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2000 Ottawa mayoral election
← 1997 November 13, 2000 2003 →
 
Nominee Bob Chiarelli Claudette Cain
Popular vote 142,972 102,940
Percentage 56.32 40.55%
Popular vote results by Ward
Mayor before election

Allan Higdon (interim)

 Elected mayor

Bob Chiarelli

The 2000 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held on November 13, 2000, in Ottawa. The elections were held for mayor of Ottawa, Ottawa City Council and a number of school trustees. These elections would mark the first for the newly amalgamated city, which added 10 former municipalities to Ottawa. At the time of the city elections, the amalgamation had not occurred yet; the official date of that happened on January 1, 2001.

Mayoral race

The race for mayor only had two major candidates, that of the Chair of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, Bob Chiarelli and the mayor of the City of Gloucester, Claudette Cain. Cain did very well in her native Gloucester, as well as in the more francophone areas like Cumberland and Vanier. Bob Chiarelli won most of the other wards, including one that was partly in Gloucester. His strongest showing was in Kanata and Kitchissippi Ward.

The election had few major issues surrounding it, with Chiarelli's main debate issue being a plan to recapitalize Hydro Ottawa to help finance infrastructure projects. Chiarelli was seen as a "solid, no-frills and experience politicians who quietly gets the job done", running an "amorphous, centrist" campaign. Cain was the underdog in the campaign and campaigned on cutting taxes and a "go-slow approach" to infrastructure in contrast to Chiarelli.[1]

Results

2000 Ottawa municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bob Chiarelli 142,972 56.32 +6.72[a]
Independent Claudette Cain 102,940 40.55 -
Independent George Saadé 2,597 1.02 -
Independent Marc-André Bélair 1,846 0.73 -
Independent James A. Hall 843 0.33 -
Independent Ken Mills 773 0.30 -
Independent Paula Nemchin 702 0.28 -
Independent John Turmel 677 0.27 -2.23[a]
Independent Morteza Naini 516 0.20 -
Total valid votes 253,866
  1. ^ a b Results taken from 1997 regional election.

City council

Map of Ottawa's Wards used in this election
1. Orléans Ward
2. Innes Ward
3. Bell-South Nepean Ward
4. Kanata Ward
5. West Carleton Ward
6. Goulbourn Ward
7. Bay Ward
8. Baseline Ward
9. Knoxdale-Merivale Ward
10. Gloucester-Southgate Ward
11. Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward
12. Rideau-Vanier Ward
13. Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
14. Somerset Ward
15. Kitchissippi Ward
16. River Ward
17. Capital Ward
18. Alta Vista Ward
19. Cumberland Ward
20. Osgoode Ward
21. Rideau Ward.

The city council elections were very fierce, because many wards faced incumbents against each other because of the amalgamation. In the rural areas, some mayors ran for city council.

Results:

Orléans Ward
Candidate Votes %
Herb Kreling 7029 40.96
John Morgan 5564 32.42
Gerry Lalonde 4569 26.62
Innes Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rainer Bloess 7006 52.01
Ed Campbell 3442 25.55
Luc Brisebois 1572 11.67
Marc Thibault 1451 10.77
Bell-South Nepean Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jan Harder 10640 60.89
Molly McGoldrick-Larsen 6834 39.11
Kanata Ward
Candidate Votes %
Alex Munter ACCLAIMED
West Carleton Ward
Candidate Votes %
Dwight Eastman 3420 50.07
David Whiteman 2559 37.47
Harold O. Daley 851 12.46
Goulbourn Ward
Candidate Votes %
Janet Stavinga 4528 45.01
Betty Hill 3401 33.80
Steven Lewis 2132 21.19
Bay Ward
Candidate Votes %
Alex Cullen 7191 48.02
Doug Shouldice 6262 41.82
Jim Jones 572 3.82
Jeff Seeton 550 3.67
Geoffrey Sharpe 399 2.66
Baseline Ward
Candidate Votes %
Rick Chiarelli 5738 59.67
Al Loney 3879 40.33
Knoxdale-Merivale Ward
Candidate Votes %
Gord Hunter 7845 71.27
Al Speyers 3163 28.73
Gloucester-Southgate Ward
Candidate Votes %
Diane Deans 6724 48.62
George Barrett 4599 33.25
Bob Leedy 2274 16.44
Anoop Rangi 234 1.69
Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward
Candidate Votes %
Michel Bellemare 6547 57.87
Pat Clark 4767 42.13
Rideau-Vanier Ward
Candidate Votes %
Madeleine Meilleur ACCLAIMED
Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward
Candidate Votes %
Jacques Legendre 7269 64.07
Richard Cannings 4077 35.93
Somerset Ward
Candidate Votes %
Elisabeth Arnold 6517 75.77
Olivia Bradley 2084 24.2
Kitchissippi Ward
Candidate Votes %
Shawn Little 5721 47.32
Linda Davis 4845 40.07
Ray Kostuch 1525 12.61
River Ward
Candidate Votes %
Wendy Stewart 7091 79.95
Dave Hagerman 1778 20.05
Capital Ward
Candidate Votes %
Clive Doucet 6486 69.51
Jim Bickford 2845 30.49
Alta Vista Ward
Candidate Votes %
Peter Hume 8625 55.67
Allan Higdon 6345 40.96
Ahmed Mohamed Nor 522 3.37
Cumberland Ward
Candidate Votes %
Phil McNeely 3814 44.55
Robert van den Ham 1866 21.80
David Lewis 1631 19.05
Judy Poulin 1250 14.60
Osgoode Ward
Candidate Votes %
Doug Thompson 4034 56.29
John Cyr 2027 28.28
Dwayne Acres 1106 15.43
City council
Rideau Ward Votes %
Glenn Brooks 3444 65.10
James Stewart 1846 34.90

School trustee races

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Trustees

Zone 1 (West Carleton, Goulbourn/Rideau)
Candidate Votes %
Lynn Scott Acclaimed
Zone 2 (Kanata)
Candidate Votes %
Jim Libbey 6,789 66.04
Mark Williams 3,491 33.96
Zone 3 (Bell/South Nepean)
Candidate Votes %
Norm MacDonald 8,763 81.59
Gerry Taylor 1,977 18.41
Zone 4 (Bay)
Candidate Votes %
Margaret Lange 5,170 51.61
Patty Anne Hill 3,800 37.94
Heinz Fildebrandt 1,047 10.45
Zone 5 (Baseline/Knoxdale-Merivale)
Candidate Votes %
Myrna Laurenceson 9,150 54.29
Alex Getty 7,704 45.71
Zone 6 (Rideau-Rockcliffe/Alta Vista)
Candidate Votes %
Russ Jackson 7,523 52.36
Chris Ellis 6,844 47.64
Zone 7 (Gloucester-Southgate/Osgoode)
Candidate Votes %
Pam Morse 5,864 48.12
Greg Laws 5,672 46.54
Krishen Rangi 651 5.34
Zone 8 (Orleans/Cumberland)
Candidate Votes %
Sheryl MacDonald Acclaimed
Zone 9 (Rideau-Vanier/Capital)
Candidate Votes %
Lynn Graham Acclaimed
Zone 10 (Somerset/Kitchissippi)
Candidate Votes %
Joan Spice 7,205 51.08
Albert Chambers 4,561 32.33
David Allston 2,340 16.59
Zone 11 (River)
Candidate Votes %
Brian Gifford 6,165 87.27
Jeremy Sztuka 899 12.73
Zone 12 (Innes/Beacon Hill-Cyrville)
Candidate Votes %
David Moen 6,618 62.38
Maret Swayze 3,992 37.62

Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board Trustees

Zone 1 (West Carleton/Goulbourn/Rideau/Osgoode)
Candidate Votes %
John Curry 2,829 51.09
Cheryl Cross 2,708 48.91
Zone 2 (Kanata)
Candidate Votes %
Art Lamarche 2,663 68.95
Pat Gaudet-La Prairie 1,199 31.05
Zone 3 (Orleans/Cumberland)
Candidate Votes %
Des Curley 3,640 75.71
Walter Szyc 1,168 24.29
Zone 4 (Bell-South Nepean)
Candidate Votes %
June Flynn-Turner 3,384 73.25
Daniel Falcioni 1,236 26.75
Zone 5 (Beacon Hill-Cyrville/Innes)
Candidate Votes %
Jacqueline Legendre-McGuinty 2,620 61.36
Tim Weil 1,650 38.64
Zone 6 (Knoxdale-Merivale/Baseline)
Candidate Votes %
John Chiarelli Acclaimed
Zone 7 (Kitchissippi/Bay)
Candidate Votes %
Betty-Ann Kealey 2,820 58.06
Gord Butler 2,037 41.94
Zone 8 (Alta Vista/Gloucester-Southgate)
Candidate Votes %
Mark D. Mullan 3,026 50.14
Pat Bowie 2,420 40.10
Ernest Wheeler 589 9.76
Zone 9 (River/Capital)
Candidate Votes %
Kathy Ablett 2,151 46.97
Catherine Maguire-Urban 1,609 35.13
Andrew Scheer 820 17.90
Zone 10 (Rideau-Vanier/Rideau-Rockcliffe/Somerset)
Candidate Votes %
Thérèse Maloney Cousineau Acclaimed

Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est Trustees

Zone 4 (Bell-South Nepean/Kanata/West Carleton/Goulbourn/Rideau/Osgoode)
Candidate Votes %
Marie Biron 1,221 80.49
Alda Santos 296 19.41
Zone 5 (Bay/Baseline/Knoxdale-Merivale/Kitchissippi/River)
Candidate Votes %
Ronald Saumure Acclaimed
Zone 6 (Rideau-Vanier/Somerset)
Candidate Votes %
Diane Lemieux-Trudel Acclaimed
Zone 7 (Innes)
Candidate Votes %
Monique Briand Acclaimed
Zone 8 (Cumberland)
Candidate Votes %
Lise Cloutier 1,511 57.83
J. André Côté 1,102 42.17
Zone 9 (Orleans)
Candidate Votes %
Madelaine Chevalier 2,582 61.68
Claude Paquette 1,604 38.32
Zone 10 (Gloucester-Southgate/Capital/Alta Vista/Osgoode)
Candidate Votes %
Maureen Drouin Acclaimed
Zone 11 (Beacond Hill-Cyrville/Rideau-Rockcliffe)
Candidate Votes %
Maurice Lamirande 4,662 74.28
Pierre Jury 1,614 25.72

Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario Trustees

Zone 5 (Gloucester-Southgate/Cumberland/Osgoode)
Candidate Votes %
Louise Panneton Acclaimed
Zone 6 (Orleans)
Candidate Votes %
Yvon Ferrand Acclaimed
Zone 7 (Innes/Beacond Hill-Cyrville)
Candidate Votes %
Denis M. Chartrand Acclaimed
Zone 8 (Alta Vista/Rideau-Rockcliffe)
Candidate Votes %
Marielle Godbout Acclaimed
Zone 9 (Rideau-Vanier)
Candidate Votes %
Susan R. Copeland Acclaimed
Zone 10 (Somerset/Kitchissippi/River/Capital)
Candidate Votes %
Jean-Paul Lafond Acclaimed
Zone 11 (Bell-South Nepean/Kanata/West Carleton/Goulbourn/Bay/Baseline/Knoxdale-Merivale/Rideau)
Candidate Votes %
Bernard Bareilhe Acclaimed

References

  1. ^ Ottawa Citizen, November 14, 2000 pgB9, "'Underdog' Cain faced tough battle"
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