2000 Ottawa municipal election

2000 Ottawa mayoral election

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Candidate  | Bob Chiarelli | Claudette Cain
Popular vote  | 142,972 | 102,940
Percentage  | 56.32 | 40.55%

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Popular vote results by Ward

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| Mayor before election

Allan Higdon (interim)

| Elected mayor

Bob Chiarelli

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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

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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

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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

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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

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### Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Trustees

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

## External links

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