Edmonton municipal election, 1977

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The 1977 municipal election was held October 19, 1977 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board.

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 in which a nine-member public school board was elected instead of the seven member board that had previously existed. It was also the last election to use only four wards; beginning in 1980, two aldermen were elected from each of six wards.

Voter turnout

There were 116,525 ballots cast out of 305,342 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 38.2%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
     Independent Cec Purves 38,72033.92%
     Independent Laurence Decore 29,68226.00%
     Independent Terry Cavanagh 28,94125.36%
     Independent Ivor Dent 13,81812.11%
Revolutionary Workers League Donald Tapscott 1,395 1.22%
     Independent Eddie Keehn1,1080.97%
     Independent John Horobec4790.42%

(William Hawrelak had been elected mayor in the 1974 election, but had died in office. Cavanagh was selected by council to replace him.)

William Hawrelak Canadian politician

William Hawrelak was a politician in Alberta, Canada, the longest-serving mayor in Edmonton's history, and a candidate for election to the House of Commons of Canada.

Aldermen

Guide:

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4
Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes
U.R.G.E.Lois Campbell12,958 Ind. Gene Dub11,202E.C.G.A Ron Hayter 11,425U.R.G.E. Bettie Hewes 16,560
E.C.G.AKenneth Newman14,619E.C.G.AOlivia Butti10,553 Ind. Ed Leger10,760E.C.G.AWilliam Chmiliar14,473
E.C.G.APaul Norris12,014 Ind. Percy Wickman 8,755U.R.G.E.Edward Kennedy9,957E.C.G.ABuck Olsen14,090
Ind. Carl Paproski11,926U.R.G.E.Gerry Wright6,311 Ind. David Stewart6,342 Ind. Sheila McKay10,876
E.C.G.ABud Salloum10,693 Ind. Bob Caine5,304E.V.A.Walter Doskoch4,290E.C.G.ADarryl Smith8,958
Ind. Nick Fedorak7,440 Ind. Solomon Agronin5,153 Ind. Clarence (Chuck) Bolton3,408 Ind. Mitchell Wijcik6,515
Ind. Donald Eastcott5,390 Ind. Kenneth Burton4,668 Ind. Ernest Whitely3,362E.V.A. Ed Ewasiuk 6,192
Ind. Cal O'Brian4,624E.C.G.AEd Baxter4,138 Ind. John Lakusta3,031
E.V.A.Gerry Paschen3,983 Ind. Henry Rutkowski3,167
Ind. Johannes Bosch2,703E.V.A.Robert Blakely2,867
Ind. Olga Cylurik1,870
E.V.A.E. J. (Slim) Powell1,800
Ind. Richard Guthrie1,171

Public school trustees

Donald Lee Massey is a former municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2004. In that period he also served as Leader of the Official Opposition and Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party in 2004. From 1977 until 1989 he was a Public School Trustee in Edmonton.

Richard Herbert Jamieson was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1963 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government. He later served as a Public School Trustee for the Edmonton School Board from 1971 to 1983.

James Falconer British politician

James Falconer was a Scottish solicitor and Liberal Party politician.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections