Ottawa Municipal Election 2003

OttawaStart Election Guide The results are coming in, and we've voted to keep Bob Chiarelli as our mayor for another term. Chiarelli picked up 56.5% of the vote, while second-place Terry Kilrea earned 36.0%. Voter turn-out in this election was around 32%.

Your new city council
Of the 21 city councillor jobs in Ottawa, six will be filled by new faces. We've highlighted the newcomers below. Of the 15 councillor incumbents, 12 were re-elected, and three were acclaimed.

Mayor - Bob Chiarelli (returning)
Orleans - Herb Kreling (returning)
Innes - Rainer Bloess (returning)
Bell-South Nepean - Jan Harder (returning)
Kanata - Peggy Feltmate (new)
West Carleton - Eli El-Chantiry (new)
Goulbourn - Janet Stavinga (returning)
Bay - Alex Cullen (returning)
Baseline - Rick Chiarelli (returning)
Knoxdale-Merivale - Gord Hunter (returning)
Gloucester-Southgate - Diane Deans (returning)
Beacon Hill-Cyrville - Michel Bellemaire (returning)
Rideau-Vanier - Georges Bedard (new)
Rideau-Rockliffe - Jacques Legendre (returning)
Somerset - Diane Holmes (new)
Kitchissippi - Shawn Little (returning)
River - Maria McRae (new)
Capital - Clive Doucet (returning)
Alta Vista - Peter Hume (returning)
Cumberland - Rob Jellett (new)
Osgoode - Doug Tompson (returning)
Rideau - Glenn Brooks (returning)

How will council vote? CBC Ottawa has an interesting Council Breakdown feature that lets you see how the various councillors would cast their votes — assuming they stick to what they said in the campaign.

Unofficial Results
Source: City of Ottawa Elections

	Total	%
Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin	510
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés	510	100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes	185017
Ike AWGU	5394	2.92%
John A. BELL	2027	1.10%
Ron BURKE	2698	1.46%
Bob CHIARELLI	104595	56.53%
Terry KILREA	66634	36.02%
Paula NEMCHIN	1191	0.64%
John C. TURMEL	1166	0.63%
Donna UPSON	1312	0.71%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 1

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 16
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 16 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 9853
Herb KRELING 7182 72.89%

Louise MALLOY 2671 27.11%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 2

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 18
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 18 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 9998
Rainer BLOESS 5925 59.26%

J.-F. CLAUDE 4073 40.74%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 3

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 30
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 30 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 13462
Jan HARDER 11678 86.75%

John R. PALMER 1784 13.25%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 4

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 29
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 29 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 17371
Peggy FELTMATE 12260 70.58%

Grant JOHNSTON 384 2.21%

Donald LEAFLOOR 561 3.23%

Richard RUTKOWSKI 4166 23.98%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 5

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 7
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 7 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 6137
Daryl W. CRAIG 480 7.82%

Eli EL-CHANTIRY 2738 44.61%

Jim JENKINS 210 3.42%

Adele MULDOON 2709 44.14%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 6

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 12
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 12 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 7913
Michael P. O'ROURKE 2837 35.85%

Janet STAVINGA 5076 64.15%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 7

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 50
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 50 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 11832
John BLATHERWICK 4477 37.84%

Alex CULLEN 6713 56.74%

Didar MOHAMED 248 2.10%

Don RIVINGTON 394 3.33%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 9

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 18
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 18 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 8290
Gord HUNTER 7029 84.79%

Al SPEYERS 624 7.53%

Phillip UNHOLA 637 7.68%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 10

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 24
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 24 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 10391
Diane DEANS 6166 59.34%

Harold G. KEENAN 3917 37.70%

David LAMOTHE 308 2.96%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 11

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 19
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 19 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 7557
Osman ABDI 132 1.75%

Michel BELLEMARE 4613 61.04%

Frank REID 2812 37.21%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 12

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 38
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 38 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 8745
Georges BÉDARD 3631 41.52%

