Edmonton municipal election, 1964

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The 1964 Edmonton municipal election was held October 14, 1964 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.

Edmonton City Council governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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This was the first election since 1898 in which all officials were elected in the same year, and marked the introduction of a system whereby elections would be held only every two years. It was also the election that established the first thirteen-member council; previous councils had included only ten aldermen.

The forty-six candidates for alderman were the most in Edmonton's history.

Voter turnout

There were 94880 ballots cast out of 199259 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 47.6%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Independent William Hawrelak 56,328 60.12%
Independent George Prudham 37,365 39.88%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Civic Government CommitteeMorris Weinlos 55,827 Green check.svgY
Civil Rights Association Julia Kiniski 54,637 Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government Committee Ethel Wilson 51,246 Green check.svgY
Independent Kenneth Newman 49,742 Green check.svgY
United Voters Association Ivor Dent 45,276 Green check.svgY
Independent John Leslie Bodie 43,033 Green check.svgY
United Voters AssociationEd Leger 38,747 Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government Committee Vincent Dantzer 37,421 Green check.svgY
Independent Angus McGugan 35,322 Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeFrank Edwards 27,211 Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeKathleen McCallum 23,023 Green check.svgY
Civil Rights AssociationRobert Franklin Lambert 21,457 Green check.svgY
United Voters AssociationNorbert Berkowitz 21,277
Civil Rights AssociationAllan Welsh 20,069
Better Civic Government CommitteeM. A. Nugent 18,894
United Voters AssociationWilliam Orobko 18,519
Better Civic Government CommitteeConrad Korowan 18,464
Better Civic Government CommitteeJack Holmes 17,358
Civil Rights AssociationK. L. McAuley 16,567
Independent P. J. Ryan 16,468
Better Civic Government CommitteeG. D. Newcombe 16,096
United Voters AssociationIan Nicoll 15,376
Better Civic Government CommitteeP. C. C. Marshall 15,106
Independent G. A. O'Hara 13,481
Independent C. J. Primeau 13,034
Independent F. Kurylo 12,458
Civil Rights AssociationJoyce Kurie 12,417
Independent Jack Kirk 12,175
Civil Rights AssociationSol Estrin 12,089
Independent L. M. Campbell 11,930
United Voters AssociationM. E. English 11,772
United Voters AssociationA. Powers 11,699
United Voters AssociationPeter Savaryn 11,679
United Voters AssociationR. J. Dunseith 10,531
Independent D. M. McLeod 10,383
Independent L. E. Messier 10,089
Independent J. O. A. Peets 9,092
Independent R. Doyle 8,751
Independent E. E. Aldridge 8,403
Independent John Sehn 7,620
Independent J. R. Lakusta 7,386
Civil Rights AssociationIvar Vanags 6,357
Better Civic Government CommitteeIrvin Nessel 6,451
Independent W. Makowecki 5,282
Independent Jan Motyl 5,026
Independent D. Tomlinson 4,685

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Education AssociationMilton Lazerte 37,344 Green check.svgY
Quality Education Council Edith Rogers 37,257 Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationEarl Buxton 36,333 Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeVernon Johnson 31,047 Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government Committee James Falconer 30,482 Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationJohn Bracco 26,626 Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationHerbert Smith 25,346 Green check.svgY
Better Civic Government CommitteeErnest Hanna 20,741
Better Education AssociationJames Young 19,991
Better Education AssociationAlice Jamha 19,586
Better Civic Government Committee Cec Purves 16,200
Better Education AssociationGrant Fawcett 15,217
Quality Education CouncilDorothy Preston 14,532
Quality Education CouncilI. C. Dare 13,893
Quality Education CouncilArnold Rapske 12,699
Better Civic Government CommitteeR. Byrnes Fleuty 12,254
Quality Education CouncilJohn Poppit 9,668
Independent William Chomyn 7,652
Independent Laura Tuomi 7,472
Quality Education CouncilNorman Spratt 6,621
Quality Education CouncilArthur Latter 6,065

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Independent Orest Demco 14,362 Green check.svgY
Independent G. R. Boileau 13,693 Green check.svgY
Independent Jean McDonald 12,599 Green check.svgY
Independent A. A. Gorman 12,518 Green check.svgY
Independent Bernard Feehan 12,336 Green check.svgY
Independent Edward Stack 12,091 Green check.svgY
Independent Harry Carrigan 9,626 Green check.svgY
Independent Bill Diachuk 8,936
Independent George Hertz 7,713
Independent L. A. Ares 6,354

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections