Case Ootes
| Case Ootes | |
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| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 29 | |
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In office 2000–2010 |
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| Preceded by | New ward |
| Succeeded by | Mary Fragedakis |
| City Councillor for Ward 1 - East York | |
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In office 1998–2000 Serving with Michael Prue |
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| Preceded by | New ward |
| Succeeded by | Ward abolished |
| 8th Deputy Mayor of Toronto | |
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In office 1998–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Vacant seat |
| Succeeded by | Joe Pantalone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1941 (age 75–76) Schagen |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Case Ootes (born 1941) is a former city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for Ward 29 Toronto—Danforth. He represented one of the two Toronto—Danforth wards. He served as deputy mayor of the amalgamated City of Toronto under Mayor Mel Lastman from 1998-2003.
He was born in a village northwest of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and he and his family immigrated to Canada in 1952 when he was eleven. Settling near Renfrew, Ontario, his father worked as a miner and the family lived in a log cabin.
Ootes obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from York University, and served several years as an executive with Imperial Oil. There, he became friends with Dave Johnson, and when Johnson became involved in Tory politics so did Ootes.
In 2005, Ootes was named Executive-in-Residence in the Centre for Financial Services of Seneca College, Newnham Campus. He now serves on the Board of Governors at Seneca.
His brother Jake Ootes is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Northwest Territories.
Johnson was elected mayor of East York, and in 1988, he convinced Ootes to run for city council. In 1992, Ootes retired from Imperial Oil to become a full-time politician. Two years later, he was elected to the council of Metropolitan Toronto.
When Toronto and five suburban municipalities were amalgamated in 1998, he was appointed deputy mayor of the new city of Toronto, and held that position until 2003. In that role, he was widely seen as the second only to the mayor in power and influence. While Lastman relished publicity and spectacle, Ootes worked quietly and effectively to advance the mayor's initiatives, putting together ever-changing council majorities from day to day.
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