Edmonton municipal election, 1980

The 1980 municipal election was held October 15, 1980 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board.

This was the first election in which there were two aldermen elected from each of six wards, instead of three aldermen elected from each of four wards, as had previously been the case.

Voter turnout

There were 72939 ballots cast out of 341102 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 21.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
     Independent Cec Purves 52,035 76.47%
     Independent Murray Trott 5,346 7.86%
     Independent Lester Adams 4,902 7.20%
     Independent Eddie Keehn 2,938 4.32%
     Independent John Horobec 1,575 2.31%
     Independent John Buttrey 1,249 1.84%

Aldermen

Guide:

Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3
Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes
Independent Kenneth Newman 7,683 Independent Ron Hayter 5,175 Independent June Cavanagh 4,629
Independent Olivia Butti 6,673 U.R.G.E. Jan Reimer 4,433 E.V.A. Ed Ewasiuk 3,184
U.R.G.E. Iain Taylor 4,155 Independent Jim Spalding 3,255 U.R.G.E. Judy Bethel 2,727
U.R.G.E. Sherburne McCurdy 3,851 U.R.G.E. Lila Fahlman 2,480 Independent Sheila McKay 2,692
Independent David Stewart 1,685 Independent William Chmiliar 2,604
Independent John Hawrelak 1,019 Independent Mitch Wujik 2,384
E.V.A. Harry Johnson 419 U.R.G.E. Clint Budd 708
Independent Wayne Hayes 313 Independent Robert Acker 333
Independent Tim Baloben 279
Independent Noel Round 203
Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6
Independent Paul Norris 3,550 Independent Percy Wickman 8,842 U.R.G.E. Bettie Hewes 8,429
U.R.G.E. Gerry Wright 3,462 U.R.G.E. Lois Campbell 7,696 Independent Ed Leger 5,641
U.R.G.E. Carolyn Nutter 3,393 Independent Nick Fedorak 2,279 Independent Ken Kozak 4,154
Independent Ron Patsula 2,172 Independent Guy Tessier 1,450 Independent Wayne Weeks 2,169
Independent Allen Wasnea 1,190 Independent Olga Cylurik 929 Independent Don Massey 2,113
Independent Bill Broad 817 Independent Paul Fuog 926 Independent Bob Durrant 1,661
E.V.A. Walter Aiello 467 U.R.G.E. Fred Atiq 688
Independent Paul Bird 260

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentShirley Forbes 24,566 Green tick
IndependentMel Binder 20,757 Green tick
IndependentErnie Hodgson 19,315 Green tick
IndependentDon Massey 19,060 Green tick
IndependentJim Wiebe 17,756 Green tick
IndependentHerb Jamieson 17,582 Green tick
IndependentErnie Lund 16,690 Green tick
IndependentJoan Cowling 16,469 Green tick
IndependentElaine Jones 15,993 Green tick
IndependentGrace Hendrickson 14,375
IndependentP. Christensen 14,252
IndependentDavid Borgstrom 12,331
IndependentLorne Mowers 12,252
IndependentGeorge Luck 9,507
IndependentSusky Hardin 9,055
IndependentJulie Loga 7,664
IndependentBenjamin Doell 7,115
IndependentJohn Mason 7,079
IndependentG. Chandler-Nahumko 6,854
IndependentJohn Lakusta 6,489
IndependentN. A. Chaudhary 5,823
IndependentRobert Douglas 5,499

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentJean McDonald 9,328 Green tick
IndependentWilliam Green 8,549 Green tick
IndependentPhil Gibeau 7,728 Green tick
IndependentAlice Gagne 6,918 Green tick
IndependentHugh Tadman 6,883 Green tick
IndependentSimone Secker 6,410 Green tick
IndependentMargaret Bouska 5,946 Green tick
IndependentRaymond Pinkowski 5,492
IndependentLyle Lavender 4,132
IndependentDonald Sikorski 3,757
IndependentJoseph Hoover 3,538
IndependentL. Brian Mitchell 3,525
IndependentEdmund Nagle 3,457

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections