Winnipeg municipal election, 1983

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The 1983 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 26, 1983 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg. There were also two referendum questions, on bilingualism and nuclear disarmament.

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.

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new law. In some countries, it is synonymous with a plebiscite or a vote on a ballot question.

Bill Norrie defeated Brian Corrin in the mayoral contest.

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.

Brian Mark Corrin was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1986, sitting as a New Democrat.

Results

1983 Winnipeg municipal election, Councillor, Springfield Heights Ward edit
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Independent (x)Jim Ragsdill 3,725 50.54
New Democratic Shirley Timm-Rudolph 3,646 49.46
Total valid votes7,371100.00
1983 Winnipeg municipal election, Councillor, Stevenson Ward edit
Party Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Independent (x)Bob Douglas 5,734 87.85
New Democratic Jim Maloway 793 12.15
Total valid votes6,527100.00

Results taken from the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper, 27 October 1983.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ John Drabble, "City councillors ask: What's wrong ... why can't we get anything done?", Winnipeg Sun, 12 September 1982, Retrieved 24 May 2008.


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