Edmonton municipal election, 1960

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The 1960 Edmonton, Alberta municipal election was held October 19, 1960, to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided eight plebiscite questions.

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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There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: William Henning, Angus McGugan, Ed Leger, Gordon McClary, and McKim Ross were all elected to two-year terms in 1959 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Angus MacDonald, Edith Rogers, Vernon Johnson, and Douglas Thomson were elected to two-year terms in 1959 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Moreau, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Henry Carrigan were continuing.

Edith Rogers (Alberta politician) Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1935–1940

Edith Blanche Rogers was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 until 1940. Born in Nova Scotia, she came west to Alberta to accept a job as a teacher. She later moved to Calgary where she encountered evangelist William Aberhart and became a convert to his social credit economic theories. After advocating these theories across the province, she was elected in the 1935 provincial election as a candidate of Aberhart's newly formed Social Credit League.

Voter turnout

There were 26009 ballots cast out of 158771 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 16.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government Association Frederick John Mitchell 13,836 Green check.svgY
Civic Reform Association George Prudham 13,258 Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Morris Weinlos 13,105 Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Ethel Wilson 10,969 Green check.svgY
Civic Reform AssociationMilton Lazerte 10,847 Green check.svgY
Independent Laurette Douglas 10,763
Civic Reform AssociationC. H. Clarke 9,454
Independent Ivor Dent 9,265
Civic Government Association Stanley Milner 8,659
Civic Reform AssociationIan MacDonald Nicoll 8,553
Civic Government Association Sidney Wrigglesworth 5,756
Independent Edgar Gerhart 5,581
Civic Reform AssociationRex Martin 5,540
Independent E. J. (Slim) Powell 2,876
Independent Paul Stepa 2,059

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Education Association & Civic Reform AssociationWarren Edward (Ted) Smith 11,833 Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationJohn Andrews 11,729 Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationShirley Forbes 9,832 Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association James Falconer 6,680
Civic Government Association John Thorogood 6,619
Civic Reform AssociationJohn McIntosh Hope 6,074
Civic Government Association Murray Cooke 5,427
Civic Reform AssociationWilliam Hackett 4,140
Independent David Graham 2,790

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Independent Leo Lemieux 3,845 Green check.svgY
Independent Edward Stack 3,211 Green check.svgY
Independent John Barbeau 3,195 Green check.svgY
Independent Vincent Dantzer 3,133

Plebiscites

At-Large Elections

Are you in favour of changing the Election System for Alderman and Public School Board Members so that all such elected representatives are elected from the City at large without regard to whether they live North or South of the North Saskatchewan River or own fifty percent of their property North or South of this river?

  • Yes - 17204
  • No - 9668

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $450,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

  • Yes - 14728
  • No - 4489

Asphalt on Existing Gravel Streets

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 for the City share of asphalt paving on existing gravel arterial and residential streets?

  • Yes - 14501
  • No - 4471

Asphalt on New Gravel Streets

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the City share of asphalt paving on new gravel arterial and residential streets?

  • Yes - 13241
  • No - 5338

Traffic Lights

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $180,000.00 in order to purchase and locate traffic lights on certain highway intersections within the City?

  • Yes - 15812
  • No - 3554

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $600,000.00 for the purpose of constructing and improving parks and playgrounds?

  • Yes - 14455
  • No - 4829

Bridge

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the purpose of constructing a district bridge as part of the City’s overall arterial road system?

  • Yes - 15043
  • No - 4454

Library

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $165,000.00 for the purpose of constructing a district library?

  • Yes - 12173
  • No - 6756

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections