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 by municipality

Chiarelli only won three of the region's 11 municipalities, but won the two largest, Ottawa and Nepean.
MunicipalityChiarelliClarkTurmel
Cumberland3,3726,149268
Gloucester8,72911,874614
Goulbourn3,1223,380142
Kanata6,0766,683296
Nepean16,46012,153492
Osgoode2,4532,753156
Ottawa36,20029,9111,726
Rideau1,9981,86888
Rockcliffe Park1782283
Vanier1,2951,882202
[West Carleton Ward|Carleton Township|West Carleton]2,2822,526141

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'''

West Carleton">West 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