1980 Edmonton municipal election Last updated October 10, 2025 Municipal election in Alberta, Canada
Edmonton City Council , nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board.
This was the first election in which there were two aldermen elected from each of the six wards, instead of three aldermen elected from each of the four wards, as had previously been the case.
Electoral system Mayor was elected through first past the post.
Councillors and school trustees were elected through block voting.
Voter turnout There were 72,939 ballots cast out of 341,102 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 21.4%.
Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Aldermen Guide:
E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Independent Kenneth Newman 7,683 Independent Ron Hayter 5,175 Independent June Cavanagh 4,629 Independent Olivia Butti 6,673 U.R.G.E. Jan Reimer 4,433 E.V.A. Ed Ewasiuk 3,184 U.R.G.E. Iain Taylor 4,155 Independent Jim Spalding 3,255 U.R.G.E. Judy Bethel 2,727 U.R.G.E. Sherburne McCurdy 3,851 U.R.G.E. Lila Fahlman 2,480 Independent Sheila McKay 2,692 Independent David Stewart 1,685 Independent William Chmiliar 2,604 Independent John Hawrelak 1,019 Independent Mitch Wujik 2,384 E.V.A. Harry Johnson 419 U.R.G.E. Clint Budd 708 Independent Wayne Hayes 313 Independent Robert Acker 333 Independent Tim Baloben 279 Independent Noel Round 203 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Independent Paul Norris 3,550 Independent Percy Wickman 8,842 U.R.G.E. Bettie Hewes 8,429 U.R.G.E. Gerry Wright 3,462 U.R.G.E. Lois Campbell 7,696 Independent Ed Leger 5,641 U.R.G.E. Carolyn Nutter 3,393 Independent Nick Fedorak 2,279 Independent Ken Kozak 4,154 Independent Ron Patsula 2,172 Independent Guy Tessier 1,450 Independent Wayne Weeks 2,169 Independent Allen Wasnea 1,190 Independent Olga Cylurik 929 Independent Don Massey 2,113 Independent Bill Broad 817 Independent Paul Fuog 926 Independent Bob Durrant 1,661 E.V.A. Walter Aiello 467 U.R.G.E. Fred Atiq 688 Independent Paul Bird 260
Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected Independent Shirley Forbes 24,566 Y Independent Mel Binder 20,757 Y Independent Ernie Hodgson 19,315 Y Independent Don Massey 19,060 Y Independent Jim Wiebe 17,756 Y Independent Herb Jamieson 17,582 Y Independent Ernie Lund 16,690 Y Independent Joan Cowling 16,469 Y Independent Elaine Jones 15,993 Y Independent Grace Hendrickson 14,375 Independent P. Christensen 14,252 Independent David Borgstrom 12,331 Independent Lorne Mowers 12,252 Independent George Luck 9,507 Independent Susky Hardin 9,055 Independent Julie Loga 7,664 Independent Benjamin Doell 7,115 Independent John Mason 7,079 Independent G. Chandler-Nahumko 6,854 Independent John Lakusta 6,489 Independent N. A. Chaudhary 5,823 Independent Robert Douglas 5,499
Party Candidate Votes Elected Independent Jean McDonald 9,328 Y Independent William Green 8,549 Y Independent Phil Gibeau 7,728 Y Independent Alice Gagne 6,918 Y Independent Hugh Tadman 6,883 Y Independent Simone Secker 6,410 Y Independent Margaret Bouska 5,946 Y Independent Raymond Pinkowski 5,492 Independent Lyle Lavender 4,132 Independent Donald Sikorski 3,757 Independent Joseph Hoover 3,538 Independent L. Brian Mitchell 3,525 Independent Edmund Nagle 3,457
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