Edmonton municipal election, 1962

The 1962 municipal election was held October 17, 1962 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 two plebiscite questions. No election for mayor was held because Elmer Roper was one year into a two-year term.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: McKim Ross, Angus McGugan, Stanley Milner, Gordon McClary, and John Leslie Bodie were all elected to two-year terms in 1961 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Eric Duggan, Vernon Johnson, Edith Rogers, and P William Jones were elected to two-year terms in 1961 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Moreau, A A Gorman, Orest Demco, and Harry Carrigan were continuing.

This was the last election held under the old system whereby members of council would be elected to staggered two-year terms. Beginning in 1964, all members of council would be elected to two-year terms in the same year. The 1963 election was a transition election, in that all positions were elected for one-year terms, to allow every position to be elected anew in 1964.

Voter turnout

There were 42146 ballots cast out of 165940 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 25.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationFrederick John Mitchell 25,768 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationGeorge Prudham 24,542 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationEthel Wilson 28,690 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationMorris Weinlos 28,872 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationVincent Dantzer 19,970 Green tick
IndependentEd Leger 15,003
IndependentBjarne Larson 13,133
Civic Rights Protective AssociationJulia Kiniski 12,643
IndependentJoseph Tannous 8,597
Civic Rights Protective AssociationPaul Stepa 4,576
Civic Rights Protective AssociationAlbert Hensch 3,670
IndependentWalter Mackowecki 3,033
Civic Rights Protective AssociationIvar Vanags 2,528

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Education AssociationMilton Lazerte 16,016 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationJames Falconer 14,532 Green tick
Better Education AssociationHelen Sinclair 14,297 Green tick
Better Education AssociationWalter Gainer 13,772
Civic Government AssociationA. K. Miller 12,199
Civic Government AssociationPeter Stewart 9,640
IndependentAnna Pollock 5,432
IndependentPaul Lloyd 3,379
IndependentLaura Tuomi 3,153

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentEdward Stack 5,472 Green tick
IndependentJean McDonald 5,353 Green tick
IndependentBill Diachuk 4,496 Green tick
IndependentJohn Barbeau 4,200
IndependentRoy Watson 3,491

Plebiscites

Term of Civic Officials

Should present election procedure under the City Act be continued whereby half of the Aldermen and half the School Board representatives are elected each year for a two-year term, and the Mayor is elected for a two-year term every two years? - 13197

OR

Should the election system be changed so that a Municipal election for Mayor, Aldermen and for the School Board Representatives will only be required every two years with all members, when elected, to sit for a term of two years? - 16101

OR

Should the election system be changed so that a Municipal election for Mayor, Aldermen, and for School Board representatives will only be required every three years with all members, when elected, to sit for a term of three years? - 7821

The Early Closing of Shops Bylaw and Food Stores

Do you Favor the passing of a bylaw to amend bylaw No.1716 being the Early Closing of Shops bylaw, so that the amended bylaw will exempt all food stores in Edmonton, regardless of size, from all provisions of the Early Closing Bylaw if the principal business of the store or shop is the sale of food?

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections