Sudbury municipal election, 1965

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The 1965 Sudbury Municipal election was held on December 6, 1965. Max Silverman was elected Mayor of the City of Sudbury. [1]

Max Silverman was a Canadian ice hockey manager and politician. As president and general manager of the Sudbury Wolves, Silverman and coach Samuel Rothschild led the team to victory in the 1932 Memorial Cup, the 1935 Richardson Cup and the 1938 World Ice Hockey Championships. The team also competed in the 1949 World Ice Hockey Championships, but lost to the Czechoslovakian team.

The candidates elected to Sudbury City Council were:

Sudbury City Council 1966
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6
Andy Roy Jack Raftis Gerry Blais Bill Baby Bud Germa Jim Jerome
Robert Desmarais Maurice Lamoureux Alphège Theriault Bill Edgar Gervis Waddell Carl Nurmi

1965 Election results

The results of the 1965 municipal election were reported by the Sudbury Star on December 7, 1965. The results are listed below:

City of Sudbury Election Results, 1965 [1]
Mayoral Contest
CandidateVotes
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Total
Silverman (elected) 1957 1645 1296 1962 1411 189010161
Fabbro 1068 1253 1075 1845 1561 14658267
Proulx 735 494 752 365 183 3132842
Board of Control
CandidateVotes
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Total
HARTMAN (elected) 1962 1907 1457 2294 1698 224211560
BIRNEY(elected) 1781 2047 1051 1967 1727 230010873
CORMACK(elected) 1884 1754 1267 2048 1569 206110583
ELLIS(elected) 1990 1781 1074 1775 1419 16859724
McDonald 1554 1553 1155 1990 1195 14988945
Keir 1343 1410 913 1626 1500 15688360
Savard 1425 1227 1586 1174 877 10237312
Aldermanic Contest
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6
CandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotes
ROY(elected) 2715RAFTIS(elected) 2463BLAIS(elected) 1436BABY(elected) 2546GERMA(elected) 2372JEROME(elected) 1969
DESMARAIS(elected) 1849LAMOUREUX(elected) 2316THERIAULT(elected) 1223EDGAR(elected) 2409WADDELL(elected) 1732NURMI(elected) 1893
McDonald 1019 Hoop 1327 Henri 949 Blake 1135 Kerr 1103 DeMarco 1474
Stewart 834 Whalen 941 Dennie 840 Summers 1427
Upchan 419 Chartrand 698

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References

  1. 1 2 The Sudbury Star. (December 7, 1965) p.15