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. – former vice-governor of Hokkaido, age 58. – lawyer and former representative, age 59. – president of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly and later mayor of Shinhidaka, Hokkaido, age 58. – chairman of the Hokkaido Teachers Association, age 64. – ex-director of the Hokkaido Finance Bureau, age 58. – unemployed and later 2009 town council candidate at Yūbetsu, Hokkaido, age 44. – agronomist and 1991 Hokkaido gubernatorial election candidate, age 72.
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