1983 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1983 municipal election was held October 17, 1983 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council in Alberta, Canada, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board.

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Electoral system

Mayor was elected through First past the post.

Councillors were elected through Plurality block voting, two per ward, where each voter could cast up to two votes.

School board positions also were filled through Plurality block voting as well. [1]

Voter turnout

There were 160942 ballots cast out of 382053 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 42.1%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
  Independent Laurence Decore 95,98161.29%
  Independent Cec Purves 41,27326.35%
  Independent Jim Wiebe15,0719.62%
  Independent Doreen Crowley2,0701.32%
  Independent Robert Genis-Bell1,4790.94%
  Independent John Valpy7370.47%

Aldermen

Guide:

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4
PartyCandidateVotesPartyCandidateVotesPartyCandidateVotesPartyCandidateVotes
R.C.C.G. Lyall Roper16,019U.R.G.E. Jan Reimer 12,048 Ind. Julian Kinisky7,809 Ind. Ed Leger7,235
Ind. Olivia Butti12,583 Ind. Ron Hayter 11,580E.V.A. Ed Ewasiuk 7,078 Ind. Lance White 4,780
U.R.G.E.Walter Coombs7,542 Ind. Sam Donaghey8,624 Ind. June Cavanagh5,621 Ind. Allen Wasnea4,129
Ind. Johann Ludwig6,289E.V.A.Gene Romaniuk5,962 Ind. Margaret Stumbourg4,658 Ind. Susan Middlemiss4,092
Ind. Naseer Chaudhary2,060 Ind. Michael Fedoretz5,696R.C.C.Jim Spalding4,197U.R.G.E. Alex McEachern 3,783
Ind. Pierre Lefort1,124 Ind. William Chmiliar3,704R.C.C.John Leslie Bodie2,941
Ward 5Ward 6 Ind. Barrie Shewchuk3,365R.C.C.Don Williams2,865
Ind. Percy Wickman 15,185U.R.G.E. Bettie Hewes 15,608 Ind. Garry Stevenson2,037E.V.A. Brian Mason 2,455
R.C.C.Lillian Staroszik12,878 Ind. Terry Cavanagh 14,352 Ind. Klaus Weiher1,553 Ind. George Butler2,083
U.R.G.E.Lois Campbell6,797R.C.C.James Bateman8,707E.V.A.Lucien Royer1,416 Ind. Alex Munzel1,713
Ind. Wesley Chandler6,440R.C.C.Ken Kozak8,110 Ind. Gerald Lorente1,237 Ind. Mark Norris 1,309
E.V.A.Louise Swift2,687 Ind. Max Bahsen5,075 Ind. Armand Gendron341 Ind. Michael Hodgins1,036
Ind. Allan Zemrau2,509 Ind. Wayne Weeks3,375 Ind. Joe Bugis954
Ind. Paul Fuog895 Ind. Klaus Lehmann1,171 Ind. Carl William329
Ind. Dean Leffler464 Ind. Owen Timperley567 Ind. Murray Scambler256

Public school trustees

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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References

  1. Rek, Municipal Elections in Edmonton