St. Catharines municipal election, 1997

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The St. Catharines municipal election of 1997 was held to elect a mayor and councillors for the city of St. Catharines, Ontario.

[edit] Results

1997 St. Catharines municipal election, Mayoredit

Candidate	Total votes	% of total votes
Tim Rigby	14,193	42.32
Rick Dykstra	11,181	33.34
Tom Derreck	8,162	24.34
Total valid votes	33,536	100.00

• Tom Derreck has worked as a city clerk in St. Catharines. He has written on the history of slavery in Canada in the journal The Beaver (magazine),[1] and contributed to the movie, "Blacks Fighting the Confederacy"[2].

Results taken from the Hamilton Spectator, 11 November 1997, B9. The final official results were not significantly different.