2003 Ottawa municipal election

The 2003 Ottawa municipal election was a municipal election that was held in Ottawa to elect the city's mayor, City Council, and school trustees for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The vote was held on November 10, 2003. The elections were held simultaneously with most other municipalities in Ontario.

2003 Ottawa mayoral election
November 10, 2003 (2003-11-10)
 
Nominee Bob Chiarelli Terry Kilrea
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 104,595 66,634
Percentage 56.53% 36.02%
Popular vote results by Ward
Mayor before election

Bob Chiarelli

 Elected Mayor

Bob Chiarelli

The mayoral election was won by popular incumbent and former Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament Bob Chiarelli. His main competition was that of right-wing candidate Terry Kilrea.

Issues

The main issues of the race were a controversial Smoking ban, the expansion of the O-Train (Ottawa's light rail system), official bilingualism and the recent amalgamation. Chiarelli was in favour of the smoking ban, which had been implemented by the last city council. The ban was on smoking in all public places, which angered many bar and restaurant owners. Kilrea was against the smoking ban. He was also against putting money into expanding the O-Train, and official bilingualism in the city.

Controversy

One of the prominent fringe candidates for mayor was associated with white supremacist support. Donna Upson received contributions from the Ku Klux Klan,[1] and she voiced support for racial segregation. She has also set up a Canadian branch of the National Socialist Movement.[1][2] She finished in sixth place with 1,312 votes (0.71%).

Turnout

Turnout for the election was low, at 33%. The highest turnouts were in the rural areas, specifically in Goulbourn, Rideau and the highest West Carleton (45%). The lowest turnout was in Somerset Ward at 25% turnout.

Results for mayor
2003 Ottawa municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes%±%
IndependentBob Chiarelli104,59556.53+0.21
IndependentTerry Kilrea66,63436.02-
IndependentIke Awgu5,3942.92-
IndependentRon Burke2,6981.46-
IndependentJohn A. Bell2,0271.10-
IndependentDonna Upson1,3120.71-
IndependentPaula Nemchin1,1910.64+0.36
IndependentJohn Turmel1,1660.63+0.36
Total valid votes 185,017

Chiarelli won all but three wards and had his most strength in the city core region. Kilrea won three wards, all in the rural south and west.

Council results
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.

No incumbents lost any races, and only two councillors had a decrease in the popular vote percentage from the 2000 election.

Orléans Ward

  1. Herb Kreling 7,182 (72.89%) (+31.93%)
  2. Louise Malloy 2,671 (27.11%)

Innes Ward

  1. Rainer Bloess 5,925 (59.26%) (+7.25%)
  2. J.-F. Claude 4,073 (40.74%)

Bell-South Nepean Ward

  1. Jan Harder 11,678 (86.75%) (+25.86%)
  2. John R. Palmer 1,784 (13.25%)

Kanata Ward

  1. Peggy Feltmate 12,260 (70.58%)
  2. Richard Rutkowski 4,166 (23.98%)
  3. Donald Leafloor 561 (3.23%)
  4. Grant Johnston 384 (2.21%)

West Carleton Ward

  1. Eli El-Chantiry 2,738 (44.61%)
  2. Adele Muldoon 2,709 (44.14%)
  3. Daryl W. Craig 480 (7.82%)
  4. Jim Jenkins 210 (3.42%)

Goulbourn Ward

  1. Janet Stavinga 5,076 (64.15%) (+19.14%)
  2. Michael P. O'Rourke 2,837 (35.85%)

Bay Ward

  1. Alex Cullen 6,713 (56.74%) (+8.72%)
  2. John Blatherwick 4,477 (37.84%)
  3. Don Rivington 394 (3.33%)
  4. Didar Mohamed 248 (2.10%)

Baseline Ward

  1. Rick Chiarelli (acclaimed)

Knoxdale-Merivale Ward

  1. Gord Hunter 7,029 (84.79%) (+13.17%)
  2. Phillip Unhola 637 (7.68%)
  3. Al Speyers 624 (7.53%) (-20.85%)

Gloucester-Southgate Ward

  1. Diane Deans 6,166 (59.34%) (+10.64%)
  2. Harold G. Keenan 3,917 (37.70%)
  3. David Lamothe 308 (2.96%)

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward

  1. Michel Bellemare 4,613 (61.04%) (+3.17%)
  2. Frank Reid 2,812 (37.21%)
  3. Osman Abdi 132 (1.75%)

Rideau-Vanier Ward

  1. Georges Bédard 3,631 (41.52%)
  2. Bruce McConville 2,355 (26.93%)
  3. Angela Rickman 1,829 (20.91%)
  4. Giacomo Vigna 582 (6.66%)
  5. Abdillahi Omar Bouh 211 (2.41%)
  6. Natasha Duckworth 137 (1.57%)

Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward

  1. Jacques Legendre 6,070 (79.17%) (+15.29%)
  2. James Parker 934 (12.18%)
  3. Michel Binda 663 (8.65%)

Somerset Ward

  1. Diane Holmes 4,105 (61.62%)
  2. Dawn Pickering 1,195 (17.94%)
  3. David MacDonald 567 (8.51%)
  4. William A. Ostapyk 366 (5.49%)
  5. Steve Sweeney 189 (2.84%)
  6. Sotos Petrides 132 (1.98%)
  7. Bill Driver 55 (0.83%)
  8. Mike Jung 53 (0.80%)

