Windsor municipal election, 1997

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The 1997 Windsor municipal election was held in the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario, to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees.

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Windsor is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan. Located in Essex County, it is the southernmost city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city's population was 217,188 at the 2016 census, making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario after London and Kitchener. The Detroit–Windsor urban area is North America's most populous transborder conurbation, and the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada–United States border.

Results

1997 Windsor municipal election, Council, Ward Two (two members elected) edit
Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Brian Masse	3,425	26.20
(x) Peter Carlesimo	2,865	21.91
Jim Bennett	2,491	19.05
Rolly Marentette	1,613	12.34
George Dadamo	1,587	12.14
Gail Zdyb	597	4.57
Robert Potomski	496	3.79
Total votes	13,074	100.00

Rolly Marentette is a labour activist, and has served for several years as chair of the Windsor District Labour Council's Health and Safety Committee. [1] He was a member of the Essex County District Health Council in the mid-1990s, but was not reappointed by the provincial government of Mike Harris in 1996. [2] He was also a board member of the Community Care Access Centre until 2002, when he resigned to protest the provincial government's management policies. [3] Marentette has been involved with local environmental groups such the Windsor and District Clean Water Alliance, and was actively involved in composting and recycling projects in the early 1990s. [4] In 1998, he called for improved safety measures in the farming sector. [5] Marentette is a member of the New Democratic Party. [6]
Gail Zdyb is a community activist. She gained local fame in the late 1990s for opposing liquor-licensed establishments in the Ouellette Avenue region. [7] Zdyb argued that these bars were frequented by rowdy patrons, many of whom came from the United States. [8] In 2003, she supported a ban on new entertainment lounges in the city centre. [9]
Robert Joseph Potomski is a businessman, and a frequent candidate for public office. He campaigned for the second Windsor council ward in 1985, 1988, 1997 and in a 2002 by-election, and also campaigned for a seat on the Roman Catholic Separate School Board in 1991, 2000 and 2003. He is seeking the latter position again in 2006. He was thirty-eight years old in 1988, and was described as a frequent critic of the city's spending policies. [10] Potomski was later treasurer of the parents' association at St. James school, and was involved in a controversy over how to spend $10,000 raised for school improvements. [11] He supported deregulation of the city's taxicab industry in 1993. [12]

Michael Deane "Mike" Harris is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 14, 2002. He is most noted for the "Common Sense Revolution", his Progressive Conservative government's program of deficit reduction in combination with lower taxes and cuts to government spending.

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Footnotes

↑ "Workers-Mourning", Broadcast News, 27 April 2006, 01:56 report; Mark Stewart and Anne Jarvis, "Noisy casino crowds worry area residents", Windsor Star, 27 April 1994, A3; "Media advisory - 2nd International (RSI) Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day" [news release], Canada NewsWire, 21 February 2001, 15:07 report; "Media Advisory - Canadian Auto Workers, Windsor and District Labour Council, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Father of deceased young worker to address Windsor-area students", 12 April 2002, 13:59 report.
↑ Brian Cross, "Tories flex muscle on health postings", Windsor Star, 7 June 1996, A3.
↑ Don Lajoie, "'Takeover' behind CCAC resignations", Windsor Star, 25 January 2002, A1.
↑ "A strike for clean water alliance funds", Windsor Star, 6 November 1989, A5; " U.S. admires Canada's Green Revolution", Calgary Herald, 26 March 1990, B3.
↑ Sharon Hill, "Labour to pursue farm safety issues", Windsor Star, 12 August 1998, A5.
↑ Windsor West NDP (cached article), accessed 26 October 2006.
↑ Roseann Danese, "Plan for mega-bar goes to council", Windsor Star, 6 April 1998, A3.
↑ Don Lajoie, "Licence application ignites furore", Windsor Star, 30 September 1998, A3.
↑ Dave Hall, "Bar ban extended", Windsor Star, 7 August 2004, A2.
↑ Marty Beneteau, " They're off and running!", Windsor Star, 18 October 1988, A5.
↑ Anne Jarvis, "Dad asking court to end 'harassment'", Windsor Star, 4 February 1992, A3.
↑ Lauren More, " Report advises against cab deregulation", Windsor Star, 27 February 1993, A3.

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[1] "Workers-Mourning", Broadcast News, 27 April 2006, 01:56 report; Mark Stewart and Anne Jarvis, "Noisy casino crowds worry area residents", Windsor Star, 27 April 1994, A3; "Media advisory - 2nd International (RSI) Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day" [news release], Canada NewsWire, 21 February 2001, 15:07 report; "Media Advisory - Canadian Auto Workers, Windsor and District Labour Council, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Father of deceased young worker to address Windsor-area students", 12 April 2002, 13:59 report.

[2] Brian Cross, "Tories flex muscle on health postings", Windsor Star, 7 June 1996, A3.

[3] Don Lajoie, "'Takeover' behind CCAC resignations", Windsor Star, 25 January 2002, A1.

[4] "A strike for clean water alliance funds", Windsor Star, 6 November 1989, A5; " U.S. admires Canada's Green Revolution", Calgary Herald, 26 March 1990, B3.

[5] Sharon Hill, "Labour to pursue farm safety issues", Windsor Star, 12 August 1998, A5.

[6] Windsor West NDP (cached article), accessed 26 October 2006.

[7] Roseann Danese, "Plan for mega-bar goes to council", Windsor Star, 6 April 1998, A3.

[8] Don Lajoie, "Licence application ignites furore", Windsor Star, 30 September 1998, A3.

[9] Dave Hall, "Bar ban extended", Windsor Star, 7 August 2004, A2.

[10] Marty Beneteau, " They're off and running!", Windsor Star, 18 October 1988, A5.

[11] Anne Jarvis, "Dad asking court to end 'harassment'", Windsor Star, 4 February 1992, A3.

[12] Lauren More, " Report advises against cab deregulation", Windsor Star, 27 February 1993, A3.