1980 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 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. 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. Electoral system Mayor was elected through first past the post. Councillors and school trustees were elected through block voting. Voter turnout There were 72,939 ballots cast out of 341,102 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 21.4%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Independent rowIndependentCec Purves52,03576.47% EDM Independent rowIndependentMurray Trott5,3467.86% EDM Independent rowIndependentLester Adams4,9027.20% EDM Independent rowIndependentEddie Keehn2,9384.32% EDM Independent rowIndependentJohn Horobec1,5752.31% EDM Independent rowIndependentJohn Buttrey1,2491.84% Aldermen Guide: E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3 Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate VotesIndependentKenneth Newman7,683IndependentRon Hayter5,175IndependentJune Cavanagh4,629IndependentOlivia Butti6,673U.R.G.E.Jan Reimer4,433E.V.A.Ed Ewasiuk3,184U.R.G.E.Iain Taylor4,155IndependentJim Spalding3,255U.R.G.E.Judy Bethel2,727U.R.G.E.Sherburne McCurdy3,851U.R.G.E.Lila Fahlman2,480IndependentSheila McKay2,692IndependentDavid Stewart1,685IndependentWilliam Chmiliar2,604IndependentJohn Hawrelak1,019IndependentMitch Wujik2,384E.V.A.Harry Johnson419U.R.G.E.Clint Budd708IndependentWayne Hayes313IndependentRobert Acker333IndependentTim Baloben279IndependentNoel Round203Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6IndependentPaul Norris3,550IndependentPercy Wickman8,842U.R.G.E.Bettie Hewes8,429U.R.G.E.Gerry Wright3,462U.R.G.E.Lois Campbell7,696IndependentEd Leger5,641U.R.G.E.Carolyn Nutter3,393IndependentNick Fedorak2,279IndependentKen Kozak4,154IndependentRon Patsula2,172IndependentGuy Tessier1,450IndependentWayne Weeks2,169IndependentAllen Wasnea1,190IndependentOlga Cylurik929IndependentDon Massey2,113IndependentBill Broad817IndependentPaul Fuog926IndependentBob Durrant1,661E.V.A.Walter Aiello467U.R.G.E.Fred Atiq688IndependentPaul Bird260 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Independent Shirley Forbes 24,566 yes EDM Independent Mel Binder 20,757 yes EDM Independent Ernie Hodgson 19,315 yes EDM Independent Don Massey 19,060 yes EDM Independent Jim Wiebe 17,756 yes EDM Independent Herb Jamieson 17,582 yes EDM Independent Ernie Lund 16,690 yes EDM Independent Joan Cowling 16,469 yes EDM Independent Elaine Jones 15,993 yes EDM Independent Grace Hendrickson 14,375 EDM Independent P. Christensen 14,252 EDM Independent David Borgstrom 12,331 EDM Independent Lorne Mowers 12,252 EDM Independent George Luck 9,507 EDM Independent Susky Hardin 9,055 EDM Independent Julie Loga 7,664 EDM Independent Benjamin Doell 7,115 EDM Independent John Mason 7,079 EDM Independent G. Chandler-Nahumko 6,854 EDM Independent John Lakusta 6,489 EDM Independent N. A. Chaudhary 5,823 EDM Independent Robert Douglas 5,499 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Independent Jean McDonald 9,328 yes EDM Independent William Green 8,549 yes EDM Independent Phil Gibeau 7,728 yes EDM Independent Alice Gagne 6,918 yes EDM Independent Hugh Tadman 6,883 yes EDM Independent Simone Secker 6,410 yes EDM Independent Margaret Bouska 5,946 yes EDM Independent Raymond Pinkowski 5,492 EDM Independent Lyle Lavender 4,132 EDM Independent Donald Sikorski 3,757 EDM Independent Joseph Hoover 3,538 EDM Independent L. Brian Mitchell 3,525 EDM Independent Edmund Nagle 3,457 References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1980 Category:1980 elections in Canada Category:1980 in Alberta Category:1980s in Edmonton Category:October 1980 in Canada