1964 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1964 Edmonton municipal election was held October 14, 1964 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.

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This was the first election since 1898 in which all officials were elected in the same year, and marked the introduction of a system whereby elections would be held only every two years. It was also the first election that elected twelve aldermen; previous councils had had only ten aldermen.

The forty-six candidates for alderman were among the most in Edmonton's history.

The election for aldermen was conducted, like that for mayor, at-large city-wide. Thus the ballot for each voter held the names of the 46 candidates for aldermen. (This record for overall number of candidates was surpassed in the 2021 Edmonton municipal election. In 2021, the candidates were divided into twelve districts, and no ballot held more than 12 aldermanic candidates.)

Voter turnout

There were 94,880 ballots cast out of 199,259 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 47.6%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
Independent William Hawrelak 56,32860.12%
Independent George Prudham 37,36539.88%

Aldermen

Councillors were elected through plurality block voting , with each voter able to cast up to 12 votes. For that reason, more than 880,000 votes were cast in this election by the roughly 100,000 voters who cast a ballot.

46 candidates in total

Party slates:

Better Civic Government Committee 11 candidates 5 elected

Civil Rights Association 7 candidates 2 elected

United Voters Association 9 candidates 2 elected

Independents 19 candidates 3 elected

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Better Civic Government CommitteeMorris Weinlos55,827Green check.svgY
Civil Rights Association Julia Kiniski 54,637Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government Committee Ethel Wilson 51,246Green check.svgY
Independent Kenneth Newman49,742Green check.svgY
United Voters Association Ivor Dent 45,276Green check.svgY
Independent John Leslie Bodie43,033Green check.svgY
United Voters AssociationEd Leger38,747Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government Committee Vincent Dantzer 37,421Green check.svgY
Independent Angus McGugan35,322Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeFrank Edwards27,211Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeKathleen McCallum23,023Green check.svgY
Civil Rights AssociationRobert Franklin Lambert21,457Green check.svgY
United Voters AssociationNorbert Berkowitz21,277
Civil Rights AssociationAllan Welsh20,069
Better Civic Government CommitteeM. A. Nugent18,894
United Voters AssociationWilliam Orobko18,519
Better Civic Government CommitteeConrad Korowan18,464
Better Civic Government CommitteeJack Holmes17,358
Civil Rights AssociationK. L. McAuley16,567
Independent P. J. Ryan16,468
Better Civic Government CommitteeG. D. Newcombe16,096
United Voters AssociationIan Nicoll15,376
Better Civic Government CommitteeP. C. C. Marshall15,106
Independent G. A. O'Hara13,481
Independent C. J. Primeau13,034
Independent F. Kurylo12,458
Civil Rights AssociationJoyce Kurie12,417
Independent Jack Kirk12,175
Civil Rights AssociationSol Estrin12,089
Independent L. M. Campbell11,930
United Voters AssociationM. E. English11,772
United Voters AssociationA. Powers11,699
United Voters AssociationPeter Savaryn11,679
United Voters AssociationR. J. Dunseith10,531
Independent D. M. McLeod10,383
Independent L. E. Messier10,089
Independent J. O. A. Peets9,092
Independent R. Doyle8,751
Independent E. E. Aldridge8,403
Independent John Sehn7,620
Independent J. R. Lakusta7,386
Civil Rights AssociationIvar Vanags6,357
Better Civic Government CommitteeIrvin Nessel6,451
Independent W. Makowecki5,282
Independent Jan Motyl5,026
Independent Doug Tomlinson*4,685

Public school trustees

Each voter could cast 7 votes (plurality block voting).

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Better Education AssociationMilton Lazerte37,344Green check.svgY
Quality Education Council Edith Rogers 37,257Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationEarl Buxton36,333Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeVernon Johnson31,047Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government Committee James Falconer 30,482Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationJohn Bracco26,626Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationHerbert Smith25,346Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeErnest Hanna20,741
Better Education AssociationJames Young19,991
Better Education AssociationAlice Jamha19,586
Better Civic Government Committee Cec Purves 16,200
Better Education AssociationGrant Fawcett15,217
Quality Education CouncilDorothy Preston14,532
Quality Education CouncilI. C. Dare13,893
Quality Education CouncilArnold Rapske12,699
Better Civic Government CommitteeR. Byrnes Fleuty12,254
Quality Education CouncilJohn Poppit9,668
Independent William Chomyn7,652
Independent Laura Tuomi7,472
Quality Education CouncilNorman Spratt6,621
Quality Education CouncilArthur Latter6,065

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Independent Orest Demco14,362Green check.svgY
Independent G. R. Boileau13,693Green check.svgY
Independent Jean McDonald12,599Green check.svgY
Independent A. A. Gorman12,518Green check.svgY
Independent Bernard Feehan12,336Green check.svgY
Independent Edward Stack12,091Green check.svgY
Independent Harry Carrigan9,626Green check.svgY
Independent Bill Diachuk 8,936
Independent George Hertz7,713
Independent L. A. Ares6,354

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City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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