2000 St. Catharines municipal election explained

Election Name:	2000 St. Catharines municipal election
Country:	Canada
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 St. Catharines municipal election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2003 St. Catharines municipal election
Next Year:	2003
Election Date:	November 13, 2000
Map Size:	300px
Mayor
Before Election:	Tim Rigby
After Election:	Tim Rigby

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

Niagara Regional Council

|-| align="left" | T. Roy Adams| align="right" | 17,167| align="right" | 15.18|-| align="left" | Michael R. Collins| align="right" | 13,890| align="right" | 12.28|-| align="left" | Bruce Timms| align="right" | 13,750| align="right" | 12.16|-| align="left" | Peter Partington| align="right" | 13,123| align="right" | 11.61|-| align="left" | Mark Brickell| align="right" | 13,015| align="right" | 11.51|-| align="left" | Brian McMullan| align="right" | 11,571| align="right" | 10.23|-| align="left" | Christel Haeck| align="right" | 10,444| align="right" | 9.24|-| align="left" | James Wilson| align="right" | 7,670| align="right" | 6.78|-| align="left" | Ted Mouradian| align="right" | 6,544| align="right" | 5.79|-| align="left" | John E. Kirby| align="right" | 5,900| align="right" | 5.22|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"! align="left" | Total valid votes! align="right" | 113,074! align="right" | 100.00

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

St. Catharines City Council

Ward 1 - Merriton

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

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

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

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

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

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%

Notes and References

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. http://www.waterkeeper.ca/content/fish/pesticide_ban_dies_as_council.php Marlene Bergsma, "Pesticide ban dies as council flip-flops", St. Catharines Standard, 17 January 2006
4. http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=256315&catname=Letters%20to%20the%20Editor&classif= M. Zito, "Tower opponents deserve voter support Nov. 13", St. Catharines Standard, 2 November 2006