Edmonton municipal election, 1971

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 at large, beginning with this election three would be elected from each of four wards (starting with the 1980 election, this was changed to two aldermen being elected from each of six wards).

Voter turnout

There were 101235 ballots cast out of 273271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 37.1%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentIvor Dent 60,948 62.20%
IndependentJulian Kinisky 27,270 27.83%
IndependentJack Holmes 9,777 9.98%

Aldermen

Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4
Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes
Ind. Kenneth Newman 13,934 Ind. Cec Purves 10,879 Ind. Ed Leger 6,688 Ind. Una Evans 11,574
Ind. Dudley Menzies 13,663 Ind. David Ward 9,244 Ind. Ron Hayter 5,709 Ind. Terry Cavanagh 8,776
Ind. Ches Tanner 10,960 Ind. Alex Fallow 8,188 Ind. William McLean 5,454 Ind. Buck Olsen 7,550
Ind. Morris Weinlos 10,053 Ind. Laurence Decore 7,899 Ind. Sam Agronin 4,735 Ind. William Boytzun 7,272
Ind. I. Gliener 7,465 Ind. Thomas Baker 7,565 Ind. Allan McTavish 4,202 Ind. Roy Jamha 5,449
Ind. Terry Laing 6,752 Ind. Cecil Rhodes 3,498 Ind. Irene Domecki 3,417 Ind. Natalka Faryna 3,894
Ind. Bob Bothwell 5,332 Ind. Eric Reilly 3,482 Ind. Joe Donahue 2,873 Ind. Allan Welsh 3,755
Ind. John Ludwig 4,043 Ind. Percy Wickman 3,277 Ind. John Kloster 2,772 Ind. Harold Oppelt 3,670
Ind. Joseph Bugis 3,111 Ind. Jane Weaver 3,241 Ind. Rory Nugent 2,214 Ind. Alex Muunzel 3,330
Ind. George Luck 2,950 Ind. Victor Sedo 2,432 Ind. R. C. Squair 2,142 Ind. Ken McAuley 3,143
Ind. Maureen Wanczura 2,491 Ind. Paul Fuog 1,647 Ind. Gerhard Volkmann 2,008 Ind. Douglas Tomlinson 2,987
Ind. Ernest McCormack 2,003 Ind. Stephen Corby 2,802
Ind. J. A. Robinson 1,780 Ind. John Lakusta 2,167
Ind. Bernard Mazurewicz 1,433 Ind. Lori Phillips 1,877
Ind. Clarence Bolton 1,209 Ind. Gerald Lorente 1,577
Ind. Ennio Gentili 1,154 Ind. Frances Kelemen 1,563
Ind. Ruby Lyons 860 Ind. Fred Haidner 737
Ind. Arthur Shaw 636

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentEdith Rogers 22,170 Green tick
Better Education AssociationLois Campbell 21,786 Green tick
IndependentJames Falconer 19,412 Green tick
IndependentJohn Paterson 18,820 Green tick
IndependentVernon Johnson 17,003 Green tick
IndependentDonald Kennedy 16,752 Green tick
IndependentRichard Jamieson 14,166 Green tick
IndependentJohn Chalmers 13,373
Better Education AssociationMurray Campbell 13,069
IndependentHoward Clifford 12,626
IndependentFred Miller 12,313
IndependentA A Aldridge 11,555
IndependentRobert Bauer 11,554
IndependentRoy Le Riche 11,380
Better Education AssociationRobert McAlpine 10,969
Better Education AssociationRex Beach 10,832
IndependentAnna Pollock 10,280
IndependentJay Purnell 9,940
Better Education AssociationRussel Dzenick 9,508
IndependentEdith Hnytka 8,814
Better Education AssociationAlan Robertson 8,808
IndependentGeorge Kuschminder 8,113
IndependentT O Walhovd 7,966
Better Education AssociationMetro Gulutsan 7,763
IndependentBill Tiffin 6,448
IndependentE R Daniels 6,208
IndependentDonald Skyes 5,869
IndependentJames Lawson 5,536
IndependentDorothy Preston 5,137
IndependentJanet Tegart 4,724
IndependentLaura Tuomi 4,225
IndependentJames Miller 3,964
IndependentNoel Round 3,496
IndependentFrank Vanner 2,984
IndependentDonald Topilo 2,887
IndependentMurray Fehr 2,792
IndependentJohn Ryll 2,502
IndependentAlbert Hencsh 2,434
IndependentDave Poholko 1,851

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections