Edmonton municipal election, 1960

The 1960 Edmonton, Alberta municipal election was held October 19, 1960 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided eight plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: William Henning, Angus McGugan, Ed Leger, Gordon McClary, and McKim Ross were all elected to two year terms in 1959 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Angus MacDonald, Edith Rogers, Vernon Johnson, and Douglas Thomson were elected to two year terms in 1959 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Moreau, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Henry Carrigan were continuing.

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Voter turnout

There were 26009 ballots cast out of 158771 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 16.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
     Civic Government Association Frederick John Mitchell 13,836
     Civic Reform Association George Prudham 13,258
     Civic Government Association Morris Weinlos 13,105
     Civic Government Association Ethel Wilson 10,969
     Civic Reform Association Milton Lazerte 10,847
     Independent Laurette Douglas 10,763
     Civic Reform Association C. H. Clarke 9,454
     Independent Ivor Dent 9,265
     Civic Government Association Stanley Milner 8,659
     Civic Reform Association Ian MacDonald Nicoll 8,553
     Civic Government Association Sidney Wrigglesworth 5,756
     Independent Edgar Gerhart 5,581
     Civic Reform Association Rex Martin 5,540
     Independent E. J. (Slim) Powell 2,876
     Independent Paul Stepa 2,059

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Better Education Association
Civic Reform Association
Warren Edward (Ted) Smith 11,833
    
     Better Education Association John Andrews 11,729
     Better Education Association Shirley Forbes 9,832
     Civic Government Association James Falconer 6,680
     Civic Government Association John Thorogood 6,619
     Civic Reform Association John McIntosh Hope 6,074
     Civic Government Association Murray Cooke 5,427
     Civic Reform Association William Hackett 4,140
     Independent David Graham 2,790

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Independent Leo Lemieux 3,845
     Independent Edward Stack 3,211
     Independent John Barbeau 3,195
     Independent Vincent Dantzer 3,133

Plebiscites

At-Large Elections

Are you in favour of changing the Election System for Alderman and Public School Board Members so that all such elected representatives are elected from the City at large without regard to whether they live North or South of the North Saskatchewan River or own fifty percent of their property North or South of this river?

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $450,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

Asphalt on Existing Gravel Streets

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 for the City share of asphalt paving on existing gravel arterial and residential streets?

Asphalt on New Gravel Streets

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the City share of asphalt paving on new gravel arterial and residential streets?

Traffic Lights

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $180,000.00 in order to purchase and locate traffic lights on certain highway intersections within the City?

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $600,000.00 for the purpose of constructing and improving parks and playgrounds?

Bridge

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the purpose of constructing a district bridge as part of the City’s overall arterial road system?

Library

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $165,000.00 for the purpose of constructing a district library?

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections