1959 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1959 Edmonton municipal election was held October 14, 1959, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided eleven plebiscite questions. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Frederick John Mitchell, George Prudham, Donald Bowen, Ethel Wilson, and Laurette Douglas were all elected to two-year terms in 1958 and were still in office (in fact, Mitchell was in office as mayor, having been appointed four weeks earlier by council to replace William Hawrelak (resigned September 9, 1959), but city bylaws allowed him to resume his aldermanic term once a new mayor was elected). There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: J. Percy Page, Robert Thorogood, and William Orobko were elected to two-year terms in 1958 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Leo Lemieux, Vincent Dantzer, and E D Stack were continuing. Voter turnout There were 52357 ballots cast out of 150062 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 34.9%. Results bold indicates elected italics indicate incumbent SS indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912. Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Citizens' Committee and Civic Reform Association Elmer Roper 25,465 49.02% EDM Independent James Harper Prowse 19,318 37.19% EDM Independent William Pasternak 6624 12.75% EDM Independent John Thomas Bennett 542 1.04% Aldermen Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee & Civic Reform Association William Henning 27,825 SS yes EDM Civic Reform Association Angus McGugan 22,711 SS yes EDM Civic Reform Association Ed Leger 21,372 SS yes EDM Civic Reform Association Gordon McClary 19,269 – yes EDM Citizens' Committee McKim Ross 17,950 SS yes EDM Citizens' Committee Cliffard Roy 17,172 SS EDM Citizens' Committee Morris Weinlos 16,769 EDM Civic Reform Association J. Les Bodie 15,077 EDM Citizens' Committee Robert McDonald 14,592 EDM Independent Ivor Dent 13,870 SS EDM Edmonton Voters Association Julia Kiniski 9,703 EDM Independent Allan Welsh 8,824 EDM Independent Orval Allen 7,671 SS EDM Independent Charles Simmonds 7,629 SS EDM Independent Stan Rogalski 3,787 EDM Edmonton Voters Association E. J. (Slim) Powell 3,050 EDM Edmonton Voters Association Walter Doskoch 2,639 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee & Civic Reform Association Angus MacDonald 26,928   yes EDM Civic Reform Association Edith Rogers 24,893   yes EDM Citizens' Committee & Civic Reform Association Vernon Johnson 22,467 SS yes EDM Civic Reform Association Murray Stewart Cooke 20,707 EDM Citizens' Committee Ernest Hanna 18,685 EDM Citizens' Committee Douglas Thomson 14,742 SS yes EDM Independent David Graham 12,641 EDM Edmonton Voters Association John Rawluk 3,685 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Independent Joseph Moreau 7,165   yes EDM Independent Orest Demco 6,215   yes EDM Independent Catherine McGrath 6,158   yes EDM Independent Henry Carrigan 5,952 SS yes EDM Independent Russell Burke 5,892 SS Plebiscites Plebiscite items required a minimum two-thirds "Yes" majority to bring about action Fluoridation of Water Shall fluorides, for the prevention of tooth decay, be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water? Yes - 27946 No - 22166 Landfill Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $75,000.00 for the purchase of land to be used as a refuse disposal area employing the sanitary fill method? Yes - 20803 No - 8925 Traffic Lights Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $160,000.00 in order to purchase and locate traffic lights on certain highway intersections within the City? Yes - 22886 No - 7128 Paving Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets? Yes - 24502 No - 5528 Parks Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $750,000.00 for constructing or improving park areas or playgrounds and circles, buffer zones, ravine side boulevards, small parks and triangles? Yes - 21718 No - 8154 Railway Underpass Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $300,00.00 for the City share of constructing an underpass of the Canadian National Railway tracks at the crossing of 127 Street at 126 Avenue? Yes - 21420 No - 9218 Bridge over Mill Creek Ravine Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the City share of constructing a four lane bridge to replace the existing structure over Mill Creek Ravine at 82nd Avenue? Yes - 23490 No - 6729 Royal Alexandra Hospital Expansion Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $3,000,000.00 so that the patient bed capacity of the new Royal Alexandra Hospital approved in 1958 may be increased by 300 beds and to buy equipment? Yes - 25018 No - 5911 Swimming Pool Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $350,000.00 for the City share of constructing an indoor swimming Pool at Eastglen Composite High School situated at 114th Avenue and 68th Street? Yes - 13842 No - 15577 Youth Shelter Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $175,000.00 for the purpose of constructing an Emergency Receiving Home for neglected children? Yes - 25703 No - 4802 Bridges over MacKinnon and MacKenzie ravines Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,000,000.00 for the purpose of constructing two 4 lane bridges to replace the existing structures located at 142 Street and MacKinnon Ravine, and 142 Street and MacKenzie Ravine? Yes - 16743 No - 12645 References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1959 Category:1959 elections in Canada Category:1959 in Alberta Category:October 1959 in Canada Category:1950s in Edmonton