Winnipeg municipal election, 1989

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The 1989 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 1989 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.

Winnipeg Provincial capital city in Manitoba, Canada

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. Centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, it is near the longitudinal centre of North America, approximately 110 kilometres (70 mi) north of the Canada–United States border.

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Bill Norrie was re-elected to a fifth term as mayor without serious opposition.

William "Bill" Norrie, was the 39th Mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and was a onetime Chancellor of the University of Manitoba. Norrie was also involved in various charities, and once chaired the United Way of Winnipeg's annual campaign.

Results

Councillors

1989 Winnipeg municipal election, Councillor, Elmwood Ward edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
Lillian Thomas 2,333 48.97
(x)Alf Skowron 1,954 41.02
Mark Miller 477 10.01
Total valid votes4,764100.00

49 out of 51 polls reporting.

  • Mark Miller was a first-time candidate. There is a Manitoba resident named Mark Miller who serves as executive director of the Manitoba Ozone Protection Industry Association, and who campaigned for the council of the Rural Municipality of Springfield in 2002 and 2006. It is not clear if this is the same person. [1]
Rural Municipality of Springfield rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada

Springfield is a rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. It stretches from urban industrial development on the eastern boundary of the City of Winnipeg, through urban, rural residential, agricultural and natural landscapes, to the Agassiz Provincial Forest on the municipality's eastern boundary.

1989 Winnipeg municipal election, Councillor, Springfield Heights Ward edit
Candidate Total votes % of total votes Notes
(x)Shirley Timm-Rudolph 2,428 58.82
Norm Stapon 890 21.56
Peter Graham 810 19.62
Total valid votes4,128100.00
  • Peter Graham was a first-time candidate. [2]

School trustees

Transcona-Springfield School Division

1989 Winnipeg election, Transcona-Springfield School Division, Ward One (three members elected)
Candidate Total votes % of total votes
(x)Mary Andree 2,280 25.82
Betty Ann Watts 2,112 23.91
(x)Wally Stoyko 1,921 21.75
(x)Tom Low 1,367 15.48
Greg Muzychka 1,152 13.04
Total valid votes8,832100.00

Electors could vote for three candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.

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References

  1. ↑ See for instance Alice Krueger, "Insecticide ban may catch farmers unaware: official", Winnipeg Free Press, 15 January 1996, A4.
  2. ↑ There is an associate professor at the University of Manitoba named Peter Graham, although it is not clear if this is the same person.
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