St. Catharines municipal election, 2000

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

[edit] Results

2000 St. Catharines municipal election, Mayoredit
Candidate Total votes  % of total votes
(x)Tim Rigby acclaimed -


2000 St. Catharines municipal election, Councillor, Ward Four (two members elected)edit
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
Total valid votes 6,061 100.00
  • 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]

The results are provided by the City of St. Catharines, and are available here.

[edit] Footnotes

  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, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, accessed 5 November 2006.
  4. ^ M. Zito, "Tower opponents deserve voter support Nov. 13", St. Catharines Standard, 2 November 2006, accessed 5 November 2006.