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:

  • E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association
  • U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton
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 Forbes24,566Green tickY
IndependentMel Binder20,757Green tickY
IndependentErnie Hodgson19,315Green tickY
IndependentDon Massey19,060Green tickY
IndependentJim Wiebe17,756Green tickY
IndependentHerb Jamieson17,582Green tickY
IndependentErnie Lund16,690Green tickY
IndependentJoan Cowling16,469Green tickY
IndependentElaine Jones15,993Green tickY
IndependentGrace Hendrickson14,375
IndependentP. Christensen14,252
IndependentDavid Borgstrom12,331
IndependentLorne Mowers12,252
IndependentGeorge Luck9,507
IndependentSusky Hardin9,055
IndependentJulie Loga7,664
IndependentBenjamin Doell7,115
IndependentJohn Mason7,079
IndependentG. Chandler-Nahumko6,854
IndependentJohn Lakusta6,489
IndependentN. A. Chaudhary5,823
IndependentRobert Douglas5,499

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentJean McDonald9,328Green tickY
IndependentWilliam Green8,549Green tickY
IndependentPhil Gibeau7,728Green tickY
IndependentAlice Gagne6,918Green tickY
IndependentHugh Tadman6,883Green tickY
IndependentSimone Secker6,410Green tickY
IndependentMargaret Bouska5,946Green tickY
IndependentRaymond Pinkowski5,492
IndependentLyle Lavender4,132
IndependentDonald Sikorski3,757
IndependentJoseph Hoover3,538
IndependentL. Brian Mitchell3,525
IndependentEdmund Nagle3,457

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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