Oakville municipal election, 2003
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The 2003 Oakville municipal elections took place on 10 November 2003, to elect a Regional Government chair and a Town mayor and 6 Town Councillors and 6 Town and Regional Councillors in Oakville, Canada.
Oakville elects two councillors from each of six wards to its Town Council for a total of 13, including the Mayor. Each ward elects one of its two councillors to serve also on the 21 member Council of the Regional Government of the Municipality of Halton. The Mayor of Oakville is a voting member of both Councils. The other members of the Halton Council come from Burlington (7), Milton (3) and Halton Hills (3), plus the directly elected at large Chair of the Region.
In addition, school trustees were elected to the Halton District Public School Board, Halton District Catholic School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud. These elections ran in conjunction with those in all other municipalities across the province of Ontario
(see Ontario municipal elections, 2003
).
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The close results precipitated a court battle for a recount and presaged a rematch 3 years later that reversed the results the recount upheld.http://www.oakville.ca/2003recount.htm
Town Mayor & Town Council Member (1 of 13) & Regional Councillor (1 of 21)
Town (6 of 13) & Regional Councils (6 of 21)
Town Council - (6 of 13)
Oakville elects two councillors from each of six wards to its Town Council for a total of 13, including the Mayor. Each ward elects one of its two councillors to serve also on the 21 member Council of the Regional Government of the Municipality of Halton. The Mayor of Oakville is a voting member of both Councils. The other members of the Halton Council come from Burlington (7), Milton (3) and Halton Hills (3), plus the directly elected at large Chair of the Region.
In addition, school trustees were elected to the Halton District Public School Board, Halton District Catholic School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud. These elections ran in conjunction with those in all other municipalities across the province of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
(see Ontario municipal elections, 2003
Ontario municipal elections, 2003
In the 2003 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in Ontario, Canada, elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities.-Results of election:...
).
__FORCETOC__
The close results precipitated a court battle for a recount and presaged a rematch 3 years later that reversed the results the recount upheld.http://www.oakville.ca/2003recount.htm
Town Mayor & Town Council Member (1 of 13) & Regional Councillor (1 of 21)
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Burton Rob Burton Rob Burton is the mayor of Oakville, Ontario, in Canada. He was elected in the municipal elections of 2006, having very narrowly lost the 2003 elections to Ann Mulvale. He was re-elected to office in the 2010 municipal elections.-External links:* * *... |
15,716 | 49.1% |
| Ann Mulvale Ann Mulvale Ann Mulvale is a Canadian politician. She served as mayor of Oakville, Ontario for 18 years, from 1988 to 2006. Mulvale is currently a candidate in the 2010 mayoral race in Oakville, running against incumbent, Rob Burton.-Mayor of Oakville:... (X) |
15,728 | 49.2% |
| Richard Serra | 573 | 1.7% |
Town (6 of 13) & Regional Councils (6 of 21)
| Candidate | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward 1 | |||
| Mike Lansdown | 1,837 | 43% | |
| John Young | 1,138 | 26% | |
| Drew Currah | 948 | 22% | |
| Ed Malone | 419 | 10% | |
| Ward 2 | |||
| Fred Oliver (X) | 2,161 | 49% | |
| David DeBelle | 1,220 | 28% | |
| David Young | 762 | 17% | |
| David B. Lee | 227 | 5% | |
| Ward 3 | |||
| F. Keith Bird (X) | 3,784 | 65% | |
| Frank L. Price | 2,069 | 35% | |
| Ward 4 | |||
| Al Elgar (X) | 4,236 | 72% | |
| Mark A. Brown | 1,369 | 23% | |
| Gino Serra | 242 | 4% | |
| Ward 5 | |||
| Jeff Knoll (X) | 3,596 | 62% | |
| Janice Caster | 2,208 | 38% | |
| Ward 6 | |||
| Janice Wright (was Town Councillor) | 2,193 | 57% | |
| Darla D. W. Campbell | 989 | 26% | |
| Maria Robinson | 666 | 17% | |
Town Council - (6 of 13)
| Candidate | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ward 1 | |||
| Ralph Robinson (X) | ACCLAIMED | ||
| Ward 2 | |||
| Cathy Duddeck (X) | 1,595 | 36% | |
| Pam Damoff | 1,438 | 32% | |
| David McGee | 1,000 | 22% | |
| Blake Taylor | 419 | 9% | |
| Ward 3 | |||
| Chris Stoate | 3,291 | 57% | |
| Tedd Smith | 2,467 | 43% | |
| Ward 4 | |||
| Renee Sandelowski | 3,158 | 55% | |
| Jeff Gareau | 1,480 | 26% | |
| Annette Kirk | 618 | 11% | |
| Sean M. Kerner | 281 | 5% | |
| Amy Maurer | 156 | 3% | |
| Ward 5 | |||
| Marc Grant (X) | 1,495 | 27% | |
| Brian Hopkins | 1,071 | 20% | |
| Mah-mood Khan | 852 | 16% | |
| Bruce Callan | 712 | 13% | |
| Robert M. Wagner | 549 | 10% | |
| Carel Schoch | 531 | 10% | |
| Del McIntee | 227 | 4% | |
| Ward 6 | |||
| Tom Adams | 1,963 | 52% | |
| Vicky Henderson | 1,620 | 43% | |
| Monique Ling | 619 | 3% | |
| Pierre Sauvageot | 72 | 2% | |