2003 Oakville municipal election
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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 2003 Ontario municipal elections).
Mayoral Race[edit]
Three candidates ran for mayor, with two frontrunners Ann Mulvale, and Rob Burton, getting a combined 98% of the vote.
The close results precipitated a court battle for a recount and presaged a rematch 3 years later that reversed the results the recount upheld.[1]
The election night count gave Mulvale a 12 vote lead over Burton, but concerns over irregularities prompted the Burton campaign to call for a recount.[2] A recount was conducted in March 2004, showing Mulvale had beaten Burton by 28 votes (15,758 to 15,730).[3]
Results[edit]
* denotes incumbent
Town Mayor & Town Council Member (1 of 13) & Regional Councillor (1 of 21)
Results following a recount:[4]
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Mulvale (X) | 15,758 | 49.15 |
| Rob Burton | 15,730 | 49.06 |
| Richard Serra | 574 | 1.79 |
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* | 2,161 | 49% | |
| David DeBelle | 1,220 | 28% | |
| David Young | 762 | 17% | |
| David B. Lee | 227 | 5% | |
| Ward 3 | |||
| F. Keith Bird* | 3,784 | 65% | |
| Frank L. Price | 2,069 | 35% | |
| Ward 4 | |||
| Allan Elgar* | 4,236 | 72% | |
| Mark A. Brown | 1,369 | 23% | |
| Gino Serra | 242 | 4% | |
| Ward 5 | |||
| Jeff Knoll* | 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* | ACCLAIMED | ||
| Ward 2 | |||
| Cathy Duddeck* | 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* | 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% | |
References[edit]
- ↑ "2003 Mayoral Election Official Recount Results". Oakville.ca. Town of Oakville. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Oakville mayor's election challenged". Hamilton Spectator. December 6, 2003. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ↑ Rusk, James (12 March 2004). "Mulvale keeps job in Oakville recount". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "It's Mayor Mulvale by a Nose". Hamilton Spectator. March 12, 2004. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
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