2000 St. Catharines municipal election

The St. Catharines municipal election of 2000 was held to elect a mayor and councillors for the city of St. Catharines, Ontario.

2000 St. Catharines municipal election

← 1997 November 13, 2000 2003 →

The Ward boundaries for the 2000 Election. The Mayor and regional councillors are elected across the city, Councillors in their respective wards.

Mayor before election

Tim Rigby

Elected mayor

Tim Rigby

Mayor

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2000 St. Catharines municipal election: Mayor
Candidate Votes %
(x)Tim Rigby acclaimed -
2000 St. Catharines municipal election: Niagara Regional Councillor (six elected)
Candidate Votes %
T. Roy Adams 17,167 15.18
Michael R. Collins 13,890 12.28
Bruce Timms 13,750 12.16
Peter Partington 13,123 11.61
Mark Brickell 13,015 11.51
Brian McMullan 11,571 10.23
Christel Haeck 10,444 9.24
James Wilson 7,670 6.78
Ted Mouradian 6,544 5.79
John E. Kirby 5,900 5.22
Total valid votes 113,074 100.00

Electors could vote for six candidates.
Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.

Ward 1 - Merriton

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Candidate Total votes % of total votes
James Almas 2,589 37.17%
Wendy Patriquin 2,060 29.57%
Jennifer Stevens 1,711 24.56%
George Goff 606 8.70%

Ward 2 - St. Andrew's

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Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Joseph Kushner 2,802 34.30%
Judy Casselman 2,201 26.94%
Joseph Cosby 1,568 19.19%
Doug Greenaway 977 11.96%
Phil MacKinnon 318 3.89%
Rob Gilmour 303 3.71%

Ward 3 - St. George's

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Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Greg Washuta 2,491 35.82%
Rondi Craig 2,195 31.56%
Marie Poirier 1,329 19.11%
Doug Hobbs 940 13.52%

Ward 4 - St. Patrick's

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Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Carol Disher 1,838 30.33%
Ronna Katzman 1,838 30.33%
John A. Davis 1,249 20.61%
Frank Hampson 1,136 18.74%
  • Carol Disher was elected to council in 1997, 2000 and 2003. She was president of the Niagara Bruce Trail Club in the early 1990s.[1] She tried to prevent the merger of Hamilton and St. Catharines power utilities in 2004,[2] and unsuccessfully urged council to ban the cosmetic use of pesticides in January 2006.[3] She was also a prominent opponent of the Port Dalhousie tower complex purchase.[4]

Ward 5 - Grantham

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Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Dawn Dodge 2,873 29.10%
Brian Heit 2,566 25.99%
Brian Dorsey 2,403 24.34%
Clarice West-Hobbs 1,394 14.12%
Dan Antonides 637 6.45%

Ward 6 - Port Dalhousie

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Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Bruce Williamson 2,592 26.57%
Sue Erskine 2,237 22.93%
Norm St. George 1,530 15.68%
Erick R. Roberts 1,362 13.96%
Morton Sider 1,335 13.68%
Henry Bosch 701 7.18%

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Karen O'Brien, "Taking a hike into the past", Hamilton Spectator, 23 March 1992, B4.
  2. ^ Dave Kewley, "St. Kitts hydro plugs into Hamilton", Hamilton Spectator, 9 November 2004, A8.
  3. ^ Marlene Bergsma, "Pesticide ban dies as council flip-flops", St. Catharines Standard, 17 January 2006 Archived 6 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, accessed 5 November 2006.
  4. ^ M. Zito, "Tower opponents deserve voter support Nov. 13", St. Catharines Standard, 2 November 2006[permanent dead link], accessed 5 November 2006.