The 1997 Ontario municipal elections were led in all municipalities across the

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of Ontario on November 10, 1997, to elect mayors and reeves, councillors, and school trustees. There were also referendum questions in some municipalities. The most closely watched contest was in the newly amalgamated city of Toronto, where Mel Lastman narrowly defeated Barbara Hall to win the mayoralty. In other results,

Hazel McCallion Hazel McCallion, (; born February 14, 1921) is a Canadian businesswoman and retired politician who served as the fifth mayor of Mississauga, Ontario, from 1978 until 2014. She is the first and current chancellor of Sheridan College. McCallion ...

was re-elected in

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Bob Morrow Robert Maxwell Morrow (August 9, 1946 – February 4, 2018) was a Canadian politician who served as 52nd mayor of Hamilton from 1982 to 2000. He was the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. Political career Born in Hamilton, Morrow fi ...

was returned in

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, and Dianne Haskett was elected in London.Murray Campbell and Susan Delacourt, "Ontario Municipal Elections," ''Globe and Mail'', 11 November 1997, A1.

Elected mayors

* Ajax: Steve Parish * Barrie: Janice Laking * Brampton: Peter Robertson * Brantford: Chris Friel (

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) *

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* Cambridge:

Jane Brewer Jane Brewer (1924-2017) was a Canadian politician and a former mayor of the city of Cambridge, Ontario. Brewer was born April 15, 1924, to Jack and Clara Davison. Her political career began in 1978 when she was elected a ward alderman. She went o ...

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Clarington Clarington (2021 population 101,427) is a lower-tier municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, Canada. It was incorporated in 1973 as the town of Newcastle with the merging of the town of Bowmanville, the Village of Newcastl ...

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* Cornwall:

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* Gloucester:

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(

) * Guelph: Joe Young (

) * Halton Hills: Marilyn Serjeantson *

(

) * Kanata:

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(

) *

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

: Gary Bennett *

Kitchener Kitchener may refer to: People * Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ** Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener ** Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...

Carl Zehr Carl Zehr (born ) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was the mayor of Kitchener, Ontario from 1997 to 2014. Prior to that he was a city councillor from 1985 to 1994. As of 2014, he was the longest-serving mayor in Kitchener. He was a mem ...

* London: Dianne Haskett *

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* Nepean:

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(

) * Newmarket:

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* Niagara Falls:

Wayne Thomson Wayne Thomson is a Canadian politician who previously served as the mayor of Niagara Falls.

* North Bay:

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* Oakville:

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Nancy Diamond Nancy Diamond (1941 – February 12, 2017) was a municipal politician in Ontario, Canada, who served as mayor of Oshawa from 1991 to 2003.

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: Jim Watson (

) * Peterborough:

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: Wayne Arthurs * Richmond Hill: Bill Bell * Sarnia: Mike Bradley *

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: Steve Butland *

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: Tim Rigby (

) * Stoney Creek:

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: Jim Gordon (

) * Thunder Bay:

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* Timmins:

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* Toronto: Mel Lastman (

) * Vaughan:

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* Welland: Dick Reuter * Whitby:

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* Windsor: Mike Hurst (

)

Elected regional chairs

* Hamilton–Wentworth:

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* Ottawa–Carleton: Bob Chiarelli (

) *

: Peter Wong *

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Results

Lakefield

''Source: Bill Hodgins, "Battle on for Lakefield pair," ''Peterborough Examiner'', 6 November 2000, B3.''

References

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