Edmonton municipal election, 1980

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The 1980 municipal election was held October 15, 1980 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 there were two aldermen elected from each of six wards, instead of three aldermen elected from each of four wards, as had previously been the case.

Voter turnout

There were 72939 ballots cast out of 341102 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 21.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
     Independent Cec Purves 52,03576.47%
     Independent Murray Trott5,3467.86%
     Independent Lester Adams4,9027.20%
     Independent Eddie Keehn2,9384.32%
     Independent John Horobec1,5752.31%
     Independent John Buttrey1,2491.84%

Aldermen

Guide:

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3
Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes
IndependentKenneth Newman7,683Independent Ron Hayter 5,175IndependentJune Cavanagh4,629
IndependentOlivia Butti6,673U.R.G.E. Jan Reimer 4,433E.V.A. Ed Ewasiuk 3,184
U.R.G.E.Iain Taylor4,155IndependentJim Spalding3,255U.R.G.E. Judy Bethel 2,727
U.R.G.E.Sherburne McCurdy3,851U.R.G.E.Lila Fahlman2,480IndependentSheila McKay2,692
IndependentDavid Stewart1,685IndependentWilliam Chmiliar2,604
IndependentJohn Hawrelak1,019IndependentMitch Wujik2,384
E.V.A.Harry Johnson419U.R.G.E.Clint Budd708
IndependentWayne Hayes313IndependentRobert Acker333
IndependentTim Baloben279
IndependentNoel Round203
Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6
IndependentPaul Norris3,550Independent Percy Wickman 8,842U.R.G.E. Bettie Hewes 8,429
U.R.G.E.Gerry Wright3,462U.R.G.E.Lois Campbell7,696IndependentEd Leger5,641
U.R.G.E.Carolyn Nutter3,393IndependentNick Fedorak2,279IndependentKen Kozak4,154
IndependentRon Patsula2,172IndependentGuy Tessier1,450IndependentWayne Weeks2,169
IndependentAllen Wasnea1,190IndependentOlga Cylurik929Independent Don Massey 2,113
IndependentBill Broad817IndependentPaul Fuog926IndependentBob Durrant1,661
E.V.A.Walter Aiello467U.R.G.E.Fred Atiq688
IndependentPaul Bird260

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Independent Shirley Forbes 24,566 Green check.svgY
Independent Mel Binder 20,757 Green check.svgY
Independent Ernie Hodgson 19,315 Green check.svgY
Independent Don Massey 19,060 Green check.svgY
Independent Jim Wiebe 17,756 Green check.svgY
Independent Herb Jamieson 17,582 Green check.svgY
Independent Ernie Lund 16,690 Green check.svgY
Independent Joan Cowling 16,469 Green check.svgY
Independent Elaine Jones 15,993 Green check.svgY
Independent Grace Hendrickson 14,375
Independent P. Christensen 14,252
Independent David Borgstrom 12,331
Independent Lorne Mowers 12,252
Independent George Luck 9,507
Independent Susky Hardin 9,055
Independent Julie Loga 7,664
Independent Benjamin Doell 7,115
Independent John Mason 7,079
Independent G. Chandler-Nahumko 6,854
Independent John Lakusta 6,489
Independent N. A. Chaudhary 5,823
Independent Robert Douglas 5,499

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Independent Jean McDonald 9,328 Green check.svgY
Independent William Green 8,549 Green check.svgY
Independent Phil Gibeau 7,728 Green check.svgY
Independent Alice Gagne 6,918 Green check.svgY
Independent Hugh Tadman 6,883 Green check.svgY
Independent Simone Secker 6,410 Green check.svgY
Independent Margaret Bouska 5,946 Green check.svgY
Independent Raymond Pinkowski 5,492
Independent Lyle Lavender 4,132
Independent Donald Sikorski 3,757
Independent Joseph Hoover 3,538
Independent L. Brian Mitchell 3,525
Independent Edmund Nagle 3,457

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections