2003 Ontario municipal elections

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
According to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, province-wide turnout for municipal elections in 2003 was 40.18% across 408 municipalities. This was down roughly 1%. 574 positions were acclaimed and 28 municipalities reported that their entire councils were acclaimed. In all, there were 5,103 candidates for 2,268 positions.

Here are results of mayoral races in selected cities in the civic elections held on November 10, 2003.

Ajax

 * Steve Parish 10,302
 * Kip Van Kempen 4,192

Aurora

 * Tim Jones 5,597
 * Homer Farsad 3,014

Barrie

 * Rob Hamilton 14,213
 * Patricia B. Copeland 7,901
 * Jim Perri 5,020
 * Jon Vink 395

Belleville

 * Mary-Anne Sills 5,945
 * Neil R. Ellis 5,707
 * Doug Parker 3,256
 * Trueman Tuck 57

Brampton

 * Susan Fennell 34,436
 * Bill Cowie 19,184

Brant

 * Ron Eddy	4,391
 * Steve Comisky	3,590

Brantford

 * Mike Hancock 11,668
 * Chris Friel 11,653
 * Randy Tooke 721

Burlington

 * Rob MacIsaac (acclaimed)

Caledon

 * Marolyn Morrison 4,075
 * Richard Whitehead 3,855
 * Gary Wiles 3,635
 * Anthony Di Somma 1,455

Cambridge

 * Doug Craig 13,005
 * Fatima Pereira 4,142

Chatham–Kent

 * Diane Gagner 16,737
 * Austin Wright 6,033
 * Mary K. Lee 4,817
 * Richard Erickson 4,202
 * Larry Brundritt 1,989
 * William "Bill" Arends 1,472

Clarington

 * John Mutton 16,143
 * Richard Ward 1,824

Cornwall

 * Phil Poirier 7,271
 * Brian Sylvester 6,131
 * Andre Rivette 1,756

Georgina

 * Robert Grossi 6,631
 * Jeffrey Holec 4,441

Greater Sudbury
In a surprisingly active race (Toronto was the only city in the province with more mayoral candidates on the ballot), city councillor David Courtemanche emerged the victor over businessman Paul Marleau to succeed retiring mayor Jim Gordon.

Guelph
In 2003, Guelph was the only major city in the province where both of the leading candidates for mayor were women.


 * Kate Quarrie 16,158
 * Karen Farbridge 12,291
 * Billy Craven 1,156
 * Kurt Krausewitz 423
 * John Ustation 347

Halton Hills

 * Rick Bonnette 5,035
 * John Day 4,022
 * Kathy Gastle 2,206
 * Marilyn Serjeantson 1,423

Haldimand

 * Marie Trainer 7,303
 * Lorraine Bergstrand 6,192
 * Wilfred Marlowe 1,363

Hamilton
See 2003 Hamilton municipal election


 * Larry Di Ianni 70,539
 * David Christopherson 54,298
 * Dick Wildeman 4,462
 * Michael Peters 3,270
 * Tom Murray 2,881
 * Michael J. Baldasaro 2,569
 * Matt Jelly 510

Kawartha Lakes

 * Barbara Kelly 9,748
 * John R. Macklem 7,189
 * Patrick J. O’Reilly 6,882
 * Patrick Dunn 4,585
 * Joe McGuire 4,335

Kingston

 * Harvey Rosen 23,179
 * Isabel Turner 4,550
 * Richard Moller 3,167
 * Dave Meers 2,958
 * Jeffrey P. Lowes 453
 * Joseph R. Barr 263

Kitchener

 * Carl Zehr 23,707
 * Jon Huemiller 4,553
 * Ferenc Kulcsar 739

London

 * Anne Marie DeCicco 48,789
 * Vaughan Minor 37,337
 * Garry Moon 1,871
 * Ivan W. Kasiurak 865
 * Andrew McIlhargey 729
 * Carl Harris 636
 * Frank Burlock 578
 * Linden John Cassina 506
 * Mesbah Eldeeb 388
 * Kenneth Venus 312
 * Peter Schuller 296

Markham

 * Donald Cousens 31,532
 * Bernadette Manning 5,635
 * Sam Orrico 1,941

Milton

 * Gord Krantz 6,238
 * Rick Malboeuf 2,224
 * Al Volpe 701
 * Las Polcz 409
 * Vito Agozzino 369
 * David Lloyd 331

Mississauga
First elected mayor in 1978, Hazel McCallion was easily reelected to her tenth term. As one of the longest serving politicians in the country, Mayor McCallion is well known to Mississaugans.


 * Hazel McCallion 74,719
 * Masood Khan 2,304
 * Charles Coober 1,613
 * Larry J. Mancini 1,478
 * Dyal Chanderpaul 1,419

Newmarket

 * Al Heller 8,645
 * Tom Taylor 4,604
 * David Martin 2,268

Niagara Falls

 * Ted Salci 17,843
 * Wayne Thomson 10,284
 * Darren W. Wood 405
 * John (Ringo) Beam 376

Norfolk
See: 2003 Norfolk County municipal election


 * Rita Kalmbach 12,143
 * Brian Decker 5,158

North Bay

 * Vic Fedeli 13,025
 * Lynne Bennett 3,147
 * Tim Wright 686
 * Jeff Marceau 508

Oakville
Incumbent Ann Mulvale's narrow defeat of development skeptic Rob Burton had to be confirmed later in a judicial recount.


 * Ann Mulvale 15,728
 * Rob Burton 15,716
 * Richard Serra 573

Oshawa
Incumbent mayor Nancy Diamond was defeated by challenger John Gray in a race that also hinged on economic and urban development; Gray was the pro-development candidate.


 * John Gray 14,921
 * Michael Clarke 7,333
 * Nancy Diamond 5,871
 * Ed Kowalczyk 1,827
 * Darlene Hovland 229

Ottawa
Incumbent Bob Chiarelli was reelected after facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from Terry Kilrea.


 * Bob Chiarelli 104,595
 * Terry Kilrea 66,634
 * Ike Awgu 5,394
 * Ron Burke 2,698
 * John A. Bell 2,027
 * Donna Upson 1,312
 * Paula Nemchin 1,191
 * John Turmel 1,166

Peterborough

 * Sylvia Sutherland 11,194
 * Douglas Peacock 10,522
 * D. Paul Ayotte 5,155
 * Margaree Edwards 1,326

Pickering

 * Dave Ryan 10,426
 * Doug Dickerson 7,456

Quinte West

 * Bob Campney	 	4,611
 * Terry R. F. Cassidy	 	3,051
 * Bill Armstrong	 	2,801
 * Claude Rolland du-Lude	 	118

Richmond Hill

 * William F. Bell 14,405
 * William C. Lazenby 7,818
 * Sonny Khan 1,116

Sarnia

 * Mike Bradley 13,707
 * Rose-Ann Nathan 5,716
 * Tom Hurst    623
 * Carlos Murray    330
 * Hermann Martens   198

Sault Ste. Marie

 * John Rowswell 11,713
 * Peter Vaudry 8,579
 * Patricia Jennings 7,000
 * Gary Bedryk 812

St. Catharines
See: 2003 St. Catharines municipal election


 * Tim Rigby 9,558
 * Wendy Patriquin 9,504
 * Rondi Craig 9,189
 * Mark Klimchuk 1,166
 * Burt Koiter 415
 * Boris Petrovici 212

St. Thomas

 * Jeff Kohler 5,876
 * Joanne Brooks 3,596
 * John R. Heaslip 587

Thunder Bay

 * Lynn Peterson  26,572
 * Frank Pullia 13,690
 * Orville Santa 3,767
 * Don Slobojan 3,602
 * (Mike) Marvin McMenemy 330

Timmins
Victor M. Power, Mayor of Timmins for 17 of the 20 years from 1980 to 2000, who did not stand in the 2000 municipal election, came out of retirement and was returned against one-term incumbent and the first female mayor of Timmins Jamie Lim.


 * Victor M. Power 11,792
 * Jamie Lim 6,653

Toronto
David Miller was elected mayor defeating John Tory, Barbara Hall and John Nunziata. See also: 2003 Toronto municipal election Results of 2003 Toronto election

Vaughan

 * Michael Di Biase 26,113
 * Robert Craig 15,351

Waterloo

 * Herb Epp 11,388
 * Lynne Woolstencroft 5,706
 * Morty Taylor 5,699
 * Ben Brown 337

Welland

 * Damian Goulbourne 7,554
 * Cindy Forster 5,312
 * Philip Bradley 2,036
 * Dick Reuter 1,892
 * John Watt 473
 * Frank Garofalo 378

Whitby

 * Marcel Brunelle 11,548
 * Judy Griffiths 3,052

Windsor

 * Eddie Francis 39,042
 * Bill Marra 31,517
 * Ernie Lamont 2,484

Woodstock

 * Michael Harding 4,789
 * Sandra J. Talbot 3,520