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2003 Greater Sudbury municipal election

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81:, the preceding city council – the first to govern the amalgamated city – had struggled to pull the new city together, with soaring costs and deterioration of public services that had not been foreseen by the provincial government when the amalgamation was legislated. Voter anger was directed primarily at the provincial government of 93:
When the current city of Greater Sudbury was created in 2001, the city was divided into six wards, each of which was represented by two councillors. This structure was controversial, as some voters felt that the division of responsibility among councillors was vague and ill-defined – it could, for
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Incumbent mayor Jim Gordon did not run for reelection in 2003. As a result of his retirement, the mayoral race attracted an unexpectedly large field of 14 candidates. This was the second largest slate of mayoral candidates of any Ontario city in this election cycle –
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In 2005, the city council adopted a new ward structure, in which the city would now be divided into twelve wards with a single councillor per ward. The new ward structure was implemented for the first time in the
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rather than the city council, although the council was criticized for some of the budgeting decisions it made, such as closing many municipally-owned recreational facilities.
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was the only city in the province with more candidates for mayor. The race was generally perceived, however, to have two leading candidates:
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of 2001. Prior to 1 January 2001, the current city of Greater Sudbury consisted of seven separate municipalities, together comprising the
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example, be unclear which of the two ward councillors to approach in regards to a political issue.
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on 10 November 2003. All municipal elections in the province of
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The primary issue in the 2003 elections was the municipal
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Greater Sudbury
Ontario
Canada
Ontario
2003 Ontario municipal elections
mayor
city councillors
Greater Sudbury City Council
amalgamation
Regional Municipality of Sudbury
Jim Gordon
Mike Harris
2006 municipal election
Toronto
David Courtemanche
Diane Marleau
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2003 Greater Sudbury municipal election
Mayor of Greater Sudbury
David Courtemanche
Joe Cimino
Claude Gravelle
Maurice Lamoureux
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Elections in Greater Sudbury
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