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.

The electoral system used was First past the post for the mayoral election and Plurality block voting for the election of councillors and trustees. Voters could cast as many as votes as the members to be elected.

Voter turnout

In this election, 125,084 voters voted, out of 208,716 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 59.9%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Vincent Dantzer	64,233	51.85%
	Independent	William Hawrelak	54,544	44.03%
	Independent	Alex Latta	5,105	4.12%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Better Civic Government Committee	Morris Weinlos	60,731	Y
	Independent	Ivor Dent	54,380	Y
	Civil Rights Association	Julia Kiniski	53,969	Y
	Better Civic Government Committee	John Leslie Bodie	52,805	Y
	Better Civic Government Committee	James Bateman	47,229	Y
	Better Civic Government Committee	Frank Edwards	42,979	Y
	Independent	Ed Leger	40,750	Y
	Better Civic Government Committee	Una Evans	39,469	Y
	Better Civic Government Committee	Cec Purves	37,607	Y
	Independent	Angus McGugan	36,115	Y
	Independent	Neil Crawford	35,846	Y
	Better Civic Government Committee	Reginald Easton	35,353	Y
	Better Civic Government Committee	Kathleen McCallum	35,294
	Independent	Norbert Berkowitz	34,628
	Independent	James Falconer	34,151
	Better Civic Government Committee	Don Gray	31,279
	Better Civic Government Committee	Conrad Kosowan	28,939
	Independent	Allan Welsh	28,864
	Better Civic Government Committee	Bob Evans	27,962
	Independent	Catherine Chichak	25,458
	Independent	Ron Hayter	24,981
	Independent	Laurette Douglas	24,060
	Independent	G. A. (Pat) O'Hara	23,968
	Independent	A. Terry Laing	23,348
	Independent	Patrick Ryan	23,108
	Independent	Ken McAuley	20,384
	Independent	Paul Bassett	20,129
	Better Civic Government Committee	Jack Holmes	17,970
	Independent	L. M. Campbell	17,606
	Independent	Joyce Kurie	16,612
	Independent	Albert Bourcier	16,001
	Independent	Lila Fahlman	13,867
	Independent	Patrick Murphy	13,048
	Independent	John Lakusta	12,258
	Independent	Assad Farrah	12,209
	Independent	Douglas Tomlinson	12,174
	Independent	Harold Oppelt	12,127
	Civil Rights Association	Ernest Betteridge	11,245
	Independent	Walter (Wally) Brox	11,201
	Independent	Michael English	10,860
	Independent	Joe Tannous	9,966
	Independent	Walter Makowecki	9,375
	Independent	John Peets	6,677
	Civil Rights Association	Ivar Vanags	5,720

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Better Education Association	Earl Buxton	52,500	Y
	Better Education Association	Jackson Willis	51,938	Y
	Better Education Association	Milton Lazerte	50,066	Y
	Quality Education Council	Edith Rogers	45,595	Y
	Better Education Association	John Bracco	44,228	Y
	Better Education Association	Warren Edward (Ted) Smith	42,747	Y
	Independent	Vernon Johnson	34,874	Y
	Better Education Association	Lois Campbell	31,903
	Better Education Association	Mary Johnson	28,587
	Independent	Dorothy Preston	18,943
	Quality Education Council	Joseph Boehm	16,844
	Quality Education Council	Joan Ennion	16,476
	Quality Education Council	John Poppitt	16,162
	Quality Education Council	Anna Pollock	15,544
	Independent	William Chomyn	14,244
	Quality Education Council	John Fuga	11,260
	Independent	Laura Tuomi	8,867

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Independent	George Brosseau	17,518	Y
	Independent	G. Rene Boileau	16,891	Y
	Independent	Jean McDonald	16,136	Y
	Independent	Bernard Feehan	15,217	Y
	Independent	Bill Diachuk	15,057	Y
	Independent	Orest Demco	14,580	Y
	Independent	Edward Stack	14,561	Y
	Independent	Bob Neville	14,356
	Independent	Elmar Abele	12,615
	Independent	Harry 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?

• Yes - 53750
• No - 24062

Fluoridation of Water

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2889 allowing fluoride for the prevention of tooth decay 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