1962 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1962 municipal election was held October 17, 1962 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided two plebiscite questions. No election for mayor was held because Elmer Roper was one year into a two-year term.

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There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: McKim Ross, Angus McGugan, Stanley Milner, Gordon McClary, and John Leslie Bodie were all elected to two-year terms in 1961 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Eric Duggan, Vernon Johnson, Edith Rogers, and P William Jones were elected to two-year terms in 1961 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Moreau, A A Gorman, Orest Demco, and Harry Carrigan were continuing.

This was the last election held under the old system whereby members of council were elected to staggered two-year terms. Beginning in 1964, all members of council were elected to two-year terms in the same year. The 1963 election was a transition election, in that all members elected this year were elected for one-year terms, to allow every position to be elected anew in 1964, and then every two years thereafter (in effect until 1968, when switch was made to three-year terms).

Voter turnout

There were 42146 ballots cast out of 165940 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 25.4%.

Results

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Civic Government Association Frederick John Mitchell 25,768Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association George Prudham 24,542SSGreen check.svgY
Civic Government Association Ethel Wilson 28,690Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Morris Weinlos28,872Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Vincent Dantzer 19,970Green check.svgY
Independent Ed Leger15,003
Independent Bjarne Larson13,133
Civic Rights Protective Association Julia Kiniski 12,643
Independent Joseph Tannous8,597
Civic Rights Protective AssociationPaul Stepa4,576
Civic Rights Protective AssociationAlbert Hensch3,670
Independent Walter Mackowecki3,033
Civic Rights Protective AssociationIvar Vanags2,528

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Better Education AssociationMilton Lazerte16,016Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association James Falconer 14,532Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationHelen Sinclair14,297Green check.svgY
Better Education AssociationWalter Gainer13,772
Civic Government Association A. K. Miller12,199
Civic Government Association Peter Stewart9,640
Independent Anna Pollock5,432
Independent Paul Lloyd3,379
Independent Laura Tuomi3,153

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Independent Edward Stack5,472Green check.svgY
Independent Jean McDonald5,353Green check.svgY
Independent Bill Diachuk 4,496Green check.svgY
Independent John Barbeau4,200
Independent Roy Watson3,491

Plebiscites

Term of Civic Officials

Should present election procedure under the City Act be continued whereby half of the Aldermen and half the School Board representatives are elected each year for a two-year term, and the Mayor is elected for a two-year term every two years? - 13197

OR

Should the election system be changed so that a Municipal election for Mayor, Aldermen and for the School Board Representatives will only be required every two years with all members, when elected, to sit for a term of two years? - 16101

OR

Should the election system be changed so that a Municipal election for Mayor, Aldermen, and for School Board representatives will only be required every three years with all members, when elected, to sit for a term of three years? - 7821

The Early Closing of Shops Bylaw and Food Stores

Do you Favor the passing of a bylaw to amend bylaw No.1716 being the Early Closing of Shops bylaw, so that the amended bylaw will exempt all food stores in Edmonton, regardless of size, from all provisions of the Early Closing Bylaw if the principal business of the store or shop is the sale of food?

  • Yes - 13006
  • No - 27587

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References

  1. "Election History". City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office. Retrieved 2017-04-29.

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections