December 1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election

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1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election
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The 1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election was an incorporation election for the borough government in Anchorage, Alaska. It was held on December 3, 1963. 6,597 ballots were cast. [1]

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Background

In a September 24, 1963 election, the Greater Anchorage region had rejected incorporating as a borough. During this election, George Byer (former City of Anchorage mayor) had won an election to serve as borough chairman if such an office were to have been created by concurrent referendums. [2]

The state legislature mandated that former election districts would be reconstituted as boroughs on January 1, 1964, and that mandatory balloting would take place to select what form of government the boroughs would adopt, which classification of borough they would be incorporated as, and who would serve as elected officers for their governments. In December 1963, mandatory incorporation elections were held three so-called "mandatory" boroughs in South-Central Alaska: Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula, and Matanuska. A similar election was also held in the new Fairbanks borough. [2]

Vote on whether borough should be a first or second class borough

Vote on whether borough should be a first or second class borough [1]
CandidateVotes %
Second class3,39352.54
First class3,06547.46
Total votes6,458 100

Vote on the form of government for the borough

Results of vote on the form of government [1]
CandidateVotes %
Chairman3,67358.53
Council-manager 2,60241.47
Total votes6,275 100

Borough chairman

Borough chairman [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John M. Asplund 3,186 51.04
Nonpartisan George Byer 2,47139.59
NonpartisanJ. J. McCutcheon3896.23
NonpartisanLarry Carmichael1362.18
NonpartisanElsie M. Cornell600.96
Total votes6,242 100

Borough assemblymen

Section 1

Borough assemblyman for section 1 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Glenn Briggs 1,117 42.63
Nonpartisan Edward C. "Ed" Willis 1,00738.44
NonpartisanDan C. Bell49618.93
Total votes2,620 100

Section 2

Borough assemblyman for section 2 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Walter E. Jerde 870 39.24
NonpartisanDick Reed Lyon75033.83
NonpartisanThomas S. Adams59726.93
Total votes2,217 100

Section 3

Borough assemblyman for section 3 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John M. Asplund 1,463 55.65
NonpartisanJ. J. McCutcheon60523.01
Nonpartisan Joseph W. "Joe" Graham 33812.86
NonpartisanA. D. Hess Powell1385.25
NonpartisanTheodore G. "Ted" Smith853.23
Total votes2,629 100

Section 4

Borough assemblyman for section 4 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John Glenn Gill 1,216 52.35
NonpartisanDave Ring1,10747.65
Total votes2,323 100

Section 5

Borough assemblyman for section 5 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Mable H. Crawford 996 38.85
NonpartisanJames M. Garrigues84733.03
NonpartisanVernon E. Haik72128.12
Total votes2,564 100

Section 6

Borough assemblyman for section 6 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan William M. "Bill" Shear 1,145 44.45
Nonpartisan Lawrence "Larry" Straley 68626.63
NonpartisanLarry Carmichael52920.54
NonpartisanHarold N. Aldrich2168.39
Total votes2,576 100

Borough school board

Borough school board election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Frank M. Reed 4,169
Nonpartisan Keith M. Lesh 3,831
Nonpartisan Richard R. Gay 3,785
Nonpartisan Marilyn Wilkins 3,697
Nonpartisan Willis Avery 3,559
Nonpartisan William J. Moran 3,429
Nonpartisan John C. Hughes 2,999
NonpartisanRalph M. Mills2,108
NonpartisanPaul L. Weatherman1,913
NonpartisanB. W. "Bud" Hardesty1,814
NonpartisanDonald E. "Don" White1,714
Nonpartisan Joseph W. "Joe" Graham 1,622
NonpartisanElsie M. Cornell1,316
Total votes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Official Canvass Totals Anchorage Election District No. 8 Borough Incorporation Election December 3, 1963" (PDF). www.muni.org. State of Alaska Secretary of State. 1963. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Chairman Form, 2nd Class Win Voters' Okay" . Jessen's Weekly. December 11, 1963. Retrieved 20 June 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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