Edmonton municipal election, 1971

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The 1971 municipal election was held October 13, 1971 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

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This was the first election in which a ward system was used. Where previously all twelve aldermen were elected at large, beginning with this election three would be elected from each of four wards (starting with the 1980 election, this was changed to two aldermen being elected from each of six wards). The election was conducted under the block voting system in which each voter was given as many votes as there were vacancies.

Voter turnout

There were 101235 ballots cast out of 273271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 37.1%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ivor Dent 60,948 62.20%
Independent Julian Kinisky 27,270 27.83%
Independent Jack Holmes 9,777 9.98%

Aldermen

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4
Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes
Ind. Kenneth Newman13,934 Ind. Cec Purves 10,879 Ind. Ed Leger6,688 Ind. Una Evans11,574
Ind. Dudley Menzies 13,663 Ind. David Ward 9,244 Ind. Ron Hayter 5,709 Ind. Terry Cavanagh 8,776
Ind. Ches Tanner10,960 Ind. Alex Fallow8,188 Ind. William McLean5,454 Ind. Buck Olsen7,550
Ind. Morris Weinlos10,053 Ind. Laurence Decore 7,899 Ind. Sam Agronin4,735 Ind. William Boytzun7,272
Ind. I. Gliener7,465 Ind. Thomas Baker7,565 Ind. Allan McTavish4,202 Ind. Roy Jamha5,449
Ind. Terry Laing6,752 Ind. Cecil Rhodes3,498 Ind. Irene Domecki3,417 Ind. Natalka Faryna3,894
Ind. Bob Bothwell5,332 Ind. Eric Reilly3,482 Ind. Joe Donahue2,873 Ind. Allan Welsh3,755
Ind. John Ludwig4,043 Ind. Percy Wickman 3,277 Ind. John Kloster2,772 Ind. Harold Oppelt3,670
Ind. Joseph Bugis3,111 Ind. Jane Weaver3,241 Ind. Rory Nugent2,214 Ind. Alex Muunzel3,330
Ind. George Luck2,950 Ind. Victor Sedo2,432 Ind. R. C. Squair2,142 Ind. Ken McAuley3,143
Ind. Maureen Wanczura2,491 Ind. Paul Fuog1,647 Ind. Gerhard Volkmann2,008 Ind. Douglas Tomlinson2,987
Ind. Ernest McCormack2,003 Ind. Stephen Corby2,802
Ind. J. A. Robinson1,780 Ind. John Lakusta2,167
Ind. Bernard Mazurewicz1,433 Ind. Lori Phillips1,877
Ind. Clarence Bolton1,209 Ind. Gerald Lorente1,577
Ind. Ennio Gentili1,154 Ind. Frances Kelemen1,563
Ind. Ruby Lyons860 Ind. Fred Haidner737
Ind. Arthur Shaw636

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Independent Edith Rogers 22,170 Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationLois Campbell 21,786 Green check.svgY
Independent James Falconer 19,412 Green check.svgY
Independent John Paterson 18,820 Green check.svgY
Independent Vernon Johnson 17,003 Green check.svgY
Independent Donald Kennedy 16,752 Green check.svgY
Independent Richard Jamieson 14,166 Green check.svgY
Independent John Chalmers 13,373
Better Education AssociationMurray Campbell 13,069
Independent Howard Clifford 12,626
Independent Fred Miller 12,313
Independent A A Aldridge 11,555
Independent Robert Bauer 11,554
Independent Roy Le Riche 11,380
Better Education AssociationRobert McAlpine 10,969
Better Education AssociationRex Beach 10,832
Independent Anna Pollock 10,280
Independent Jay Purnell 9,940
Better Education AssociationRussel Dzenick 9,508
Independent Edith Hnytka 8,814
Better Education AssociationAlan Robertson 8,808
Independent George Kuschminder 8,113
Independent T O Walhovd 7,966
Better Education AssociationMetro Gulutsan 7,763
Independent Bill Tiffin 6,448
Independent E R Daniels 6,208
Independent Donald Skyes 5,869
Independent James Lawson 5,536
Independent Dorothy Preston 5,137
Independent Janet Tegart 4,724
Independent Laura Tuomi 4,225
Independent James Miller 3,964
Independent Noel Round 3,496
Independent Frank Vanner 2,984
Independent Donald Topilo 2,887
Independent Murray Fehr 2,792
Independent John Ryll 2,502
Independent Albert Hencsh 2,434
Independent Dave Poholko 1,851

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections