2000 Ottawa mayoral election ← 1997 November 13, 2000 2003 →
Candidate 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
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:
Innes Ward Candidate Votes % Rainer Bloess 7006 52.01 Ed Campbell 3442 25.55 Luc Brisebois 1572 11.67 Marc Thibault 1451 10.77
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
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 ^ Ottawa Citizen , November 14, 2000 pgB9, "'Underdog' Cain faced tough battle"
External links
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