1997 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Municipality elections


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 reported in the Citizen from November 12 reported Chiarelli had won 82,164 to Clark's 79,407. Turmel's numbers were not listed. Results reported from the November 11 edition were:
CandidateVote%
Bob Chiarelli81,92649.60
Peter Clark 79,12847.90
John Turmel4,1262.50

Polls

Regional Council

Cumberland">Cumberland Township, Ontario">Cumberland

Mayoral race
Council

Gloucester">Gloucester, Ontario">Gloucester

Mayoral race
CandidateVote%
Claudette Cain 1916789.59
Scott Heffernan15257.13
George Saadé7023.28

Council

Goulbourn">Goulbourn Township, Ontario">Goulbourn

Mayoral race
CandidateVote%
Janet Stavinga358352.85
Allan Ryan319747.15

Council

Kanata">Kanata, Ontario">Kanata

Mayoral race
CandidateVote%
Merle Nicholds 1071880.69
John Harkness256519.31

Council

Nepean

Mayoral race
CandidateVote%
Mary Pitt1590554.47
Doug Collins935432.03
Fred Ennis372212.75
Bob Higgs2210.76

Council

Osgoode">Osgoode Township, Ontario">Osgoode

Mayoral race
CandidateVote%
Doug Thompson244349.48
Jim Waddell166333.68
Lloyd Cranston 83116.83

Council
Four elected at large. Elected councillors indicated in bold.
CandidateVote%
George Wright334523.21
Dwayn Acres 302721.01
Dale Harley 245917.07
Carol Parker220715.32
Walter Nibogie177812.34
Marg McManus159311.06

[Ottawa]

Mayoral race
CandidateVote%
Jim Watson54,14881.56
Robert G. Gauthier8,03712.11
Alexander Saikaley4,2096.34

Rideau">Rideau Township, Ontario">Rideau

Mayoral race
CandidateVote%
Glenn Brooks260364.56
James Stewart 124730.92
Ronald Watson1824.51

Council

Rockcliffe Park">Rockcliffe Park, Ontario">Rockcliffe Park

Mayoral race
Council
Four elected at large. Elected councillors indicated in bold.

Vanier">Vanier, Ontario">Vanier

Mayoral race
Council

Carleton Township, Ontario|West Carleton]]

Mayoral race
CandidateVote%
Dwight Eastman 262451.43
Beth Sweetman189137.06
John Reid58711.51

Council

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
Vote%
Lynn Scott2,72170.55
Bruce Sample63016.33
Len Russell50613.12

Zone 3
Vote%
Norm MacDonald5,83284.62
George Eustace1,06015.38

Zone 5
Vote%
Patty Anne Hill4,30250.62
Chris Jekel3,18537.48
Brian Loader1,01111.90

Zone 7
Vote%
Pam Morse2,05459.84
Ronald Daniel Britten53618.23
Robert Dotten35111.93

Zone 9
Vote%
Lynn Graham5,94583.76
Taylor Wentges1,15316.24

Zone 11
Vote%
Andrew Lam3,77149.32
William Taylor1,26616.56
Susan Miller1,17515.37
Steven Jones3975.19