The 1966 municipal election was held October 19, 1966, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 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. The electorate also decided three plebiscite questions.
Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor".
The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
There were 125084 ballots cast out of 208716 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 59.9%.
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Vincent Dantzer | 64,233 | 51.85% | |
Independent | William Hawrelak | 54,544 | 44.03% | |
Independent | Alex Latta | 5,105 | 4.12% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Better Civic Government Committee | Morris Weinlos | 60,731 | ||
Independent | Ivor Dent | 54,380 | ||
Civil Rights Association | Julia Kiniski | 53,969 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | John Leslie Bodie | 52,805 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | James Bateman | 47,229 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | Frank Edwards | 42,979 | ||
Independent | Ed Leger | 40,750 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | Una Evans | 39,469 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | Cec Purves | 37,607 | ||
Independent | Angus McGugan | 36,115 | ||
Independent | Neil Crawford | 35,846 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | Reginald Easton | 35,353 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | Kathleen McCallum | 35,294 | ||
Independent | Norbert Berkowitz | 34,628 | ||
Independent | James Falconer | 34,151 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | Don Gray | 31,279 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | Conrad Kosowan | 28,939 | ||
Independent | Allan Welsh | 28,864 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | Bob Evans | 27,962 | ||
Independent | Catherine Chichak | 25,458 | ||
Independent | Ron Hayter | 24,981 | ||
Independent | Laurette Douglas | 24,060 | ||
Independent | G. A. (Pat) O'Hara | 23,968 | ||
Independent | A. Terry Laing | 23,348 | ||
Independent | Patrick Ryan | 23,108 | ||
Independent | Ken McAuley | 20,384 | ||
Independent | Paul Bassett | 20,129 | ||
Better Civic Government Committee | Jack Holmes | 17,970 | ||
Independent | L. M. Campbell | 17,606 | ||
Independent | Joyce Kurie | 16,612 | ||
Independent | Albert Bourcier | 16,001 | ||
Independent | Lila Fahlman | 13,867 | ||
Independent | Patrick Murphy | 13,048 | ||
Independent | John Lakusta | 12,258 | ||
Independent | Assad Farrah | 12,209 | ||
Independent | Douglas Tomlinson | 12,174 | ||
Independent | Harold Oppelt | 12,127 | ||
Civil Rights Association | Ernest Betteridge | 11,245 | ||
Independent | Walter (Wally) Brox | 11,201 | ||
Independent | Michael English | 10,860 | ||
Independent | Joe Tannous | 9,966 | ||
Independent | Walter Makowecki | 9,375 | ||
Independent | John Peets | 6,677 | ||
Civil Rights Association | Ivar Vanags | 5,720 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Better Education Association | Earl Buxton | 52,500 | ||
Better Education Association | Jackson Willis | 51,938 | ||
Better Education Association | Milton Lazerte | 50,066 | ||
Quality Education Council | Edith Rogers | 45,595 | ||
Better Education Association | John Bracco | 44,228 | ||
Better Education Association | Warren Edward (Ted) Smith | 42,747 | ||
Independent | Vernon Johnson | 34,874 | ||
Better Education Association | Lois Campbell | 31,903 | ||
Better Education Association | Mary Johnson | 28,587 | ||
Independent | Dorothy Preston | 18,943 | ||
Quality Education Council | Joseph Boehm | 16,844 | ||
Quality Education Council | Joan Ennion | 16,476 | ||
Quality Education Council | John Poppitt | 16,162 | ||
Quality Education Council | Anna Pollock | 15,544 | ||
Independent | William Chomyn | 14,244 | ||
Quality Education Council | John Fuga | 11,260 | ||
Independent | Laura Tuomi | 8,867 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Brosseau | 17,518 | ||
Independent | G. Rene Boileau | 16,891 | ||
Independent | Jean McDonald | 16,136 | ||
Independent | Bernard Feehan | 15,217 | ||
Independent | Bill Diachuk | 15,057 | ||
Independent | Orest Demco | 14,580 | ||
Independent | Edward Stack | 14,561 | ||
Independent | Bob Neville | 14,356 | ||
Independent | Elmar Abele | 12,615 | ||
Independent | Harry Carrigan | 12,434 |
Should Council pass bylaw No. 2789 to borrow by debentures $5,750,000.00 as the City share of a cross-river bridge and approaches at 72nd Street to arterial standards from 98th Avenue to 101st Avenue, to freeway standards from 101st Avenue to 112th Avenue and to arterial standards from 112th Avenue to 118th Avenue?
Should Council pass bylaw No. 2889 allowing fluoride for the prevention of toothdecay to be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?
Should Council pass bylaw No. 2886 as authorized by The Alberta Lord’s Day Act allowing certain public games, contests or sports at which a fee is charged on Sunday afternoons between the hours of half past one and six o’clock?
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