A gubernatorial election was held on 13 April 2003 to elect the Governor of Hokkaido Prefecture.
2003 Hokkaido gubernatorial election|
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| Turnout | 61.81% |
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- 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 [ja] – former vice-governor of Hokkaido, age 58.
- Hideko Itō [ja] – 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.[1]
- 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.[2]
- Toshio Tsuzuki [ja] – agronomist and 1991 Hokkaido gubernatorial election candidate, age 72.