Abdillahi Omar BOUH 211 2.41%

Natasha DUCKWORTH 137 1.57%

Bruce McCONVILLE 2355 26.93%

Angela RICKMAN 1829 20.91%

Giacomo VIGNA 582 6.66%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 13

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 37
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 37 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 7667
Michel BINDA 663 8.65%

Jacques LEGENDRE 6070 79.17%

James PARKER 934 12.18%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 14

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 34
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 34 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 6662
Bill DRIVER 55 0.83%

Diane HOLMES 4105 61.62%

Mike JUNG 53 0.80%

David MacDONALD 567 8.51%

William A. OSTAPYK 366 5.49%

Sotos PETRIDES 132 1.98%

Dawn PICKERING 1195 17.94%

Steve SWEENEY 189 2.84%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 15

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 27
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 27 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 10719
Linda DAVIS 1540 14.37%

Les GAGNÉ 42 0.39%

Kris KLEIN 2330 21.74%

Shawn LITTLE 2907 27.12%

Gary LUDINGTON 2217 20.68%

David McCONNELL 625 5.83%

Daniel STRINGER 1058 9.87%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 16

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 23
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 23 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 8873
Todd MATTILA-HARTMAN 1654 18.64%

Maria McRAE 5600 63.11%

Richard SMITH 1619 18.25%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 17

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 26
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 26 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 7226
Clive DOUCET 5785 80.06%

C. R. L. ERICKSON 1024 14.17%

Mike SALMON 417 5.77%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 19

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 16
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 16 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 5439
Pierre E. DOUCETTE 552 10.15%

Rob JELLETT 2957 54.37%

Garry LOWE 1871 34.40%

David WHISSELL 59 1.08%

Councillor / Conseiller(ère) Ward/Quartier 21

Total %

Number of Polls/Nombre de bureaux de scrutin 10
Polls Reporting/Bureaux de scrutin rapportés 10 100.0%
Total Votes/Total des votes 4411
Glenn BROOKS 2765 62.68%

Paul PATON 1646 37.32%

Candidates

Mayor
Ike AWGU
John A. BELL
Ron BURKE
Bob CHIARELLI
Terry KILREA
Paula NEMCHIN
John C. TURMEL
Donna UPSON

City Councillors

Ward 1 - Orléans
Herb KRELING
Louise MALLOY
Ward 2 - Innes
Rainer BLOESS
J.-F. CLAUDE
Ward 3 - Bell-South Nepean
Jan HARDER
John PALMER
Ward 4 - Kanata
Peggy FELTMATE
Grant JOHNSTON e-mail
Donald LEAFLOOR
Richard RUTKOWSKI
Ward 5 - West Carleton
Daryl W. CRAIG
Eli EL-CHANTIRY
Jim JENKINS
Adele MULDOON
Ward 6 - Goulbourn
Michael P. O'ROURKE
Janet STAVINGA
Ward 7 - Bay
John BLATHERWICK
Alex CULLEN
Didar MOHAMED
Don RIVINGTON e-mail
Ward 8 - Baseline
Rick CHIARELLI
Ward 9 - Knoxdale-Merivale
Gord HUNTER
Al SPEYERS
Phillip UNHOLA
Ward 10 - Gloucester-Southgate
Diane DEANS
Harold G. KEENAN
David LAMOTHE
Ward 11 - Beacon Hill-Cyrville
Osman ABDI e-mail
Michel BELLEMARE
Frank REID
Ward 12 - Rideau-Vanier
Georges BEDARD
Abdillahi Omar BOUH
Natasha DUCKWORTH
Bruce McCONVILLE
Angela RICKMAN
Giacomo VIGNA
Ward 13 - Rideau-Rockcliffe
Michel BINDA
Jacques LEGENDRE
James PARKER
Ward 14 - Somerset
Bill DRIVER
Diane HOLMES
Mike JUNG
David MACDONALD
William A. OSTAPYK
Sotos PETRIDES
Dawn PICKERING
Steve SWEENEY
Ward 15 - Kitchissippi
Linda DAVIS
Les GAGNÉ
Kris KLEIN
Shawn LITTLE
Gary LUDINGTON
David McCONNELL
Daniel STRINGER
Ward 16 - River/Rivière
Todd MATTILA-HARTMAN
Maria McRAE
Richard SMITH e-mail
Ward 17 - Capital/Capitale
Clive DOUCET
Clayton R.L. ERICKSON
Mike SALMON
Ward 18 - Alta Vista
Peter HUME
Ward 19 - Cumberland
Pierre E. DOUCETTE e-mail
Rob JELLETT
Garry LOWE e-mail
David WHISSELL
Ward 20 - Osgoode
Doug THOMPSON
Ward 21 - Rideau
Glenn BROOKS
Paul PATON

