Peterborough municipal election, 2000

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The 2000 Peterborough municipal election was held in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2000, to choose the mayor and city councillors to sit on the Peterborough city council. Electors in Peterborough also voted for the city's representatives on the regional public and separate school boards.

Peterborough, Ontario City in Ontario, Canada

Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in Central Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres (78 mi) northeast of Toronto and about 270 kilometers (167 mi) southwest of Ottawa. According to the 2016 Census, the population of the City of Peterborough was 81,032. The population of the Peterborough Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), which includes the surrounding Townships of Selwyn, Cavan Monaghan, Otonabee-South Monaghan, and Douro-Dummer, was 121,721 in 2016. In 2016, Peterborough ranked No. 32 among the country’s 35 census metropolitan areas according to the CMA in Canada. Significant growth is expected starting in late 2019 when the Ontario Highway 407 extension is completed, connecting it to Highway 115/35 south of Peterborough. The current mayor of Peterborough is Diane Therrien.

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Results

Mayor

2000 Peterborough municipal election, Mayor of Peterborough edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
(x)Sylvia Sutherland 15,962 59.21
Len Vass 9,933 36.84
Jeff Ruhl 813 3.02
Kenneth T. Burgess 252 0.93
Total valid votes26,960100.00

Council

2000 Peterborough municipal election, Council, Otonabee Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
(x)Jeff Leal 3,461 41.15
Glenn Pagett 3,182 37.83
Allan Deck 1,768 21.02
Total valid votes8,411100.00
  • Glenn Pagett was born in Peterborough. [1] He served on the Peterborough city council from 1969 to 1972, from 1974 to 1982, and from 1985 to 1997. In 1997, he was acclaimed to a seat on the Peterborough Utilities Commission. [2] He returned to council for a final term from 2000 to 2003 and served as chair of the public works committee. [3] He worked for General Electric in private life from 1952 to 1996 and was sixty-four years old during the 2000 election. [4] Pagett was one of only two councillors to oppose a bailout grant to Showplace Peterborough in 2001; at the time, he argued that he did not want to pre-commit the budget. [5] He later declined to sign a latter drafted by Mayor Sylvia Sutherland that called on the federal government to stay out of the American invasion of Iraq; he said that the matter was beyond his mandate as a city councillor. [6] He also opposed Sutherland's decision to proclaim a gay pride day in Peterborough in late 2003, and was quoted as saying, "I don't believe in same-sex marriage. [...] Right now, I just don't condone what's happening." [7] Pagett was a long-time council ally and personal friend of Jeff Leal, who served with him in the Otonabee Ward. [8] After Leal was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2003 provincial election, Pagett worked part-time in Leal's constituency office for a few months. [9] Pagett himself did not seek re-election to council in 2003. He served on a disaster relief committee in 2004, following extensive flooding in the city. [10]

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2000 Peterborough municipal election, Council, Ashburnham Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
Doug Peacock 3,396 39.04
(x)Paul Ayotte 2,955 33.97
(x)John Duncan 2,348 26.99
Total valid votes8,699100.00
  • John Duncan is a former police officer. [11] He was first elected to the Peterborough city council in 1997. [12] In April 2000, he introduced a motion opposing privatized prisons for Ontario. [13] Later in the year, he initiated debate on constructing a baseball diamond in the city's north end. [14] He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 2000 and later worked with the Peterborough Baseball Council. [15]
2000 Peterborough municipal election, Council, Town Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
(x)Margeree Edwards 1,861 28.06
Bill Juby 1,538 23.19
Bill Weekes 901 13.59
Brian Slack 779 11.75
Tony Buell 762 11.49
Philip Oakley 570 8.59
Saima Shaikh 221 3.33
Total valid votes6,632100.00
2000 Peterborough municipal election, Council, Monaghan Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
(x)Henry Clarke 4,359 38.15
Jack Doris 4,175 36.54
David R. Edgerton 2,891 25.30
Total valid votes11,425100.00
2000 Peterborough municipal election, Council, Northcrest Ward (two members elected) edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
(x)Bob Hall 4,232 42.70
John Pritchard 3,060 30.87
(x)Paul Crough 2,619 26.43
Total valid votes9,911100.00

