2001 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 2001 Edmonton municipal election Alberta legislative 1998 Edmonton municipal election 1998 2004 Edmonton municipal election 2004 Mayor and 12 councilors to Edmonton City Council October 15, 2001 Mayor Bill Smith Bill Smith The 2001 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 15, 2001 to elect a mayor and twelve councilors to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, seven trustees to sit on the separate school board, and seven members of the Capital Health Board of Directors. This election was the first, and to date only, election in which directors were elected to the boards of Alberta's Regional Health Authorities. After this election, the provincial government returned to appointing all members of these boards directly. Voter turnout There were 172,540 ballots cast out of 489,794 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.2%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Mayor Candidate Votes %Bill Smith75,67844.35%Robert Noce54,37531.87%Mike Nickel33,77619.80%Joe Devaney1,7461.02%Katie Oppen1,5450.91%Tess Elsworthy1,5130.89%Laura Duffy8690.51%Thomas "Buffalo Terminator" Tomilson7450.44%Bob Ligertwood3760.22% Councillors Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6CandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotesKaren Leibovici17,947Allan Bolstad13,933Janice Melnychuk10,550Michael Phair16,054Larry Langley19,521Dave Thiele13,998Stephen Mandel7,569Ron Hayter12,154Ed Gibbons8,640Jane Batty8,780Bryan Anderson19,131Terry Cavanagh13,784Don Clarke7,536Mimi Williams5,522Ken Shipka5,042Debbie Yeung5,837Judith Brown11,931Chinwe Okelu10,239Kathy Kohut3,545Don Lawson5,318Gordon Stamp4,987David Starko5,504Bob Stenhouse8,024Jane Standing3,470Tim Gartner2,478Allan Jack3,169Myles Kitagawa5,177Dennis Trefiak1,742Joe Hudson3,390Neil Cameron2,275Daniel Bablitz2,733Ben Henderson4,164Charlie Galan2,836Mike Melymick1,602Marie Renaud2,455Jeff Campbell1,503Rob McGregor1,931Robert Burns1,448Ken Balkwill2,445Doug Meggison1,204Gerald "Jed" Woodill1,390Bud Sarasin509Mitch Compri2,265Peter Rowe1,029Larry Anderson1,117Ron Schuster1,953David Verhagen964Rita John912Joseph (J. R.) Royer1,323Lee Permann925Sean Tisdall612Wade Franko1,310Bob Whyte874Ron Gavreau833Hank Muirhead802Tom Phelan470Thomas Roberts533Dean Leffler432Allyn White524Adil Pirbhai410Richard Gendron277Alexander Riabou229 Public school trustees Ward AWard BWard CBill Bonko6,76962.07%Bob Dean4,73946.94%Lynn Odynski7,66956.77%Bev Esslinger4,13637.93%Doug Stamp2,73527.09%Don Williams5,83943.23% Ed Vass 1,769 17.52% Perry Chahal 852 8.44%Ward DWard EWard FRay Martin6,60466.27%Jean Woodrow5,61049.09%Don Fleming7,70063.94%Terry Sulyma2,02120.28%Carol Anne Dean4,04035.35%Janice Fleming4,34236.06%Vicki Nelson-Stamp1,34113.46%Dianne Williamson1,77915.57%Ward GWard HWard ISvend Hansen8,05355.45%George NicholsonAcclaimedGerry Gibeault4,22136.47%Sophie Ares Pilon2,31815.96%Judith Axelson3,18327.50%Patrick Dwyre2,17314.96%Les Mcfadyen2,91025.14%Sean Whelan1,97813.62%Gordon Hum1,0649.19%Al Jovine1951.68% Separate (Catholic) school trustees One trustee is elected from each ward, and the non-victorious candidate with the most total votes is also elected. Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Debbie Engel5,82876.15%Janice Sarich3,82740.44%Mark Razzolini6,21670.17%Richard Mcnally1,82523.85%Ronald Zapisocki3,22534.08%Jim Shinkaruk2,64329.83%Jim Urlacher2,41125.48%Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Debbie Cavaliere3,85158.96%Judy BuddleAcclaimedCharles KoesterAcclaimedJoe Filewych2,68141.04% Capital Health Authority Ward ED1Ward ED3Ward ED5Ward ED6Ward ED7Olivia Butti14,87864.01%Joan Duiker12,83764.70%Ian Crawford5,58722.98%Barbara Ann Thompson10,71957.80%Sheila McKay10,98144.77%Tom Olenuk8,36635.99%Clarence Dezwart7,00435.30%Jim Matt4,40218.10%Earl Shinfruk4,09022.06%Robert Hyndman4,98320.32%Ward ED2Ward ED4Maurice Fritze4,29917.68%Bas Roopnarine3,73520.14%David Alton4,20817.16%Molly Warring6,05632.50%Brian Bechtel8,80846.55%Robert Kinasewich4,00716.48%Peter White1,6526.74%Marilyn Kammer4,81125.82%Les Young6,33333.47%Deborah Holm3,56314.65%Robert Rogers1,5556.34%Louis Sobolewski4,70025.23%Harvey Voogd3,78119.98%Allan Hunsperger1,7006.99%Fernando Pardo1,1474.68%Brad Cardinal3,06516.45%Bob Ewart7593.12% References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections Category:October 2001 in Canada Category:2001 Alberta municipal elections 2001 Category:2000s in Edmonton