2004 Edmonton municipal election

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2004 Edmonton municipal election
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  2001 October 18, 2004 2007  

Mayor and 12 councilors to Edmonton City Council
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Candidate Stephen Mandel Bill Smith Robert Noce
Popular vote85,88768,76752,640
Percentage40.6832.5724.93

Mayor before election

Bill Smith

Elected Mayor

Stephen Mandel

The 2004 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 18, 2004 to elect a mayor and twelve councillors 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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Voter turnout

There were 212,105 ballots cast out of 507,577 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 41.8%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

CandidateVotes %
Stephen Mandel 85,88740.68%
Bill Smith 68,76732.57%
Robert Noce52,64024.93%
Tilo Paravalos9210.44%
Dieter Peske9050.43%
Dave Dowling8580.41%
Thomas "Buffalo Terminator" Tomilson7680.36%
Jean-Paul Noujaim3900.18%

Councillors

Twelve councillors, two elected in each of six wards, with voters having up two votes each.

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6
CandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotes
Karen Leibovici 23,793 Ron Hayter 18,386Janice Melnychuk21,020 Michael Phair 23,219 Bryan Anderson 19,650 Dave Thiele 16,128
Linda Sloan 12,353Kim Krushell12,966 Ed Gibbons 17,524 Jane Batty 14,352 Mike Nickel 16,803 Terry Cavanagh 14,725
Karen Lynch10,909Dave Loken7,512 Tony Caterina 9,416 Ben Henderson 12,475Donna Finucane15,123Chinwe Okelu12,877
Charlene Davis6,888Don Koziak7,289Joan Duiker5,978Debbie Yeung10,500Al Slemko6,576 Amarjeet Sohi 8,077
Terry Demers3,306Tim Hajar4,542Kyle Balombin3,334Thomas Roberts1,945Ian Crawford5,307Barbara Ann Thompson6,339
Joe Hudson3,046Mimi Williams3,978Dale Ferris1,702Jung-Suk Ryu3,817Terry McKinnon2,908
Samir Ghossein1,534Kerry Hutton1,820Paul Welke1,417Katie Oppen2,029Sean Diakiw1,013
Rory Koopmans1,332Larry Thomson1,629Adil Pirbhai533
Trent Soholt1,149Jabin Caouette1,526

Public school trustees

Ward AWard BWard C
Bev Esslinger9,70270.53%Wendy Keiver6,51151.28%Don Williams5,92938.45%
Perry Chahal2,48618.07%Bob Dean6,18748.72%Sherry Adams5,71937.09%
Victor Varvis1,56711.39%Phill McNabb3,77324.47%
Ward DWard EWard F
David Colburn5,01144.92%Ken GibsonAcclaimedDon Fleming8,76757.02%
Terry Sulyma4,01736.01%Susan O'Neil6,60842.98%
Emil van der Poorten2,12719.07%
Ward GWard HWard I
Svend Hansen12,20266.25%George Nicholson9,86850.41% Gerry Gibeault 6,29644.17%
Kam Gill6,21733.75%Catherine Ripley9,70649.59%Judith Axelson6,02042.23%
Neal Gray1,93913.60%

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

One trustee is elected from each ward, and the non-victorious candidate with the most total votes is also elected.

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3
Debbie EngelAcclaimed Janice Sarich 8,08465.09%Mark Razzolini7,78669.08%
Jim Urlacher4,33634.91%John Beke3,48530.92%
Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6
Debbie Cavaliere4,69957.12%Judy Buddle3,33640.23%Patrick McDonald3,80346.17%
Joe Filewych2,32928.31%Marilyn Bergstra3,31339.95%Kara Pelech2,84034.48%
Rudy Arcilla1,19914.57%Doug McCarthy1,64319.81%Jim Shinkaruk1,59419.35%

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