1980 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1980 municipal election was held October 15, 1980 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.

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This was the first election in which there were two aldermen elected from each of the six wards, instead of three aldermen elected from each of the four wards, as had previously been the case.

Voter turnout

There were 72939 ballots cast out of 341102 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 21.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
  Independent Cec Purves 52,03576.47%
  Independent Murray Trott5,3467.86%
  Independent Lester Adams4,9027.20%
  Independent Eddie Keehn2,9384.32%
  Independent John Horobec1,5752.31%
  Independent John Buttrey1,2491.84%

Aldermen

Guide:

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3
PartyCandidateVotesPartyCandidateVotesPartyCandidateVotes
IndependentKenneth Newman7,683Independent Ron Hayter 5,175IndependentJune Cavanagh4,629
IndependentOlivia Butti6,673U.R.G.E. Jan Reimer 4,433E.V.A. Ed Ewasiuk 3,184
U.R.G.E.Iain Taylor4,155IndependentJim Spalding3,255U.R.G.E. Judy Bethel 2,727
U.R.G.E.Sherburne McCurdy3,851U.R.G.E.Lila Fahlman2,480IndependentSheila McKay2,692
IndependentDavid Stewart1,685IndependentWilliam Chmiliar2,604
IndependentJohn Hawrelak1,019IndependentMitch Wujik2,384
E.V.A.Harry Johnson419U.R.G.E.Clint Budd708
IndependentWayne Hayes313IndependentRobert Acker333
IndependentTim Baloben279
IndependentNoel Round203
Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6
IndependentPaul Norris3,550Independent Percy Wickman 8,842U.R.G.E. Bettie Hewes 8,429
U.R.G.E.Gerry Wright3,462U.R.G.E.Lois Campbell7,696IndependentEd Leger5,641
U.R.G.E.Carolyn Nutter3,393IndependentNick Fedorak2,279IndependentKen Kozak4,154
IndependentRon Patsula2,172IndependentGuy Tessier1,450IndependentWayne Weeks2,169
IndependentAllen Wasnea1,190IndependentOlga Cylurik929Independent Don Massey 2,113
IndependentBill Broad817IndependentPaul Fuog926IndependentBob Durrant1,661
E.V.A.Walter Aiello467U.R.G.E.Fred Atiq688
IndependentPaul Bird260

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Independent Shirley Forbes24,566Green check.svgY
Independent Mel Binder20,757Green check.svgY
Independent Ernie Hodgson19,315Green check.svgY
Independent Don Massey 19,060Green check.svgY
Independent Jim Wiebe17,756Green check.svgY
Independent Herb Jamieson 17,582Green check.svgY
Independent Ernie Lund16,690Green check.svgY
Independent Joan Cowling16,469Green check.svgY
Independent Elaine Jones15,993Green check.svgY
Independent Grace Hendrickson14,375
Independent P. Christensen14,252
Independent David Borgstrom12,331
Independent Lorne Mowers12,252
Independent George Luck9,507
Independent Susky Hardin9,055
Independent Julie Loga7,664
Independent Benjamin Doell7,115
Independent John Mason7,079
Independent G. Chandler-Nahumko6,854
Independent John Lakusta6,489
Independent N. A. Chaudhary5,823
Independent Robert Douglas5,499

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Independent Jean McDonald9,328Green check.svgY
Independent William Green8,549Green check.svgY
Independent Phil Gibeau7,728Green check.svgY
Independent Alice Gagne6,918Green check.svgY
Independent Hugh Tadman6,883Green check.svgY
Independent Simone Secker6,410Green check.svgY
Independent Margaret Bouska5,946Green check.svgY
Independent Raymond Pinkowski5,492
Independent Lyle Lavender4,132
Independent Donald Sikorski3,757
Independent Joseph Hoover3,538
Independent L. Brian Mitchell3,525
Independent Edmund Nagle3,457

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections