1966 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1966 municipal election was held October 19, 1966, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 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. The electorate also decided three plebiscite questions.

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The electoral system used was First past the post for the mayoral election and Plurality block voting for the election of councillors and trustees. Voters could cast as many as votes as the members to be elected.

Voter turnout

In this election, 125,084 voters voted, out of 208,716 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 59.9%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
Independent Vincent Dantzer 64,23351.85%
Independent William Hawrelak 54,54444.03%
Independent Alex Latta5,1054.12%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Better Civic Government CommitteeMorris Weinlos60,731Green check.svgY
Independent Ivor Dent 54,380Green check.svgY
Civil Rights Association Julia Kiniski 53,969Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeJohn Leslie Bodie52,805Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeJames Bateman47,229Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeFrank Edwards42,979Green check.svgY
Independent Ed Leger40,750Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeUna Evans39,469Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government Committee Cec Purves 37,607Green check.svgY
Independent Angus McGugan36,115Green check.svgY
Independent Neil Crawford35,846Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeReginald Easton35,353Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeKathleen McCallum35,294
Independent Norbert Berkowitz34,628
Independent James Falconer 34,151
Better Civic Government CommitteeDon Gray31,279
Better Civic Government CommitteeConrad Kosowan28,939
Independent Allan Welsh28,864
Better Civic Government CommitteeBob Evans27,962
Independent Catherine Chichak 25,458
Independent Ron Hayter 24,981
Independent Laurette Douglas24,060
Independent G. A. (Pat) O'Hara23,968
Independent A. Terry Laing23,348
Independent Patrick Ryan23,108
Independent Ken McAuley20,384
Independent Paul Bassett20,129
Better Civic Government CommitteeJack Holmes17,970
Independent L. M. Campbell17,606
Independent Joyce Kurie16,612
Independent Albert Bourcier16,001
Independent Lila Fahlman13,867
Independent Patrick Murphy13,048
Independent John Lakusta12,258
Independent Assad Farrah12,209
Independent Douglas Tomlinson12,174
Independent Harold Oppelt12,127
Civil Rights AssociationErnest Betteridge11,245
Independent Walter (Wally) Brox11,201
Independent Michael English10,860
Independent Joe Tannous9,966
Independent Walter Makowecki9,375
Independent John Peets6,677
Civil Rights AssociationIvar Vanags5,720

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Better Education AssociationEarl Buxton52,500Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationJackson Willis51,938Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationMilton Lazerte50,066Green check.svgY
Quality Education Council Edith Rogers 45,595Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationJohn Bracco44,228Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationWarren Edward (Ted) Smith42,747Green check.svgY
Independent Vernon Johnson34,874Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationLois Campbell31,903
Better Education AssociationMary Johnson28,587
Independent Dorothy Preston18,943
Quality Education CouncilJoseph Boehm16,844
Quality Education CouncilJoan Ennion16,476
Quality Education CouncilJohn Poppitt16,162
Quality Education CouncilAnna Pollock15,544
Independent William Chomyn14,244
Quality Education CouncilJohn Fuga11,260
Independent Laura Tuomi8,867

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Independent George Brosseau17,518Green check.svgY
Independent G. Rene Boileau16,891Green check.svgY
Independent Jean McDonald16,136Green check.svgY
Independent Bernard Feehan15,217Green check.svgY
Independent Bill Diachuk 15,057Green check.svgY
Independent Orest Demco14,580Green check.svgY
Independent Edward Stack14,561Green check.svgY
Independent Bob Neville14,356
Independent Elmar Abele12,615
Independent Harry Carrigan12,434

Plebiscites

Bridge

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2789 to borrow by debentures $5,750,000.00 as the City share of a cross-river bridge and approaches at 72nd Street to arterial standards from 98th Avenue to 101st Avenue, to freeway standards from 101st Avenue to 112th Avenue and to arterial standards from 112th Avenue to 118th Avenue?

  • Yes - 53750
  • No - 24062

Fluoridation of Water

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2889 allowing fluoride for the prevention of tooth decay to be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?

  • Yes - 71618
  • No - 46255

Allowing Events on Sundays

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2886 as authorized by The Alberta Lord's Day Act allowing certain public games, contests or sports at which a fee is charged on Sunday afternoons between the hours of half past one and six o’clock?

  • Yes - 93310
  • No - 25258

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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