2003 Hokkaido gubernatorial election (13 April 2003)

A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.

Candidates

Harumi Takahashi – former director of Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, age 49.
Yoshio Hachiro – member of the House of Representatives, age 55.
Ken'ichi Isoda – former vice-governor of Hokkaido, age 58.
Hideko Itō – lawyer and former representative, age 59.
Yoshihide Sakai (酒井芳秀, Sakai Yoshihide) – president of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly and later mayor of Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, age 58.
Shunroku Wakayama (若山俊六, Wakayama Shunroku) – chairman of the Hokkaido Teachers Association, age 64.
Norimasa Ueno (上野憲正, Ueno Norimasa) – ex-director of the Hokkaido Finance Bureau, age 58.
Tokuo Yamada (山田得生, Yamada Tokuo) – unemployed and later 2009 town council candidate at Yūbetsu, Hokkaido, age 44.
Toshio Tsuzuki – agronomist and 1991 Hokkaido gubernatorial election candidate, age 72.

A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.

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