Edmonton municipal election, 1966

The 1966 municipal election was held October 19, 1966, in Edmonton, Canada, 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. The electorate also decided three plebiscite questions.

Voter turnout

There were 125084 ballots cast out of 208716 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 59.9%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentVincent Dantzer 64,233 51.85%
IndependentWilliam Hawrelak 54,544 44.03%
IndependentAlex Latta 5,105 4.12%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Civic Government CommitteeMorris Weinlos 60,731 Green tickY
IndependentIvor Dent 54,380 Green tickY
Civil Rights AssociationJulia Kiniski 53,969 Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeJohn Leslie Bodie 52,805 Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeJames Bateman 47,229 Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeFrank Edwards 42,979 Green tickY
IndependentEd Leger 40,750 Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeUna Evans 39,469 Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeCec Purves 37,607 Green tickY
IndependentAngus McGugan 36,115 Green tickY
IndependentNeil Crawford 35,846 Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeReginald Easton 35,353 Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeKathleen McCallum 35,294
IndependentNorbert Berkowitz 34,628
IndependentJames Falconer 34,151
Better Civic Government CommitteeDon Gray 31,279
Better Civic Government CommitteeConrad Kosowan 28,939
IndependentAllan Welsh 28,864
Better Civic Government CommitteeBob Evans 27,962
IndependentCatherine Chichak 25,458
IndependentRon Hayter 24,981
IndependentLaurette Douglas 24,060
IndependentG. A. (Pat) O'Hara 23,968
IndependentA. Terry Laing 23,348
IndependentPatrick Ryan 23,108
IndependentKen McAuley 20,384
IndependentPaul Bassett 20,129
Better Civic Government CommitteeJack Holmes 17,970
IndependentL. M. Campbell 17,606
IndependentJoyce Kurie 16,612
IndependentAlbert Bourcier 16,001
IndependentLila Fahlman 13,867
IndependentPatrick Murphy 13,048
IndependentJohn Lakusta 12,258
IndependentAssad Farrah 12,209
IndependentDouglas Tomlinson 12,174
IndependentHarold Oppelt 12,127
Civil Rights AssociationErnest Betteridge 11,245
IndependentWalter (Wally) Brox 11,201
IndependentMichael English 10,860
IndependentJoe Tannous 9,966
IndependentWalter Makowecki 9,375
IndependentJohn Peets 6,677
Civil Rights AssociationIvar Vanags 5,720

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Education AssociationEarl Buxton 52,500 Green tickY
Better Education AssociationJackson Willis 51,938 Green tickY
Better Education AssociationMilton Lazerte 50,066 Green tickY
Quality Education CouncilEdith Rogers 45,595 Green tickY
Better Education AssociationJohn Bracco 44,228 Green tickY
Better Education AssociationWarren Edward (Ted) Smith 42,747 Green tickY
IndependentVernon Johnson 34,874 Green tickY
Better Education AssociationLois Campbell 31,903
Better Education AssociationMary Johnson 28,587
IndependentDorothy Preston 18,943
Quality Education CouncilJoseph Boehm 16,844
Quality Education CouncilJoan Ennion 16,476
Quality Education CouncilJohn Poppitt 16,162
Quality Education CouncilAnna Pollock 15,544
IndependentWilliam Chomyn 14,244
Quality Education CouncilJohn Fuga 11,260
IndependentLaura Tuomi 8,867

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentGeorge Brosseau 17,518 Green tickY
IndependentG. Rene Boileau 16,891 Green tickY
IndependentJean McDonald 16,136 Green tickY
IndependentBernard Feehan 15,217 Green tickY
IndependentBill Diachuk 15,057 Green tickY
IndependentOrest Demco 14,580 Green tickY
IndependentEdward Stack 14,561 Green tickY
IndependentBob Neville 14,356
IndependentElmar Abele 12,615
IndependentHarry Carrigan 12,434

Plebiscites

Bridge

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2789 to borrow by debentures $5,750,000.00 as the City share of a cross-river bridge and approaches at 72nd Street to arterial standards from 98th Avenue to 101st Avenue, to freeway standards from 101st Avenue to 112th Avenue and to arterial standards from 112th Avenue to 118th Avenue?

Fluoridation of Water

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2889 allowing fluoride for the prevention of toothdecay to be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?

Allowing Events on Sundays

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2886 as authorized by The Alberta Lord’s Day Act allowing certain public games, contests or sports at which a fee is charged on Sunday afternoons between the hours of half past one and six o’clock?

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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