1971 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1971 municipal election was held October 13, 1971 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 in which a ward system was used. Where previously all twelve aldermen were elected in a city-wide district, beginning with this election the councilors were elected in wards, with three councillors elected in each of four wards. (Starting with the 1980 election, this was changed to two aldermen being elected from each of six wards). The election was conducted under the block voting system in which each voter was given as many votes as there were vacancies. School board trustees were elected at-large no wards used. The mayor was elected through first-past-the-post voting. All others were elected through plurality block voting. Voter turnout In this election, 101,235 ballots cast out of 273,271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 37.1%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Independent Ivor Dent 60,948 62.20% EDM Independent Julian Kinisky 27,270 27.83% EDM Independent Jack Holmes 9,777 9.98% Aldermen Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4 Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate VotesInd.Kenneth Newman13,934Ind.Cec Purves10,879Ind.Ed Leger6,688Ind.Una Evans11,574Ind.Dudley Menzies13,663Ind.David Ward9,244Ind.Ron Hayter5,709Ind.Terry Cavanagh8,776Ind.Ches Tanner10,960Ind.Alex Fallow8,188Ind.William McLean5,454Ind.Buck Olsen7,550Ind.Morris Weinlos10,053Ind.Laurence Decore7,899Ind.Sam Agronin4,735Ind.William Boytzun7,272Ind.I. Gliener7,465Ind.Thomas Baker7,565Ind.Allan McTavish4,202Ind.Roy Jamha5,449Ind.Terry Laing6,752Ind.Cecil Rhodes3,498Ind.Irene Domecki3,417Ind.Natalka Faryna3,894Ind.Bob Bothwell5,332Ind.Eric Reilly3,482Ind.Joe Donahue2,873Ind.Allan Welsh3,755Ind.John Ludwig4,043Ind.Percy Wickman3,277Ind.John Kloster2,772Ind.Harold Oppelt3,670Ind.Joseph Bugis3,111Ind.Jane Weaver3,241Ind.Rory Nugent2,214Ind.Alex Muunzel3,330Ind.George Luck2,950Ind.Victor Sedo2,432Ind.R. C. Squair2,142Ind.Ken McAuley3,143Ind.Maureen Wanczura2,491Ind.Paul Fuog1,647Ind.Gerhard Volkmann2,008Ind.Douglas Tomlinson2,987Ind.Ernest McCormack2,003Ind.Stephen Corby2,802Ind.J. A. Robinson1,780Ind.John Lakusta2,167Ind.Bernard Mazurewicz1,433Ind.Lori Phillips1,877Ind.Clarence Bolton1,209Ind.Gerald Lorente1,577Ind.Ennio Gentili1,154Ind.Frances Kelemen1,563Ind.Ruby Lyons860Ind.Fred Haidner737Ind.Arthur Shaw636 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Independent Edith Rogers 22,170 yes EDM Better Education Association Lois Campbell 21,786 yes EDM Independent James Falconer 19,412 yes EDM Independent John Paterson 18,820 yes EDM Independent Vernon Johnson 17,003 yes EDM Independent Donald Kennedy 16,752 yes EDM Independent Richard Jamieson 14,166 yes EDM Independent John Chalmers 13,373 EDM Better Education Association Murray Campbell 13,069 EDM Independent Howard Clifford 12,626 EDM Independent Fred Miller 12,313 EDM Independent A A Aldridge 11,555 EDM Independent Robert Bauer 11,554 EDM Independent Roy Le Riche 11,380 EDM Better Education Association Robert McAlpine 10,969 EDM Better Education Association Rex Beach 10,832 EDM Independent Anna Pollock 10,280 EDM Independent Jay Purnell 9,940 EDM Better Education Association Russel Dzenick 9,508 EDM Independent Edith Hnytka 8,814 EDM Better Education Association Alan Robertson 8,808 EDM Independent George Kuschminder 8,113 EDM Independent T O Walhovd 7,966 EDM Better Education Association Metro Gulutsan 7,763 EDM Independent Bill Tiffin 6,448 EDM Independent E R Daniels 6,208 EDM Independent Donald Skyes 5,869 EDM Independent James Lawson 5,536 EDM Independent Dorothy Preston 5,137 EDM Independent Janet Tegart 4,724 EDM Independent Laura Tuomi 4,225 EDM Independent James Miller 3,964 EDM Independent Noel Round 3,496 EDM Independent Frank Vanner 2,984 EDM Independent Donald Topilo 2,887 EDM Independent Murray Fehr 2,792 EDM Independent John Ryll 2,502 EDM Independent Albert Hencsh 2,434 EDM Independent Dave Poholko 1,851 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Georges Brosseau - 13549 Jean Forest - 11991 Robert Sabourin - 10250 Leo Floyd - 9395 Jean McDonald - 9206 W McNeill - 8251 Larry Messier - 7676 Julia Kerans - 7492 A M Ambrock - 6479 Nicholas Sheptycki - 6045 Orest Eveneshen - 6037 Glen Hughes - 5052 Maurice Legris - 4627 Matt Reiser - 3666 Julian Hnatiw - 3523 References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1971 Category:1971 elections in Canada Category:1971 in Alberta Category:October 1971 in Canada Category:1970s in Edmonton