1983 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1983 municipal election was held October 17, 1983 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council in Alberta, Canada, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board. Electoral system Mayor was elected through First past the post. Councillors were elected through Plurality block voting, two per ward, where each voter could cast up to two votes. School board positions also were filled through Plurality block voting as well.Rek, Municipal Elections in Edmonton Voter turnout There were 160,942 ballots cast out of 382,053 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 42.1%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Independent rowIndependentLaurence Decore95,98161.29% EDM Independent rowIndependentCec Purves41,27326.35% EDM Independent rowIndependentJim Wiebe15,0719.62% EDM Independent rowIndependentDoreen Crowley2,0701.32% EDM Independent rowIndependentRobert Genis-Bell1,4790.94% EDM Independent rowIndependentJohn Valpy7370.47% Aldermen Guide: E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association R.C.C. = Responsible Citizens Committee U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4 Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate VotesR.C.C.G. Lyall Roper16,019U.R.G.E.Jan Reimer12,048Ind.Julian Kinisky7,809Ind.Ed Leger7,235Ind.Olivia Butti12,583Ind.Ron Hayter11,580E.V.A.Ed Ewasiuk7,078Ind.Lance White4,780U.R.G.E.Walter Coombs7,542Ind.Sam Donaghey8,624Ind.June Cavanagh5,621Ind.Allen Wasnea4,129Ind.Johann Ludwig6,289E.V.A.Gene Romaniuk5,962Ind.Margaret Stumbourg4,658Ind.Susan Middlemiss4,092Ind.Naseer Chaudhary2,060Ind.Michael Fedoretz5,696R.C.C.Jim Spalding4,197U.R.G.E.Alex McEachern3,783Ind.Pierre Lefort1,124Ind.William Chmiliar3,704R.C.C.John Leslie Bodie2,941Ward 5Ward 6Ind.Barrie Shewchuk3,365R.C.C.Don Williams2,865Ind.Percy Wickman15,185U.R.G.E.Bettie Hewes15,608Ind.Garry Stevenson2,037E.V.A.Brian Mason2,455R.C.C.Lillian Staroszik12,878Ind.Terry Cavanagh14,352Ind.Klaus Weiher1,553Ind.George Butler2,083U.R.G.E.Lois Campbell6,797R.C.C.James Bateman8,707E.V.A.Lucien Royer1,416Ind.Alex Munzel1,713Ind.Wesley Chandler6,440R.C.C.Ken Kozak8,110Ind.Gerald Lorente1,237Ind.Mark Norris1,309E.V.A.Louise Swift2,687Ind.Max Bahsen5,075Ind.Armand Gendron341Ind.Michael Hodgins1,036Ind.Allan Zemrau2,509Ind.Wayne Weeks3,375Ind.Joe Bugis954Ind.Paul Fuog895Ind.Klaus Lehmann1,171Ind.Carl William329Ind.Dean Leffler464Ind.Owen Timperley567Ind.Murray Scambler256 Public school trustees Joan Cowling - 51434 Don Massey - 50007 Mel Binder - 46872 Elaine Jones - 44147 Dick Mather - 40921 George Luck - 27746 Marion Herbert - 27460 Michael Belaire - 24864 John Lakusta - 23313 George Hum - 22814 David Gowan-Smith - 22405 Edward Hall - 22198 Jeff Martin - 19260 Olga Cylurik - 19001 Douglas Elves - 18240 Michael McDaid - 16380 James Bondarenko - 15907 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Catherine Chichak - 18290 Jean McDonald - 17690 Francis O'Hara - 15864 William Green - 14690 Phil Gibeau - 14171 Hugh Tadman - 13759 Alice Gagne - 12767 Elizabeth Reid - 11403 Diana McIntyre - 10556 Mark Toth - 9890 Sarah Clancy - 8528 James Shinkaruk - 8454 Simone Secker - 7879 John Higgins - 7745 References External links City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1983 Category:1983 elections in Canada Category:1983 in Alberta Category:October 1983 in Canada Category:1980s in Edmonton