Elisabeth Arnold

Elisabeth Arnold
Ottawa City Councillor
In office 1994–2003
Preceded by	Peter Harris
Succeeded by	Diane Holmes
Constituency	Somerset Ward
Personal details
Born	1959 (age 64–65)
Political party	New Democratic Party
Alma mater	Queen's University Simon Fraser University

Elisabeth Arnold (born 1959 in Ottawa) was an Ottawa City Councillor who represented Somerset Ward from 1994 to 2003. One of her accomplishments on council was spearheading the rebuilding of the Plant Recreation Centre.

Arnold graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Geography from Simon Fraser University and a Master's in Urban Planning from Queen's University.

From 1979 to 1984 she was a member of the Canadian national canoe team. From 1986 to 1988 she was the coordinator for Housing Help, which provided help for people in regard to housing needs. From 1989 to 1992 she was the coordinator of the Community Development Program at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre. She also has worked with a number of volunteer groups.

During the 1993 federal election, Arnold was the affirmative action coordinator for the New Democratic Party.

She ran for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1999 provincial election in Ottawa Centre. She won nearly 12,000 votes, 6,000 behind winner Richard Patten of the Liberals.

Arnold is now the Director for the Centre for Sustainable Community Development at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Electoral record

1999 Ontario general election: Ottawa Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Richard Patten	17,956	38.17	−1.09	$ 48,983.01
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Kostuch	15,403	32.74	+9.10	54,104.81
	New Democratic	Elisabeth Arnold	11,977	25.46	−7.77	58,863.46
	Green	Chris Bradshaw	1,231	2.62	+1.39	4,119.65
	Communist	Marvin Glass	174	0.37	−0.37	1,384.26
	Natural Law	Wayne Foster	170	0.36	−0.93	0.00
	Independent	Mistahi Corkill	132	0.28		0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,043	100.0	+65.64	$ 85,987.20
Total rejected ballots			395	0.83	−0.27
Turnout			47,438	52.96	−10.92
Eligible voters			89,570		+99.23
Source(s) "General Election of June 3 1999 — Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 28, 2014. "General Election of June 3 1999 — Statistical Summary". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 28, 2014. "1999 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses – Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 28, 2014.

2000 Ottawa City Council Election: Somerset Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Elisabeth Arnold (X)	6,517	75.77
Olivia Bradley	2,084	24.2

1997 Ottawa City Council Election: Somerset Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Elisabeth Arnold (X)	4,004	78.16
Kris Schimmel	1,119	21.84

1994 Ottawa City Council Election: Somerset Ward
Candidate	Votes	%
Elisabeth Arnold	4,529	50.48
Peter Harris (X)	4,443	49.52