1966 Edmonton municipal election

The 1966 municipal election was held October 19, 1966, in Edmonton, Alberta, 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 Dantzer64,23351.85%
IndependentWilliam Hawrelak54,54444.03%
IndependentAlex Latta5,1054.12%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Civic Government CommitteeMorris Weinlos60,731Y
IndependentIvor Dent54,380Y
Civil Rights AssociationJulia Kiniski53,969Y
Better Civic Government CommitteeJohn Leslie Bodie52,805Y
Better Civic Government CommitteeJames Bateman47,229Y
Better Civic Government CommitteeFrank Edwards42,979Y
IndependentEd Leger40,750Y
Better Civic Government CommitteeUna Evans39,469Y
Better Civic Government CommitteeCec Purves37,607Y
IndependentAngus McGugan36,115Y
IndependentNeil Crawford35,846Y
Better Civic Government CommitteeReginald Easton35,353Y
Better Civic Government CommitteeKathleen McCallum35,294
IndependentNorbert Berkowitz34,628
IndependentJames Falconer34,151
Better Civic Government CommitteeDon Gray31,279
Better Civic Government CommitteeConrad Kosowan28,939
IndependentAllan Welsh28,864
Better Civic Government CommitteeBob Evans27,962
IndependentCatherine Chichak25,458
IndependentRon Hayter24,981
IndependentLaurette Douglas24,060
IndependentG. A. (Pat) O'Hara23,968
IndependentA. Terry Laing23,348
IndependentPatrick Ryan23,108
IndependentKen McAuley20,384
IndependentPaul Bassett20,129
Better Civic Government CommitteeJack Holmes17,970
IndependentL. M. Campbell17,606
IndependentJoyce Kurie16,612
IndependentAlbert Bourcier16,001
IndependentLila Fahlman13,867
IndependentPatrick Murphy13,048
IndependentJohn Lakusta12,258
IndependentAssad Farrah12,209
IndependentDouglas Tomlinson12,174
IndependentHarold Oppelt12,127
Civil Rights AssociationErnest Betteridge11,245
IndependentWalter (Wally) Brox11,201
IndependentMichael English10,860
IndependentJoe Tannous9,966
IndependentWalter Makowecki9,375
IndependentJohn Peets6,677
Civil Rights AssociationIvar Vanags5,720

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Education AssociationEarl Buxton52,500Y
Better Education AssociationJackson Willis51,938Y
Better Education AssociationMilton Lazerte50,066Y
Quality Education CouncilEdith Rogers45,595Y
Better Education AssociationJohn Bracco44,228Y
Better Education AssociationWarren Edward (Ted) Smith42,747Y
IndependentVernon Johnson34,874Y
Better Education AssociationLois Campbell31,903
Better Education AssociationMary Johnson28,587
IndependentDorothy Preston18,943
Quality Education CouncilJoseph Boehm16,844
Quality Education CouncilJoan Ennion16,476
Quality Education CouncilJohn Poppitt16,162
Quality Education CouncilAnna Pollock15,544
IndependentWilliam Chomyn14,244
Quality Education CouncilJohn Fuga11,260
IndependentLaura Tuomi8,867

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentGeorge Brosseau17,518Y
IndependentG. Rene Boileau16,891Y
IndependentJean McDonald16,136Y
IndependentBernard Feehan15,217Y
IndependentBill Diachuk15,057Y
IndependentOrest Demco14,580Y
IndependentEdward Stack14,561Y
IndependentBob Neville14,356
IndependentElmar Abele12,615
IndependentHarry Carrigan12,434

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?

  • Yes - 53750
  • No - 24062

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?

  • Yes - 71618
  • No - 46255

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?

  • Yes - 93310
  • No - 25258

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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