Edmonton municipal election, 1995

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The 1995 municipal election was held October 16, 1995 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. Edmontonians also decided two 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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This was the first election in which the public school board used nine wards instead of six to elect its trustees.

Voter turnout

There were 221,236 ballots cast out of 440,044 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 50.3%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

CandidateVotes%
Bill Smith 79,83236.48%
Jan Reimer 78,51436.02%
John Ramsey42,04419.29%
Brad Checknita10,3614.75%
Lance White 7,0813.25%
Bob Ligertwood5630.26%
Paul Earley4520.21%

Aldermen

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6
Leroy Chahley24,822Allan Bolstad16,802 Brian Mason 23,769Jim Taylor8,531Larry Langley13,360 Terry Cavanagh 17,664
Wendy Kinsella21,456Rose Rosenberger15,189Robert Noce13,526 Michael Phair 8,031Brent Maitson12,989 Dick Mather 17,117
Bruce Campbell 15,715Lori Hall11,195 Sherry McKibben 8,471Terence Harding7,809Lillian Staroszik12,600 Dave Thiele 13,237
Roger Kotch5,263Ed Powell10,629John Bethel8,141Brian Bechtel7,158Margaret Asch10,832Sheila McKay11,652
Joe Goebel2,334Bradley Day1,752Bill Maxim8,096 Tooker Gomberg 7,031Sheilah Montgomery9,076Riaz Choudhry6,595
Carl Williams1,393Jerry Kitt2,571Janice Fleming4,441Craig Murray5,429Ken Kozak4,250
Perry Dane1,245Veronika Greenwald1,559Sean Armstrong2,863Donald McMann4,063Art Clarke4,092
Hatem Naboulsi882 David Ward 1,949Don Koziak2,644Charles Relland2,128
Helene Donahue1,619Elaine Jones2,600
Frank Klemen1,012Olga Cylurik872
Rod Foster696Monty Worobec684
Sui Wing Mak621Adil Pirbhai548
Dennis Clark440Josephine Koper503
Wes Barlow395
George Richardson354
Thomas Tomlinson294
Art Sproul253

Public school trustees

Ward AWard BWard DWard FWard H
Bill Bonko 4,48033.48%Janice Melnychuk6,35551.34%Terry Sulyma5,77950.88%Don Fleming6,91446.22%George NicholsonAcclaimed
Maureen Ford2,44118.24%John Nicoll5,10841.27%Mimi Williams5,57849.12%Jim Selby4,42429.57%
Cathy Kutryk2,17516.25%Matt Diederichs9157.39%Michael Ekelund3,62124.21%
Joe Hak1,93314.45%Ward CWard EWard GWard I
Larry Phillips8005.98%Don Williams9,29556.23%Jean Woodrow9,68566.30%Kay Chernowski5,78032.00% Gerry Gibeault 7,10645.95%
Perry Dane5654.22%Leon Lubin7,12043.77% Stephen Mandel 4,92233.70%Jim Patrick4,77426.43%Bev Esslinger6,00438.83%
Victor Varvis5594.18%Marianne Stolz4,15222.99%Jeff Caskenette2,35315.22%
Dan McAra4283.20%Anna Der3,35418.57%

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

One trustee is elected from each ward, and the non-victorious candidate with the most total votes is also elected.

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3
David MacDougall4,84352.48%Ronald Zapisocki6,43358.13%Mary-Anne Razzolini7,24769.88%
John Patrick Day4,38647.52%Jim Urlacher4,63341.87%Jim Shinkaruk3,12330.12%
Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6
Ron Patsula3,49657.00%Michael Savaryn4,44455.29%Brian Mitchell5,41557.44%
Cindy Holan2,63743.00%Alice Leung3,59444.71%Barbara Ann Thompson4,01142.56%

Plebiscites

Edmonton Municipal Airport

Do you direct City Council to repeal "The Edmonton Municipal Airport referendum bylaw" (No. 10,205)? That bylaw requires the City to operate the Municipal Airport and promote that airport’s air passenger service.

Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport

Edmonton City Centre Airport (ECCA), also called Blatchford Field, was an airport located within the city of Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada.

A "YES" vote means that the City will promote MOVING scheduled air passenger service to the Edmonton International Airport.

Edmonton International Airport international airport serving Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton International Airport is the primary air passenger and air cargo facility in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of the Canadian province of Alberta. Operated by Edmonton Airports, it is located 14 nautical miles south southwest of downtown Edmonton in Leduc County on highway 2 opposite of the city of Leduc. The airport offers scheduled non-stop flights to major cities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and Europe.

A "NO" vote means that the City will promote MAINTAINING scheduled air passenger service at the Edmonton Municipal Airport.

Under both options the City will continue to own and offer general air services (e.g. private planes, small charters, air ambulance) at the Municipal Airport.

Votes%
Yes166,40476.81%
No50,25323.19%

Keillor Road

Do you direct City Council to PASS the Keillor Road Referendum Bylaw (No. 11, 124)?

A "YES" vote means the City must leave Keillor Road OPEN to traffic, including motor vehicle traffic.

A "NO" vote means City should CLOSE Keillor Road.

Votes%
Yes92,80743.67%
No119,69356.33%

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections