# 2000 St. Catharines municipal election

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

## Mayor

vte2000 St. Catharines municipal election: Mayor :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| (x)Tim Rigby | acclaimed | - |

## Niagara Regional Council

2000 St. Catharines municipal election: Niagara Regional Councillor (six elected) :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| T. Roy Adams | 17,167 | 15.18 |
| Michael R. Collins | 13,890 | 12.28 |
| Bruce Timms | 13,750 | 12.16 |
| Peter Partington | 13,123 | 11.61 |
| Mark Brickell | 13,015 | 11.51 |
| Brian McMullan | 11,571 | 10.23 |
| Christel Haeck | 10,444 | 9.24 |
| James Wilson | 7,670 | 6.78 |
| Ted Mouradian | 6,544 | 5.79 |
| John E. Kirby | 5,900 | 5.22 |
| Total valid votes | 113,074 | 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. She tried to prevent the merger of Hamilton and St. Catharines power utilities in 2004, and unsuccessfully urged council to ban the cosmetic use of pesticides in January 2006. She was also a prominent opponent of the Port Dalhousie tower complex purchase.

### 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% |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Karen O'Brien, "Taking a hike into the past", Hamilton Spectator, 23 March 1992, B4.
* ↑ Dave Kewley, "St. Kitts hydro plugs into Hamilton", Hamilton Spectator, 9 November 2004, A8.
* ↑ Marlene Bergsma, "Pesticide ban dies as council flip-flops", St. Catharines Standard, 17 January 2006 Archived 6 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, accessed 5 November 2006.
* ↑ M. Zito, "Tower opponents deserve voter support Nov. 13", St. Catharines Standard, 2 November 2006, accessed 5 November 2006.