1998 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 1998 Edmonton municipal election Alberta legislative 1995 Edmonton municipal election 1995 2001 Edmonton municipal election 2001 Mayor and 12 councilors to Edmonton City Council October 26, 1998 Mayor Bill Smith Bill Smith The 1998 Edmonton municipal election was held October 26, 1998, to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to sit on Edmonton City Council, 9 trustees to sit on the public school board, and 7 trustees to sit on the separate school board. Edmontonians also decided one plebiscite question and participated in the Senate election. Voter turnout There were 172,215 ballots cast out of 482,763 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.7%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Mayor Candidate Votes %Bill Smith84,51250.62%Mike Nickel27,02916.19%Ihor Broda22,28013.35%Tooker Gomberg21,61412.95%Rory Nugent3,8692.32%Cheryl Schumacher3,7402.24%Kelly Morris2,1781.30%Brian Gregg1,7261.03% Councillors Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6CandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesWendy Kinsella18,731Allan Bolstad15,605Brian Mason19,311Jim Taylor20,357Larry Langley13,805Terry Cavanagh13,659Leroy Chahley18,589Rose Rosenberger11,141Robert Noce17,094Michael Phair19,708Bryan Anderson12,731Dave Thiele9,773Jane Standing7,958Don Koziak7,875Gordon Stamp8,085Douglas Meggison5,191Jane Batty8,785Chinwe Okelu7,654Jerry Voss3,350Mimi Williams5,739Thomas Tomilson2,046Lee Permann4,893Maurice Fritz6,503Sheila McKay6,781Sergio Teixeira1,783Donna Finucane6,369Ziad Jaber3,937Brenda Platzer5,973Frank Atkinson2,823Adil Pirbhai891Greg Dagg2,022Gordon McIntosh1,927Anna Graham1,306Marcel Fayant228 Public school trustees Ward AWard CWard EWard GWard HBill Bonko4,86748.31%Don Williams3,97933.12%Carole Anne Dean4,94448.22%Svend Hansen3,80625.37%George Nicholson9,51065.94%Bev Esslinger3,32533.00%Mel Huizinga3,31227.57%Dennis Freeman3,56934.81%Donna Fong3,29921.99%Kerry Brown4,91234.06%Lynette Young1,88318.69%Dorothy Reynolds2,40520.02%Lise Watts1,74016.97%Lori Hilibeck2,41816.12%Dorothy Reynolds2,40520.02%Larry Zbitnew1,59110.61%John McDonald1,25910.48%Anna Der1,2448.29%Murray Clarke1,0608.82%Jim Patrick1,0587.05%Ward BWard DWard FJason Burns5033.35%Ward IJanice Melnychuk3,97241.80%Terry Sulyma3,39541.22%Don FlemingAcclaimedRon Kuban4052.70%Gerry Gibeault6,32854.87%Loreen Kabanuk1,66117.48%Vicki Stamp3,12837.98%Lynn Lunde3722.48%David Fletcher5,20545.13%Doug Stamp1,28713.54%Karl Kuss1,71321.13%David Balcon3042.03%Andy Chichak1,25413.20%Denis Lapierre7167.53%Dwayne Jiry6136.45% Separate (Catholic) school trustees Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Debbie Engel2,35734.07%Ronald Zapisocki3,65542.47%Jim Shinkaruk2,47730.18%David MacDougall1,18917.18%Jim Urlacher2,58730.06%Gerda Krug2,21727.01%Don Mah1,01314.64%Vincent Capri2,36527.48%Helen Tymoczo1,95523.82%John Patrick Day1,01114.61%Gunda Murray1,55818.98%Reg Kastelan99314.35%Don Marriott1982.86%Robert Gossain1582.28%Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ron Patsula2,77243.78%Judy Buddle4,61077.67%Brian Mitchell3,78458.47%Debbie Cavaliere2,03332.11%Raphael Watzke1,32522.33%Barbara Ann Thompson2,68841.53%Don Weideman1,52624.10% (Edward Wieclaw was acclaimed to the seat representing Vegreville on the board.) Video Lottery Terminal Plebiscite Are you in favour of Bylaw No. 1853 which says, "City Council requests the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Liquor and Gaming Commission to remove Video Lottery Terminals from the City of Edmonton?" Vote Yes or No. Votes %Yes80,96449.85%No81,44950.15% Senate Nominee Election This was a province-wide election. Results below reflect only Edmonton vote totals; provincially, Ted Morton and Bert Brown were elected (see 1998 Alberta Senate nominee election for province-wide results). PartyCandidateVotes AB Reform (1989) row-nameBert Brown56,456 AB Reform (1989) row-nameTed Morton47,785 AB Independent row-nameGuy Desrosiers36,472 AB Independent row-nameVance Gough28,588 References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1998 Category:1998 elections in Canada Category:1998 in Alberta Category:October 1998 in Canada Category:1990s in Edmonton