1974 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1974 municipal election was held October 16, 1974 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The aldermen were elected using plurality block voting in three-seat wards. Voter turnout There were 141,636 ballots cast out of 406,995 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 36.4%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Independent rowIndependentWilliam Hawrelak67,74149.21% EDM Independent rowIndependentCec Purves32,67423.74% EDM Independent rowIndependentIvor Dent28,29720.56% EDM Independent rowIndependentDavid Ward6,9835.07% EDM Edmonton League for Socialist Action Carl Austin 1,017 0.74% EDM Independent rowIndependentNell Martin5070.37% EDM Independent rowIndependentJohn Horobec4350.32% Aldermen Guide: 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 VotesInd.Ches Tanner17,222Ind.Laurence Decore13,213Ind.Ed Leger12,733Ind.Terry Cavanagh19,868Ind.Kenneth Newman14,902Ind.Olivia Butti8,564Ind.Ron Hayter10,016Ind.Buck Olsen15,973Ind.Robert Matheson14,644E.V.A.David Leadbeater7,152U.R.G.E.Edward Kennedy8,670U.R.G.E.Bettie Hewes15,447Ind.Terry Laing12,827Ind.James Falconer6,658Ind.Terry Nugent7,886Ind.Sheila McKay9,125Ind.Bud Salloum7,758Ind.Cecil Rhodes6,006U.R.G.E.Sam Agronin7,248Ind.Mitchell Wujcik6,949Ind.John Ludwig7,667Ind.Neil MacLean5,667Ind.Bill McLean7,149Ind.John Lakusta6,364U.R.G.E.Syeda Hameed6,194U.R.G.E.Percy Wickman5,313Ind.Olee Wowk3,803Ind.Elaine Johnson5,585Ind.George Luck5,154U.R.G.E.Gerry Wright5,052Ind.Gerhard Volkmann3,703Ind.William Askin4,947Ind.Eddie Keehn4,602Ind.Bruce Vaughan4,129Ind.Gene Dub3,935E.V.A.Walter Doskoch4,820Ind.Jean Pierre Van Eck3,221Ind.Clif Tait3,276Ind.Henry Rutkowski3,588Ind.Ernie Hayne2,332Ind.David Collier3,142Ind.Lou Acocella1,044Ind.Victor Sedo2,422Ind.Larry Messier1,929Ind.Paul Fuog1,348Ind.Peter Yuca1,125Socialist ActionAngela Mueller1,104 Public school trustees Herb Jamieson - 34991 Shirley Forbes - 31808 Vernon Johnson - 28606 James Falconer - 28259 Catherine Ford - 25461 Ernest Lund - 24732 Mel Binder - 23521 Don Massey - 23471 Jim Patrick - 21968 Betty Flewitt - 21349 Maria Flak - 17914 Jean Haddow - 17217 Gerry Beck - 15700 R W Sherwin - 15416 Anna Pollock - 15376 Al Fahlman - 14366 Bernice Youck - 13030 Ken Kozak - 12299 Ashgar Ali - 10110 William Lee - 9050 Mark Pastic - 6392 Tim Nolt - 6191 William Hegedus - 6135 George Skov - 5524 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Each voter could cast up to seven votes (plurality block voting). Jean Forest - 14559 Leo Floyd - 14406 Jean McDonald - 11132 W McNeill - 9493 Phil Gibeau - 9425 Raymond Pinkowski - 8499 Laurier Picard - 8348 Robert Carney - 7957 Orest Evenshen - 7898 Nicholas Sheptycki - 6716 Robert Gourdine - 6593 Edward Christie - 6463 Bob McDonald - 5711 Adele - 4946 Larry Messier - 4938 Paul Haljan - 3976 Stanley Blazosek - 3532 Don Davies - 3246 Vincent Hawskwell - 3102 References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1974 Category:1974 elections in Canada Category:1974 in Alberta Category:1970s in Edmonton Category:October 1974 in Canada