1964 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1964 Edmonton municipal election was held October 14, 1964 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. This was the first election since 1898 in which all officials were elected in the same year, and marked the introduction of a system whereby elections would be held only every two years. It was also the first election that elected twelve aldermen; previous councils had had only ten aldermen. The forty-six candidates for alderman were among the most in Edmonton's history. The election for aldermen was conducted, like that for mayor, at-large city-wide. Thus the ballot for each voter held the names of the 46 candidates for aldermen. (This record for overall number of candidates was surpassed in the 2021 Edmonton municipal election. In 2021, the candidates were divided into twelve districts, and no ballot held more than 12 aldermanic candidates.) Voter turnout There were 94,880 ballots cast out of 199,259 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 47.6%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent) Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Independent William Hawrelak 56,328 60.12% EDM Independent George Prudham 37,365 39.88% Aldermen Councillors were elected through plurality block voting , with each voter able to cast up to 12 votes. For that reason, more than 880,000 votes were cast in this election by the roughly 100,000 voters who cast a ballot. 46 candidates in total Party slates: Better Civic Government Committee 11 candidates 5 elected Civil Rights Association 7 candidates 2 elected United Voters Association 9 candidates 2 elected Independents 19 candidates 3 elected Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Better Civic Government Committee Morris Weinlos 55,827 yes EDM Civil Rights Association Julia Kiniski 54,637 yes EDM Better Civic Government Committee Ethel Wilson 51,246 yes EDM Independent Kenneth Newman 49,742 yes EDM United Voters Association Ivor Dent 45,276 yes EDM Independent John Leslie Bodie 43,033 yes EDM United Voters Association Ed Leger 38,747 yes EDM Better Civic Government Committee Vincent Dantzer 37,421 yes EDM Independent Angus McGugan 35,322 yes EDM Better Civic Government Committee Frank Edwards 27,211 yes EDM Better Civic Government Committee Kathleen McCallum 23,023 yes EDM Civil Rights Association Robert Franklin Lambert 21,457 yes EDM United Voters Association Norbert Berkowitz 21,277 EDM Civil Rights Association Allan Welsh 20,069 EDM Better Civic Government Committee M. A. Nugent 18,894 EDM United Voters Association William Orobko 18,519 EDM Better Civic Government Committee Conrad Korowan 18,464 EDM Better Civic Government Committee Jack Holmes 17,358 EDM Civil Rights Association K. L. McAuley 16,567 EDM Independent P. J. Ryan 16,468 EDM Better Civic Government Committee G. D. Newcombe 16,096 EDM United Voters Association Ian Nicoll 15,376 EDM Better Civic Government Committee P. C. C. Marshall 15,106 EDM Independent G. A. O'Hara 13,481 EDM Independent C. J. Primeau 13,034 EDM Independent F. Kurylo 12,458 EDM Civil Rights Association Joyce Kurie 12,417 EDM Independent Jack Kirk 12,175 EDM Civil Rights Association Sol Estrin 12,089 EDM Independent L. M. Campbell 11,930 EDM United Voters Association M. E. English 11,772 EDM United Voters Association A. Powers 11,699 EDM United Voters Association Peter Savaryn 11,679 EDM United Voters Association R. J. Dunseith 10,531 EDM Independent D. M. McLeod 10,383 EDM Independent L. E. Messier 10,089 EDM Independent J. O. A. Peets 9,092 EDM Independent R. Doyle 8,751 EDM Independent E. E. Aldridge 8,403 EDM Independent John Sehn 7,620 EDM Independent J. R. Lakusta 7,386 EDM Civil Rights Association Ivar Vanags 6,357 EDM Better Civic Government Committee Irvin Nessel 6,451 EDM Independent W. Makowecki 5,282 EDM Independent Jan Motyl 5,026 EDM Independent Doug Tomlinson* 4,685 Doug Tomlinson was member of the Communist Party. Public school trustees Each voter could cast 7 votes (plurality block voting). Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Better Education Association Milton Lazerte 37,344 yes EDM Quality Education Council Edith Rogers 37,257 yes EDM Better Education Association Earl Buxton 36,333 yes EDM Better Civic Government Committee Vernon Johnson 31,047 yes EDM Better Civic Government Committee James Falconer 30,482 yes EDM Better Education Association John Bracco 26,626 yes EDM Better Education Association Herbert Smith 25,346 yes EDM Better Civic Government Committee Ernest Hanna 20,741 EDM Better Education Association James Young 19,991 EDM Better Education Association Alice Jamha 19,586 EDM Better Civic Government Committee Cec Purves 16,200 EDM Better Education Association Grant Fawcett 15,217 EDM Quality Education Council Dorothy Preston 14,532 EDM Quality Education Council I. C. Dare 13,893 EDM Quality Education Council Arnold Rapske 12,699 EDM Better Civic Government Committee R. Byrnes Fleuty 12,254 EDM Quality Education Council John Poppit 9,668 EDM Independent William Chomyn 7,652 EDM Independent Laura Tuomi 7,472 EDM Quality Education Council Norman Spratt 6,621 EDM Quality Education Council Arthur Latter 6,065 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Independent Orest Demco 14,362 yes EDM Independent G. R. Boileau 13,693 yes EDM Independent Jean McDonald 12,599 yes EDM Independent A. A. Gorman 12,518 yes EDM Independent Bernard Feehan 12,336 yes EDM Independent Edward Stack 12,091 yes EDM Independent Harry Carrigan 9,626 yes EDM Independent Bill Diachuk 8,936 EDM Independent George Hertz 7,713 EDM Independent L. A. Ares 6,354 References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1964 Category:1964 elections in Canada Category:1964 in Alberta Category:1960s in Edmonton Category:October 1964 in Canada