | 8,721 | - | ||||||||||
Bill Kelly | 8,112 | - | ||||||||||
Henry Merling (incumbent) | 6,040 | - | ||||||||||
Mark Whittle | 1,203 | - | ||||||||||
Eduardo Navarro | 1,182 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Frank D'Amico(incumbent) | 8,400 | - | ||||||||||
Duke O'Sullivan | 6,155 | - | ||||||||||
Tom Murray | 3,463 | - | ||||||||||
Mike Oddi | 2,230 | - | ||||||||||
Judith Preston | 1,904 | - | ||||||||||
Tony Di Prospero | 749 | - | ||||||||||
Chris Kiriakopoulos | 696 | - | ||||||||||
Vish Bagal | 632 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Judith Bishop(Incumbent) | 8,042 | - | ||||||||||
John Tickle | 2,278 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Eleanor Johnstone | 1,595 | - | ||||||||||
Robert Barlow | 1,056 | - | ||||||||||
Julie Gordon | 703 | - | ||||||||||
Neville Nunes | 532 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | Expenditures | ||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Ray E. Mulholland (Incumbent) | Acclaimed | |||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [19] |
Incumbent Ward 5 trustee, Reverend Joe Rogers, sought re-election in 1997. First elected in 1968, Rogers was the executive-director of St. Matthew's House and an Anglican priest in area churches. [20] Mark Davies, the former executive director of the Mental Health Rights Coalition of Hamilton-Wentworth and independent candidate in Wentworth East in the 1995 Ontario provincial election had initially filed to contest the seat, but withdrew before the close of nominations. [21]
Candidate | ||||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Joe Rogers (Incumbent) | Acclaimed | |||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | ||||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Laura Peddle | 2,954 | - | ||||||||||
Janice Wall | 2,204 | - | ||||||||||
Marla Robinson | 1,783 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote= | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Lillian Orban (Incumbent) | Acclaimed | |||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [19] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Wes Hicks (Incumbent) | Acclaimed | |||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [19] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Leo Blain | 1,783 | - | ||||||||||
William Laidlaw | 1,596 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Ralph Agostino | 2,515 | - | ||||||||||
Danuta Bortolussi | 1,842 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Rose Agostino | 1,915 | - | ||||||||||
Joseph Spatazzo | 1,856 | - | ||||||||||
Benedicta Egbo | 382 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Kyran Kennedy | 2,191 | - | ||||||||||
Joseph Baiardo | 1,779 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Pat Daly (Incumbent) | Acclaimed | |||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [19] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Tom Gallagher | 2,595 | - | ||||||||||
Michelle Rizzato | 1,554 | - | ||||||||||
Phil Consalvo | 462 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | 12,767 | |||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Jean Desmarais | 87 | - | ||||||||||
Agnes Gizard | 56 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Popular vote | |||||||||||
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Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
Marcel Levesque | 363 | - | ||||||||||
Pascale Harster | 229 | - | ||||||||||
Total votes | ||||||||||||
Registered voters | ||||||||||||
Note: All Hamilton Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
Sources: [10] |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Ancaster Mayor [22] | ||
Bob Wade (incumbent) | acclaimed | |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Ancaster Deputy-Mayor [22] | ||
Ann Sloat (incumbent) | 3,218 | 57% |
Phil Winer | 2,467 | 43% |
Total valid votes | 5,685 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Ancaster Ward One Councillor [22] | ||
Murray Ferguson (incumbent) | acclaimed | |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Ancaster Ward Two Councillor [22] | ||
Barry Kent | 622 | 64% |
Scott McCallum | 355 | 36% |
Total valid votes | 977 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Ancaster Ward Three Councillor [22] | ||
Brad Khun (incumbent) | acclaimed | |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Ancaster Ward Four Councillor [22] | ||
Bryan Kerman (incumbent) | 793 | 51% |
Larry Weber | 773 | 49% |
Total valid votes | 1566 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Ancaster Ward Five Councillor [22] | ||
Luanne Robertson (incumbent) | acclaimed | |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Ancaster Catholic School Board Trustee [22] | ||
Carolyn Cornale (incumbent) | 1,275 | 53% |
Philomena Newberry | 1,114 | 437% |
Total valid votes | 2,389 | 100.00 |
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Ancaster Public School Board Trustee [22] | ||
Bruce Wallace (incumbent) | acclaimed | |
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