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
Results by municipality
Chiarelli only won three of the region's 11 municipalities, but won the two largest, Ottawa and Nepean.
Municipality
Chiarelli
Cumberland
Gloucester
Goulbourn
Kanata
Nepean
Osgoode
Ottawa
Rideau
Rockcliffe Park
Vanier
West Carleton
Polls
Published Date(s)
Firm
Clark
Chiarelli
Turmel
Undecided
Source
Nov 3
EKOS
**33**
24
1
42
Regional Council
Map of the RMOC's Wards used in this election <br />
Orléans Ward
Innes Ward
Bell-South Nepean Ward
Kanata Ward
Western Townships Ward
Cumberland-Osgoode 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.]]
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)
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
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
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
%
Peter Hume (X)
6277
65.32
Patricia O'Reilly
2383
24.80
John Yarmo
657
6.84
John Wiebe
239
3.05
[[Cumberland Township, Ontario|Cumberland]]
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
[[Gloucester, Ontario|Gloucester]]
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
[[Goulbourn Township, Ontario|Goulbourn]]
Map of Goulbourn's wards used in this election
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, Ontario|Kanata]]
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
[[Osgoode Township, Ontario|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.
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, Ontario|Vanier]]
Mayoral race
Candidate
Vote
%
Guy Cousineau (X)
ACCLAIMED
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
[[West Carleton Township, Ontario|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
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)
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 6
(Ottawa's Alta Vista-Canterbury and Southgate wards)
Vote
%
Russ Jackson
4,406
52.37
Deborah Morey
4,008
47.63
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 9
(Ottawa's Capital and Bruyère-Strathcona wards)
Vote
%
Lynn Graham
5,945
83.76
Taylor Wentges
1,153
16.24
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 11, 1997, edition
Ottawa Sun, November 11, 1997, edition
References
''Ottawa Citizen'', November 3, 1997, pg A1, "Clark leads Chiarelli in tight race"
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