Source: City of Ottawa - Elections

School board trustees

School board results

Election news

CBC: Ottawa Votes 2003
Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa Municipal Election
Canada.com: Ontario Municipal Elections
CFRA: Municipal Candidates Contact List
Westboro Village: Canadidate profiles
NeighbourhoodNews.ca
Orleans Online
Rogers 22: Municipal Vote 2003

Election Night Coverage - radio & tv

CJOH (tv): CJOH News will be cutting into programming throughought the evening on November 10th with municipal election updates. There's also an extended edition of CJOH News at 11:15pm. (CTV News at 11:00pm with Lloyd Robertson will be shortened to allow for an early start to coverage.) Reporters will cover key Ottawa wards and the mayor's race, and tracking results from 17 other Eastern Ontario municipalities.

Rogers 22 (tv): Live coverage of Municipal Vote 2003 starting at 8:00pm. Complete, up-to-the-minute results with on-location reports, panel
discussions and analysis. Host Ed Hand will be joined by Walter Robinson,
Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, and former Ottawa
major Jacquelin Holzman. Elisabeth Arnold and Wendy Stewart, former City of
Ottawa councilors, will provide their expertise and opinions. Also reports from Bob Chiarelli's camp and on-site at City Hall.

The New RO (TV): "Your Vote Counts" - coverage from 8:00pm to 11:00pm of what’s happening in the city of Ottawa, plus updates on 55 other local municipalities. Plus a Municipal Election panel will be moderated by Dave Stephens, and including Jim Watson, Merle Nicholds and Brian Coburn. "Your Vote Counts" will be followed by a complete Municipal Election wrap-up on NewsSixOttawa 11:00pm.

CBC TV (TV): Full results from 11:00pm - 11:30pm. Hosted by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld and Rita Celli.

CFRA (RADIO): Election show begins at 7:00 pm with a recap and scene-setters from various campaign HQs. Results beginning at 8:00pm, then panel including all three acclaimed councillors from 9:00-10:00 pm. This will be followed by Ottawa's only open-line election reaction with John Counsell beginning at 10:00 pm.

CBO (Radio): CBC Radio One 91.5 will be presenting election coverage from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. Hosted by Lucy van Oldenbarneveld and Rita Celli.

For station info, please visit our Television Guide or Radio Guide.

Voting

The Voters' List for the City of Ottawa 2003 Municipal Elections is now available for viewing. Making sure that your name, home address and school support appears correctly on the List will make it easier for you to vote on voting day - Monday, November 10, 2003.

From September 2 to November 10, you can check the Voters' List at several
locations throughout the city, including all local libraries, the City's Elections Office at 760 Belfast Road, any Client Service Centre. You can also check to see if your name is on the List by contacting the City's Call Centre at (613) 580-2400 or the Elections Office at (613) 580-2660.

If your name is not on the Voters' List or you want to make a change, you
must complete an Application to Amend the Voters' List form. The Application to
Amend the Voters' List form is also available at your voting place on voting
day. However, we encourage you to submit requests for changes by Friday,
September 26, to help avoid delays when you vote.

For more information, please visit the City's Web site at ottawa.ca or contact the
Elections Office at (613) 580-2660.

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