The 1960 Edmonton municipal election was held October 19, 1960, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 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.

Voter turnout

There were 26,009 ballots cast out of 158,771 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 16.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Aldermen

Each voter could cast up to five votes. Voting was at-large so each voter could vote for any candidate in the running. The most popular candidates of two different parties were elected; the least popular were not.

The elected council represented a variety of interests. Candidates belonging two different parties - Civic Government Association and Civic Reform Association - were elected. But smaller voting blocks were denied representation. Ivor Dent of the CCF (soon to be the NDP) was denied a seat although getting a vote from more than a third of the voters.

Three of the five successful candidates got a vote from a majority of voters across the city.^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Civic Government Association	Frederick John Mitchell	13,836	Y
	Civic Reform Association	George Prudham	13,258	Y
	Civic Government Association	Morris Weinlos	13,105	Y
	Civic Government Association	Ethel Wilson	10,969	Y
	Civic Reform Association	Milton Lazerte	10,847	Y
	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	Elected
	Better Education Association & Civic Reform Association	Warren Edward (Ted) Smith	11,833	Y
	Better Education Association	John Andrews	11,729	Y
	Better Education Association	Shirley Forbes	9,832	Y
	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	Elected
	Independent	Leo Lemieux	3,845	Y
	Independent	Edward Stack	3,211	Y
	Independent	John Barbeau	3,195	Y
	Independent	Vincent Dantzer	3,133

References

External links

• City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections