1977 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1977 municipal election was held October 19, 1977 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 a nine-member public school board was elected instead of the seven member board that had previously existed. It was also the last election to use only four wards for election of the city councillors. Beginning in 1980, two aldermen were elected from each of six wards. Electoral system Mayor was elected through First past the post. Councillors were elected three per ward, through Plurality block voting where each voter could cast up to three votes. School board positions also were filled through Plurality block voting as well.Rek, Municipal Elections in Edmonton Voter turnout There were 116,525 ballots cast out of 305,342 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 38.2%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Independent rowIndependentCec Purves38,72033.92% EDM Independent rowIndependentLaurence Decore29,68226.00% EDM Independent rowIndependentTerry Cavanagh28,94125.36% EDM Independent rowIndependentIvor Dent13,81812.11% EDM Revolutionary Workers League Donald Tapscott 1,395 1.22% EDM Independent rowIndependentEddie Keehn1,1080.97% EDM Independent rowIndependentJohn Horobec4790.42% (William Hawrelak had been elected mayor in the 1974 election, but had died in office. Cavanagh was selected by council to replace him.) Aldermen Guide: E.C.G.A = Edmonton Civic Government Association E.V.A. = Edmonton Voters Association U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4 Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate VotesU.R.G.E.Lois Campbell12,958Ind.Gene Dub11,202E.C.G.ARon Hayter11,425U.R.G.E.Bettie Hewes16,560E.C.G.AKenneth Newman14,619E.C.G.AOlivia Butti10,553Ind.Ed Leger10,760E.C.G.AWilliam Chmiliar14,473E.C.G.APaul Norris12,014Ind.Percy Wickman8,755U.R.G.E.Edward Kennedy9,957E.C.G.ABuck Olsen14,090Ind.Carl Paproski11,926U.R.G.E.Gerry Wright6,311Ind.David Stewart6,342Ind.Sheila McKay10,876E.C.G.ABud Salloum10,693Ind.Bob Caine5,304E.V.A.Walter Doskoch4,290E.C.G.ADarryl Smith8,958Ind.Nick Fedorak7,440Ind.Solomon Agronin5,153Ind.Clarence (Chuck) Bolton3,408Ind.Mitchell Wijcik6,515Ind.Donald Eastcott5,390Ind.Kenneth Burton4,668Ind.Ernest Whitely3,362E.V.A.Ed Ewasiuk6,192Ind.Cal O'Brian4,624E.C.G.AEd Baxter4,138Ind.John Lakusta3,031E.V.A.Gerry Paschen3,983Ind.Henry Rutkowski3,167Ind.Johannes Bosch2,703E.V.A.Robert Blakely2,867Ind.Olga Cylurik1,870E.V.A.E. J. (Slim) Powell1,800Ind.Richard Guthrie1,171 Public school trustees Shirley Forbes - 38468 Mel Binder - 37438 Ernie Lund - 35406 Jim Patrick - 33618 Don Massey - 33444 Catherine Ford - 33170 Richard Jamieson - 32371 James Falconer - 31754 Elaine Jones - 27494 Lorne Mowers - 26792 Vernon Johnson - 25896 Douglas Sorenson - 24397 Molly Glass - 21330 John Mason - 16319 Clare Brown - 16252 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Leo Floyd - 16438 Jean McDonald - 15123 Barry Cavanaugh - 11506 Phil Gibeau - 11207 Laurier Picard - 11071 Raymond Pinkowski - 10342 Joe Donahue - 9810 William McNeill - 8664 Zan Matishank - 8436 Patrick Murphy - 7873 Lyle Lavender - 7039 John Kash - 6506 Paul Haljan - 4659 References External links City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1977 Category:1977 elections in Canada Category:1977 in Alberta Category:October 1977 in Canada Category:1970s in Edmonton