Kitchissippi Ward

  1. Shawn Little 2,907 (27.12%) (-19.92%)
  2. Kris Klein 2,330 (21.74%)
  3. Gary Ludington 2,217 (20.68%)
  4. Linda Davis 1,540 (14.37%) (-26.07%)
  5. Daniel Stringer 1,058 (9.87%)
  6. David McConnell 625 (5.83%)
  7. Les Gangé 42 (0.39%)

River Ward

  1. Maria McRae 5,600 (63.11%)
  2. Todd Mattila-Hartman 1,654 (18.64%)
  3. Richard Smith 1,619 (18.25%)

Capital Ward

  1. Clive Doucet 5,785 (80.06%) (+9.67%)
  2. C.R.L. Erickson 1,024 (14.17%)
  3. Mike Salmon 417 (5.77%)

Alta Vista Ward

  1. Peter Hume (acclaimed)

Cumberland Ward

  1. Rob Jellett 2,957 (54.37%)
  2. Garry Lowe 1,871 (34.40%)
  3. Pierre E. Doucette 552 (10.15%)
  4. David Whissell 59 (1.08%)

Osgoode Ward

  1. Doug Thompson (acclaimed)

Rideau Ward

  1. Glenn Brooks 2,765 (62.68%) (-2.42%)
  2. Paul Paton 1,646 (37.32%)

School trustee races

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Trustees
Zone 1
Candidate Votes %
Lynn Scott (X)9,14368.56
Marco D'Angelo4,19231.44
Zone 2
Candidate Votes %
Jim Libbey (X)7,52465.44
Mark Williams3,97434.56
Zone 3
Candidate Votes %
Norm MacDonald (X)4,54958.16
Sean Casey2,63433.67
David Burkitt6398.17
Zone 4
Candidate Votes %
Margaret Lange (X)5,32466.17
George Dawson2,72233.83
Zone 5
Candidate Votes %
Alex Getty6,00951.90
Myrna Laurenceson (X)5,57048.10
Zone 6
Candidate Votes %
Bronwyn Funiciello4,96953.62
Russ Jackson (X)4,29846.38
Zone 7
Candidate Votes %
Greg Laws4,14650.80
Tom Connolly4,01649.20
Zone 8 (Wards 1, 19)
Candidate Votes %
Sheryl MacDonald (X) Acclaimed
Zone 9
Candidate Votes %
Lynn Graham (X) Acclaimed
Zone 10
Candidate Votes %
Joan Spice (X) Acclaimed
Zone 11
Candidate Votes %
Riley Brockington2,27441.22
Marita Moll1,89434.33
Patty Anne Hill1,34924.45
Zone 12
Candidate Votes %
David Moen (X) Acclaimed

Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board Trustees
Zone 1
Candidate Votes %
John Curry (X)2,94566.39
David Burke1,49133.61
Zone 2
Candidate Votes %
Arthur J. M. Lamarche (X) Acclaimed
Zone 3
Candidate Votes %
Des Curley (X) Acclaimed
Zone 4
Candidate Votes %
June Flynn-Turner (X)2,58867.22
Angelo Filoso1,26232.78
Zone 5
Candidate Votes %
Jacqueline Legendre-McGuinty (X) Acclaimed
Zone 6
Candidate Votes %
Gord Butler (X)2,30955.68
John Chiarelli1,83844.32
Zone 7
Candidate Votes %
Betty-Ann Kealey (X)2,92576.33
Joseph Paul90723.67
Zone 8
Candidate Votes %
Mark Mullan (X)2,55559.56
Pat Bowie1,73540.44
Zone 9
Candidate Votes %
Kathy Ablett (X) Acclaimed
Zone 10
Candidate Votes %
Thérèse Maloney Cousineau (X) Acclaimed

Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est Trustees
Zone 4
Candidate Votes %
Marie Biron (X) Acclaimed
Zone 5
Candidate Votes %
Jocelyn Bourdon Acclaimed
Zone 6
Candidate Votes %
Diane Doré1,86257.77
Diane Lemieux-Trudel (X)95629.66
Jean-Jacques Desgranges40512.57
Zone 7
Candidate Votes %
Monique Briand (X) Acclaimed
Zone 8
Candidate Votes %
Lise Cloutier (X) Acclaimed
Zone 9
Candidate Votes %
Madelaine Chevalier (X) Acclaimed
Zone 10
Candidate Votes %
Robert Tremblay Acclaimed
Zone 11
Candidate Votes %
Brian Beauchamp Acclaimed

Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario Trustees
Zone 6
Candidate Votes %
Louise Panneton (X)69484.63
Jama Y. Khabar12615.37
Zone 7
Candidate Votes %
Jean-Philippe Caron (X) Acclaimed
Zone 8
Candidate Votes %
Chantal Lecours76057.84
Denis M. Chartrand (X)51539.19
Mohamed Meigag392.97
Zone 9
Candidate Votes %
Marielle Godbout (X)66980.41
Said Hussein16319.59
Zone 10
Candidate Votes %
Susan R. Copeland (X)74371.65
Abdurahman H. Ali29428.35
Zone 11
Candidate Votes %
Jean-Paul Lafond (X)75476.08
Ahmed Muse23723.92
Zone 12 (Wards 3-9, 21-23)
Candidate Votes %
Bernard Bareilhe48364.40
Samira Mohamed Dirié26735.60

Information on the candidates

References
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