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). The election was conducted under the block voting system in which each voter was given as many votes as there were vacancies.

School board trustees were elected at-large no wards used.

The mayor was elected through first-past-the-post voting. All others were elected through plurality block voting.

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 Dent60,94862.20%
IndependentJulian Kinisky27,27027.83%
IndependentJack Holmes9,7779.98%

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 Rogers22,170Green tickY
Better Education AssociationLois Campbell21,786Green tickY
IndependentJames Falconer19,412Green tickY
IndependentJohn Paterson18,820Green tickY
IndependentVernon Johnson17,003Green tickY
IndependentDonald Kennedy16,752Green tickY
IndependentRichard Jamieson14,166Green tickY
IndependentJohn Chalmers13,373
Better Education AssociationMurray Campbell13,069
IndependentHoward Clifford12,626
IndependentFred Miller12,313
IndependentA A Aldridge11,555
IndependentRobert Bauer11,554
IndependentRoy Le Riche11,380
Better Education AssociationRobert McAlpine10,969
Better Education AssociationRex Beach10,832
IndependentAnna Pollock10,280
IndependentJay Purnell9,940
Better Education AssociationRussel Dzenick9,508
IndependentEdith Hnytka8,814
Better Education AssociationAlan Robertson8,808
IndependentGeorge Kuschminder8,113
IndependentT O Walhovd7,966
Better Education AssociationMetro Gulutsan7,763
IndependentBill Tiffin6,448
IndependentE R Daniels6,208
IndependentDonald Skyes5,869
IndependentJames Lawson5,536
IndependentDorothy Preston5,137
IndependentJanet Tegart4,724
IndependentLaura Tuomi4,225
IndependentJames Miller3,964
IndependentNoel Round3,496
IndependentFrank Vanner2,984
IndependentDonald Topilo2,887
IndependentMurray Fehr2,792
IndependentJohn Ryll2,502
IndependentAlbert Hencsh2,434
IndependentDave Poholko1,851

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

  • Georges Brosseau - 13549
  • Jean Forest - 11991
  • Robert Sabourin - 10250
  • Leo Floyd - 9395
  • Jean McDonald - 9206
  • W McNeill - 8251
  • Larry Messier - 7676
  • Julia Kerans - 7492
  • A M Ambrock - 6479
  • Nicholas Sheptycki - 6045
  • Orest Eveneshen - 6037
  • Glen Hughes - 5052
  • Maurice Legris - 4627
  • Matt Reiser - 3666
  • Julian Hnatiw - 3523

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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