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1974 Edmonton municipal election

{{short description|Municipal election in Alberta, Canada}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

The 1974 municipal election was held October 16, 1974 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.

Voter turnout

There were 141,636 ballots cast out of 406,995 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 36.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

=Mayor=

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2"| Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

{{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|William Hawrelak

|align="right"|67,741

|align="right"|49.21%

{{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|Cec Purves

|align="right"|32,674

|align="right"|23.74%

{{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|Ivor Dent

|align="right"|28,297

|align="right"|20.56%

{{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|David Ward

|align="right"|6,983

|align="right"|5.07%

{{CANelec |EDM |Edmonton League for Socialist Action |Carl Austin |1,017 |0.74%}}

{{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|Nell Martin

|align="right"|507

|align="right"|0.37%

{{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|row}}

|Independent

|John Horobec

|align="right"|435

|align="right"|0.32%

=Aldermen=

Guide:

  • E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association
  • U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton

class="wikitable"

! colspan="4"|Ward 1

! colspan="4"|Ward 2

! colspan="4"|Ward 3

! colspan="4"|Ward 4

colspan="2"| Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! colspan="2"| Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! colspan="2"| Party

! Candidate

! Votes

! colspan="2"| Party

! Candidate

! Votes

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Ches Tanner

|align="right"|17,222

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Laurence Decore

|align="right"|13,213

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Ed Leger

|align="right"|12,733

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Terry Cavanagh

|align="right"|19,868

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Kenneth Newman

|align="right"|14,902

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Olivia Butti

|align="right"|8,564

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Ron Hayter

|align="right"|10,016

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Buck Olsen

|align="right"|15,973

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Robert Matheson

|align="right"|14,644

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Edmonton Voters Association|background}}|

|E.V.A.

|David Leadbeater

|align="right"|7,152

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Urban Reform Group Edmonton|background}}|

|U.R.G.E.

|Edward Kennedy

|align="right"|8,670

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Urban Reform Group Edmonton|background}}|

|U.R.G.E.

|Bettie Hewes

|align="right"|15,447

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Terry Laing

|align="right"|12,827

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|James Falconer

|align="right"|6,658

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Terry Nugent

|align="right"|7,886

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Sheila McKay

|align="right"|9,125

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Bud Salloum

|align="right"|7,758

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Cecil Rhodes

|align="right"|6,006

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Urban Reform Group Edmonton|background}}|

|U.R.G.E.

|Sam Agronin

|align="right"|7,248

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Mitchell Wujcik

|align="right"|6,949

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|John Ludwig

|align="right"|7,667

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Neil MacLean

|align="right"|5,667

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Bill McLean

|align="right"|7,149

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|John Lakusta

|align="right"|6,364

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Urban Reform Group Edmonton|background}}|

|U.R.G.E.

|Syeda Hameed

|align="right"|6,194

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Urban Reform Group Edmonton|background}}|

|U.R.G.E.

|Percy Wickman

|align="right"|5,313

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Olee Wowk

|align="right"|3,803

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Elaine Johnson

|align="right"|5,585

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|George Luck

|align="right"|5,154

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Urban Reform Group Edmonton|background}}|

|U.R.G.E.

|Gerry Wright

|align="right"|5,052

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Gerhard Volkmann

|align="right"|3,703

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|William Askin

|align="right"|4,947

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Eddie Keehn

|align="right"|4,602

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Bruce Vaughan

|align="right"|4,129

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Gene Dub

|align="right"|3,935

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Edmonton Voters Association|background}}|

|E.V.A.

|Walter Doskoch

|align="right"|4,820

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Jean Pierre Van Eck

|align="right"|3,221

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Clif Tait

|align="right"|3,276

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Henry Rutkowski

|align="right"|3,588

|colspan="4" rowspan="7"|

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Ernie Hayne

|align="right"|2,332

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|David Collier

|align="right"|3,142

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Lou Acocella

|align="right"|1,044

colspan="4" rowspan="5"|

|width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Victor Sedo

|align="right"|2,422

|colspan="4" rowspan="5"|

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Larry Messier

|align="right"|1,929

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Paul Fuog

|align="right"|1,348

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Independent|background}}|

|Ind.

|Peter Yuca

|align="right"|1,125

width=20px {{Canadian party colour|EDM|Edmonton League for Socialist Action|background}}|

|Socialist Action

|Angela Mueller

|align="right"|1,104

=Public school trustees=

  • Herb Jamieson - 34991
  • Shirley Forbes - 31808
  • Vernon Johnson - 28606
  • James Falconer - 28259
  • Catherine Ford - 25461
  • Ernest Lund - 24732
  • Mel Binder - 23521
  • Don Massey - 23471
  • Jim Patrick - 21968
  • Betty Flewitt - 21349
  • Maria Flak - 17914
  • Jean Haddow - 17217
  • Gerry Beck - 15700
  • R W Sherwin - 15416
  • Anna Pollock - 15376
  • Al Fahlman - 14366
  • Bernice Youck - 13030
  • Ken Kozak - 12299
  • Ashgar Ali - 10110
  • William Lee - 9050
  • Mark Pastic - 6392
  • Tim Nolt - 6191
  • William Hegedus - 6135
  • George Skov - 5524

=Separate (Catholic) school trustees=

Each voter could cast up to seven votes (plurality block voting).

  • Jean Forest - 14559
  • Leo Floyd - 14406
  • Jean McDonald - 11132
  • W McNeill - 9493
  • Phil Gibeau - 9425
  • Raymond Pinkowski - 8499
  • Laurier Picard - 8348
  • Robert Carney - 7957
  • Orest Evenshen - 7898
  • Nicholas Sheptycki - 6716
  • Robert Gourdine - 6593
  • Edward Christie - 6463
  • Bob McDonald - 5711
  • Adele - 4946
  • Larry Messier - 4938
  • Paul Haljan - 3976
  • Stanley Blazosek - 3532
  • Don Davies - 3246
  • Vincent Hawskwell - 3102

References

[http://www.edmonton.ca/election City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections]

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