Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections, 1997

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.

Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton

Candidate	Vote	%
Bob Chiarelli	81926	49.60
Peter Clark (X)	79128	47.90
John Turmel	4126	2.50

Regional Council

Orléans Ward
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	%
Robert van den Ham (X)	4216	51.88
John Cyr	2939	36.16
John Geary	580	7.14
Daniel Bood	392	4.82

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
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	%
Clive Doucet	2984	36.80
Jim Kennelly	2051	25.29
Robin Quinn	1571	19.37
Ed Barter	1002	12.36
David McNicoll	501	6.18

Alta Vista Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Peter Hume (X)	6277	66.38
Patricia O'Reilly	2283	24.14
John Yarmo	657	6.95
John Wiebe	239	2.53

Cumberland

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

Gloucester

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

Goulbourn

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

Kanata

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

Nepean

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

Osgoode

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

Ottawa

Main article: Ottawa municipal election, 1997

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Jim Watson	54,148	81.56
Robert G. Gauthier	8,037	12.11
Alexander Saikaley	4,209	6.34

Rideau

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

Rockcliffe Park

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

Vanier

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

West Carleton

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

Sources

Ottawa Citizen, November 11, 1997, edition
Ottawa Sun, November 11, 1997, edition

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