1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional chair election ← 1994 November 10, 1997 2000 →
Nominee Bob Chiarelli Peter D. Clark Popular vote 82,165 79,407 Percentage 49.54% 47.88%
Results by municipality
Chair before election Peter D. Clark
Elected Chair Bob Chiarelli
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 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Bob Chiarelli 82,165 49.54 - Independent Peter Clark 79,407 47.88 -7.12 Independent John Turmel 4,129 2.49 +0.14 Total valid votes 165,845 Source:Official Results, City of Ottawa Archives
Results by municipality Chiarelli only won three of the region's 11 municipalities, but won the two largest, Ottawa and Nepean.
Municipality Chiarelli Clark Turmel Cumberland 3,372 6,149 268 Gloucester 8,729 11,874 614 Goulbourn 3,122 3,380 142 Kanata 6,076 6,683 296 Nepean 16,460 12,153 492 Osgoode 2,453 2,753 156 Ottawa 36,200 29,911 1,726 Rideau 1,998 1,868 88 Rockcliffe Park 178 228 3 Vanier 1,295 1,882 202 West Carleton 2,282 2,526 141
Polls Published Date(s) Firm Clark Chiarelli Turmel Undecided Source Nov 3 EKOS 33 24 1 42 [1]
Regional Council Map of the RMOC's Wards used in this election Orléans Ward Innes Ward Bell-South Nepean Ward Kanata Ward Western Townships Ward Bay Ward Baseline Ward Knoxdale-Merivale Ward Gloucester-Southgate Ward Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Rideau-Vanier Ward Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward Somerset Ward Kitchissippi Ward River Ward Capital Ward Alta Vista Ward . 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
Cumberland-Osgoode Ward Candidate Votes[2] % Robert van den Ham (X) 4516 50.50 John Cyr 3386 37.87 John Geary 630 7.05 Daniel Bood 410 4.59
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
Capital Ward Candidate Votes[2] % Clive Doucet 2987 36.80 Jim Kennelly 2054 25.30 Robin Quinn 1573 19.38 Ed Barter 1002 12.34 David McNicoll 501 6.17
Alta Vista Ward Candidate Votes[2] % Peter Hume (X) 6277 65.32 Patricia O'Reilly 2383 24.80 John Yarmo 657 6.84 John Wiebe 239 3.05
Map of Cumberland's wards used in this election 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
Map of Gloucester's wards used in this election 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 Gloucester South Ward George Barrett (X) ACCLAIMED
Map of Goulbourn's wards used in this election Mayoral race
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
Mayoral race
Candidate Vote % Merle Nicholds (X)10718 80.69 John Harkness 2565 19.31
Map of Kanata's wards used in this election 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 Map of Nepean's wards used in this election 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
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
Mayoral race
Candidate Vote % Jim Watson 54,148 81.56 Robert G. Gauthier 8,037 12.11 Alexander Saikaley 4,209 6.34
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 Ward 4 Bonnie Gray 421 42.87 Clare Fassett 185 18.84 Wendy Braid 171 17.41 Brenda Wold 156 15.89 Graeme Nesbitt 49 4.99
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
Mayoral race
Map of Vanier's wards used in this election 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
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
School trustees English Language Public Board The Ottawa Board of Education and the Carleton Board of Education were set to merge in 1998, and would become the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board , covering all of Ottawa-Carleton. Voters selected the trustees for the new board, which had yet to be named.
Zone 1 (West Carleton, Goulbourn and Marlborough Townships)[3] Vote % Lynn Scott 2,721 70.55 Bruce Sample 630 16.33 Len Russell 506 13.12
Zone 2 (Kanata) Vote % Jim Libbey 2,386 29.36 Brian Parsons 2,268 27.91 David Gourlay 1,675 20.61 Tim Carrigan 1,268 15.60 Elat Lerner 434 5.34 Daren Givoque 96 1.18
Zone 3 (Bell-South Nepean Ward) Vote % Norm MacDonald 5,832 84.62 George Eustace 1,060 15.38
Zone 4 (Nepean's Lakeshore, Knoxdale and Nepean Centre wards) Vote % Alex Getty 4,810 64.90 Martin Taller 1,875 25.30 John Poirier 726 9.80
Zone 5 (Ottawa's Britannia-Richmond and Carleton wards) Vote % Patty Anne Hill 4,302 50.62 Chris Jekel 3,185 37.48 Brian Loader 1,011 11.90
Zone 7 (Osgoode and North Gower Townships, and Gloucester's Blackburn Hamlet and Gloucester South wards) Vote % Pam Morse 2,054 59.84 Ronald Daniel Britten 536 18.23 Robert Dotten 351 11.93
Zone 8 (Cumberland and Gloucester's Orléans North and Orléans South wards) Vote % Sheryl MacDonald 2,737 39.96 Judy Lian 1,958 28.59 Bruce Tudin 956 13.96 Bryan Bourque 687 10.03 Amyn Keshavjee 511 7.46
Zone 10 (Ottawa's Kitchissippi and Somerset wards) Vote % Albert Chambers 6,457 83.03 Anthony Galveias 1,320 16.97
Zone 11 (Ottawa's River Ward and Nepean's Merivale Ward) Vote % Andrew Lam 3,771 49.32 William Taylor 1,266 16.56 Susan Miller 1,175 15.37 Steven Jones 397 5.19
Zone 12 (Ottawa's Rideau Ward , Rockcliffe Park, Vanier and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward) Vote % Cynthia Bled 2,842 51.61 Maret Swayze 2,665 48.39
Sources ^ Ottawa Citizen, November 3, 1997, pg A1, "Clark leads Chiarelli in tight race" ^ a b c Official Results, City of Ottawa Archives ^ "English Public". Ottawa Citizen . November 4, 1997. p. F6. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
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