2000 St. Catharines municipal election

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2000 St. Catharines municipal election
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  1997 November 13, 2000 2003  

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The Ward boundaries for the 2000 Election. The Mayor and regional councillors are elected across the city, Councillors in their respective wards.

Mayor before election

Tim Rigby

Elected Mayor

Tim Rigby

The St. Catharines municipal election of 2000 was held to elect a mayor and councillors for the city of St. Catharines, Ontario.

Contents

Mayor

2000 St. Catharines municipal election : Mayor
CandidateVotes%
(x)Tim Rigby acclaimed-

Niagara Regional Council

2000 St. Catharines municipal election : Niagara Regional Councillor (six elected)
CandidateVotes%
T. Roy Adams17,16715.18
Michael R. Collins13,89012.28
Bruce Timms13,75012.16
Peter Partington 13,12311.61
Mark Brickell13,01511.51
Brian McMullan 11,57110.23
Christel Haeck 10,4449.24
James Wilson7,6706.78
Ted Mouradian6,5445.79
John E. Kirby5,9005.22
Total valid votes113,074100.00

Electors could vote for six candidates.
Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.

St. Catharines City Council

Ward 1 - Merriton

CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
James Almas2,58937.17%
Wendy Patriquin2,06029.57%
Jennifer Stevens 1,71124.56%
George Goff6068.70%

Ward 2 - St. Andrew's

CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Joseph Kushner2,80234.30%
Judy Casselman2,20126.94%
Joseph Cosby1,56819.19%
Doug Greenaway97711.96%
Phil MacKinnon3183.89%
Rob Gilmour3033.71%

Ward 3 - St. George's

CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Greg Washuta2,49135.82%
Rondi Craig2,19531.56%
Marie Poirier1,32919.11%
Doug Hobbs94013.52%

Ward 4 - St. Patrick's

CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Carol Disher1,83830.33%
Ronna Katzman1,83830.33%
John A. Davis1,24920.61%
Frank Hampson1,13618.74%

Ward 5 - Grantham

CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Dawn Dodge2,87329.10%
Brian Heit2,56625.99%
Brian Dorsey2,40324.34%
Clarice West-Hobbs1,39414.12%
Dan Antonides6376.45%

Ward 6 - Port Dalhousie

CandidateTotal votes % of total votes
Bruce Williamson2,59226.57%
Sue Erskine2,23722.93%
Norm St. George1,53015.68%
Erick R. Roberts1,36213.96%
Morton Sider1,33513.68%
Henry Bosch7017.18%

Footnotes

  1. Karen O'Brien, "Taking a hike into the past", Hamilton Spectator, 23 March 1992, B4.
  2. Dave Kewley, "St. Kitts hydro plugs into Hamilton", Hamilton Spectator, 9 November 2004, A8.
  3. Marlene Bergsma, "Pesticide ban dies as council flip-flops", St. Catharines Standard, 17 January 2006 Archived 6 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, accessed 5 November 2006.
  4. M. Zito, "Tower opponents deserve voter support Nov. 13", St. Catharines Standard, 2 November 2006 [ permanent dead link ], accessed 5 November 2006.

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