1971 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1971 municipal election was held October 13, 1971 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 in which a ward system was used. Where previously all twelve aldermen were elected at large, beginning with this election three would be elected from each of four wards. (Starting with the 1980 election, this was changed to two aldermen being elected from each of six wards). The election was conducted under the block voting system in which each voter was given as many votes as there were vacancies.

School board trustees were elected at-large no wards used.

The mayor was elected through first-past-the-post voting. All others were elected through plurality block voting.

Voter turnout

In this election, 101,235 ballots cast out of 273,271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 37.1%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
Independent Ivor Dent 60,94862.20%
Independent Julian Kinisky27,27027.83%
Independent Jack Holmes9,7779.98%

Aldermen

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4
PartyCandidateVotesPartyCandidateVotesPartyCandidateVotesPartyCandidateVotes
Ind. Kenneth Newman13,934 Ind. Cec Purves 10,879 Ind. Ed Leger6,688 Ind. Una Evans11,574
Ind. Dudley Menzies 13,663 Ind. David Ward 9,244 Ind. Ron Hayter 5,709 Ind. Terry Cavanagh 8,776
Ind. Ches Tanner10,960 Ind. Alex Fallow8,188 Ind. William McLean5,454 Ind. Buck Olsen7,550
Ind. Morris Weinlos10,053 Ind. Laurence Decore 7,899 Ind. Sam Agronin4,735 Ind. William Boytzun7,272
Ind. I. Gliener7,465 Ind. Thomas Baker7,565 Ind. Allan McTavish4,202 Ind. Roy Jamha5,449
Ind. Terry Laing6,752 Ind. Cecil Rhodes3,498 Ind. Irene Domecki3,417 Ind. Natalka Faryna3,894
Ind. Bob Bothwell5,332 Ind. Eric Reilly3,482 Ind. Joe Donahue2,873 Ind. Allan Welsh3,755
Ind. John Ludwig4,043 Ind. Percy Wickman 3,277 Ind. John Kloster2,772 Ind. Harold Oppelt3,670
Ind. Joseph Bugis3,111 Ind. Jane Weaver3,241 Ind. Rory Nugent2,214 Ind. Alex Muunzel3,330
Ind. George Luck2,950 Ind. Victor Sedo2,432 Ind. R. C. Squair2,142 Ind. Ken McAuley3,143
Ind. Maureen Wanczura2,491 Ind. Paul Fuog1,647 Ind. Gerhard Volkmann2,008 Ind. Douglas Tomlinson2,987
Ind. Ernest McCormack2,003 Ind. Stephen Corby2,802
Ind. J. A. Robinson1,780 Ind. John Lakusta2,167
Ind. Bernard Mazurewicz1,433 Ind. Lori Phillips1,877
Ind. Clarence Bolton1,209 Ind. Gerald Lorente1,577
Ind. Ennio Gentili1,154 Ind. Frances Kelemen1,563
Ind. Ruby Lyons860 Ind. Fred Haidner737
Ind. Arthur Shaw636

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Independent Edith Rogers 22,170Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationLois Campbell21,786Green check.svgY
Independent James Falconer 19,412Green check.svgY
Independent John Paterson18,820Green check.svgY
Independent Vernon Johnson17,003Green check.svgY
Independent Donald Kennedy16,752Green check.svgY
Independent Richard Jamieson 14,166Green check.svgY
Independent John Chalmers13,373
Better Education AssociationMurray Campbell13,069
Independent Howard Clifford12,626
Independent Fred Miller12,313
Independent A A Aldridge11,555
Independent Robert Bauer11,554
Independent Roy Le Riche11,380
Better Education AssociationRobert McAlpine10,969
Better Education AssociationRex Beach10,832
Independent Anna Pollock10,280
Independent Jay Purnell9,940
Better Education AssociationRussel Dzenick9,508
Independent Edith Hnytka8,814
Better Education AssociationAlan Robertson8,808
Independent George Kuschminder8,113
Independent T O Walhovd7,966
Better Education AssociationMetro Gulutsan7,763
Independent Bill Tiffin6,448
Independent E R Daniels6,208
Independent Donald Skyes5,869
Independent James Lawson5,536
Independent Dorothy Preston5,137
Independent Janet Tegart4,724
Independent Laura Tuomi4,225
Independent James Miller3,964
Independent Noel Round3,496
Independent Frank Vanner2,984
Independent Donald Topilo2,887
Independent Murray Fehr2,792
Independent John Ryll2,502
Independent Albert Hencsh2,434
Independent Dave Poholko1,851

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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