Peterborough County

Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield
2000 Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield election, Reeve of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Burritt Mann 4,281 66.51
Richard Doyle 2,156 33.49
Total valid votes6,437100.00
2000 Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield election, Deputy Reeve of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Ron Millen 3,688 58.96
Don Boa 1,659 26.52
Ken Dunn 908 14.52
Total valid votes6,255100.00
2000 Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield election, Councillor, Ennismore
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Helen Young accl.
2000 Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield election, Councillor, Smith
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Dale Cavanagh 1,663 50.12
Don Doughty 1,090 32.85
Derry Wilford 565 17.03
Total valid votes3,318100.00
2000 Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield election, Councillor, Lakefield
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Mary Smith 725 54.59
Bob Helsing 603 45.41
Total valid votes1,328100.00

Source: Bill Hodgins, "Mann reeve of Smith, Lakefield, Ennismore," Peterborough Examiner, 14 November 2000, B5.

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References

  1. ↑ Glenn Smith, "Lifelong resident serving the city he clearly loves," MyKawartha.com, 15 April 2010, accessed 21 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Jack Marchen, "Pagett replaces Branscombe in Otonabee," Peterborough Examiner, 14 November 2000, B3; Mike Lacey, "Glenn Pagett opts to ignore the election bell," Peterborough This Week, 29 August 2003, p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Pagett to seek council seat," Peterborough Examiner, 8 September 2000, B2; Erika Tustin, "After three decades, Pagett done," Peterborough Examiner, 29 August 2003, B3.
  4. ↑ Joseph Kim, "Fewer candidates seek office: Almost 50% fewer people have declared," Peterborough Examiner, 10 October 2000, A1; Clark Kim, "40-year GE employee sure of asbestos link to medical difficulties," Peterborough This Week, 16 February 2005, p. 00. The latter title does not refer to Pagett.
  5. ↑ JoElle Kovach, "City bailout for Showplace a grant, not a loan," Peterborough Examiner, 11 October 2001, B1.
  6. ↑ JoElle Kovach, "Council votes to ask Ottawa to stay out of Iraq conflict," Peterborough Examiner, 14 February 2003, A1; JoElle Kovach, "Two won't sign anti-war letter," Peterborough Examiner, 19 February 2003, B1.
  7. ↑ Blair Edwards, "'Out of the blue'; Councillors express shock, dismay over mayor's Pride Day proclamation," Peterborough This Week, 1 August 2003, p. 00.
  8. ↑ Jack Marchen, "Pagett replaces Branscombe in Otonabee," Peterborough Examiner, 14 November 2000, B3; Mike Lacey, "Jeff Leal's been down this road before...and loves it," Peterborough This Week, 17 September 2003, p. 00; Michael Hammond and JoElle Kovach, "Leal says goodbye, sets sights on Toronto," Peterborough Examiner, 7 October 2003, B1.
  9. ↑ "Keeping Pagett busy, Part 1," Peterborough This Week, 24 October 2003, p. 11; "Retired again?", Peterborough This Week, 16 April 2004, p. 06.
  10. ↑ Elizabeth Bower and Michael Hammond, "Premier offers instant relief," Peterborough Examiner, 22 July 2004, A1.
  11. ↑ Joseph Kim, "Changes to smoke bylaw on the way: Councillors veto health unit request," Peterborough Examiner, 4 July 2000, A1.
  12. ↑ Joseph Kim, "Councillor to run for mayor," Peterborough Examiner, 1 September 2000, B1. The article title was an error; the Examiner later clarified that Duncan was running for re-election to council.
  13. ↑ John Driscoll, "Privatization revisited," Peterborough Examiner, 18 April 2000, B2.
  14. ↑ Joseph Kim, "Ball field thrown a line: City asked to donate $70,000," Peterborough Examiner, 7 September 2000, B1.
  15. ↑ David Smith, "Steve Terry shows the 'way'," Peterborough Examiner, 7 May 2002, B1.
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