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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
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Independent | Bob Chiarelli | 82,165 | 49.54 | - | ||||
Independent | Peter Clark | 79,407 | 47.88 | -7.12 | ||||
Independent | John Turmel | 4,129 | 2.49 | +0.14 | ||||
Total valid votes | 165,845 | |||||||
Source:Official Results, City of Ottawa Archives |
Chiarelli only won three of the region's 11 municipalities, but won the two largest, Ottawa and Nepean.
Municipality | Chiarelli | Clark | Turmel |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Published Date(s) | Firm | Clark | Chiarelli | Turmel | Undecided | Source |
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Nov 3 | EKOS | 33 | 24 | 1 | 42 | [1] |
Orléans Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Herb Kreling (X) | 3648 | 41.39 |
Keith De Cruz | 2730 | 30.98 |
Pierre Cantin | 2435 | 27.63 |
Innes Ward | ||
---|---|---|
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 (X) | ACCLAIMED |
Western Townships Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Betty Hill (X) | ACCLAIMED |
Cumberland-Osgoode Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes [2] | % |
Robert van den Ham (X) | 4516 | 50.50 |
John Cyr | 3386 | 37.87 |
John Geary | 630 | 7.05 |
Daniel Bood | 410 | 4.59 |
Bay Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Wendy Byrne | 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 | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Gord Hunter (X) | ACCLAIMED |
Gloucester-Southgate Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Dan Beamish (X) | 5169 | 65.18 |
Joan O'Neill | 2761 | 34.82 |
Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Michel Bellemare (X) | 3727 | 56.87 |
Fiona Faucher | 2827 | 43.13 |
Rideau-Vanier Ward | ||
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Candidate | Votes | % |
Madeleine Meilleur (X) | 5228 | 71.06 |
Alain Miguelez | 1823 | 24.78 |
Jude Antonin | 306 | 4.16 |
Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Jacques Legendre (X) | 4870 | 85.62 |
Efren Marquez | 818 | 14.38 |
Somerset Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Diane Holmes (X) | ACCLAIMED |
Kitchissippi Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Linda Davis (X) | 4440 | 49.84 |
Joan Wong | 3779 | 42.42 |
Diana Brebner | 690 | 7.74 |
River Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % |
Wendy Stewart (X) | 6855 | 86.25 |
Daryl Martin | 1093 | 13.75 |
Capital Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes [2] | % |
Clive Doucet | 2987 | 36.80 |
Jim Kennelly | 2054 | 25.30 |
Robin Quinn | 1573 | 19.38 |
Ed Barter | 1002 | 12.34 |
David McNicoll | 501 | 6.17 |
Alta Vista Ward | ||
---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes [2] | % |
Peter Hume (X) | 6277 | 65.32 |
Patricia O'Reilly | 2383 | 24.80 |
John Yarmo | 657 | 6.84 |
John Wiebe | 239 | 3.05 |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Brian Coburn (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 |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Claudette Cain (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 (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 | |
Gloucester South Ward | |||
George Barrett (X) | ACCLAIMED |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Janet Stavinga | 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 |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Merle Nicholds (X) | 10718 | 80.69 |
John Harkness | 2565 | 19.31 |
Council
Candidate | Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Kanata North Ward | |||
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 |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Mary Pitt | 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 (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 | |||
Jan Harder (X) | 3222 | 54.72 | |
Mike Kronick | 1841 | 31.27 | |
Bill Gordon | 825 | 14.01 |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Doug Thompson | 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 |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Jim Watson | 54,148 | 81.56 |
Robert G. Gauthier | 8,037 | 12.11 |
Alexander Saikaley | 4,209 | 6.34 |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Glenn Brooks | 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 | ||
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 |
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 |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Guy Cousineau (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 |
Mayoral race
Candidate | Vote | % |
---|---|---|
Dwight Eastman (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 |
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) [3] | Vote | % |
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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 |
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