December 1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election
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| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = September 1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election
| previous_year = Sept. 1963
| next_election = 1965 Greater Anchorage Borough election
| next_year = 1965
| election_date = December 3, 1963
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{{Elections in Alaska sidebar}}
The 1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election was an incorporation election for the borough government in Anchorage, Alaska. It was held on December 3, 1963. 6,597 ballots were cast.{{cite web |title=Official Canvass Totals Anchorage Election District No. 8 Borough Incorporation Election December 3, 1963 |url=https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Clerk/Elections/Election%20Results/1963%20Certificate%20of%20Results.pdf |website=www.muni.org |publisher=State of Alaska Secretary of State |access-date=19 June 2025 |date=1963}}
Background
In a September 24, 1963 election, the Greater Anchorage region had rejected incorporating as a borough. During this election, George Byer (former City of Anchorage mayor) had won an election to serve as borough chairman if such an office were to have been created by concurrent referendums.
The state legislature mandated that former election districts would be reconstituted as boroughs on January 1, 1964, and that mandatory balloting would take place to select what form of government the boroughs would adopt, which classification of borough they would be incorporated as, and who would serve as elected officers for their governments. In December 1963, mandatory incorporation elections were held three so-called "mandatory" boroughs in South-Central Alaska: Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula, and Matanuska. A similar election was also held in the new Fairbanks borough.{{cite web |title=Chairman Form, 2nd Class Win Voters' Okay |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1198305978 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=Jessen's Weekly |access-date=20 June 2025 |language=en |date=December 11, 1963}}
Vote on whether borough should be a first or second class borough
{{Election box begin no party no change | title=Vote on whether borough should be a first or second class borough}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change |
|candidate = Second class
|votes = 3,393
|percentage = 52.54
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change |
|candidate = First class
|votes = 3,065
|percentage = 47.46
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{{Election box total no party no change |
|votes = 6458
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
Vote on the form of government for the borough
{{Election box begin no party no change | title=Results of vote on the form of government}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change |
|candidate = Chairman
|votes = 3673
|percentage =58.53
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{{Election box candidate no party no change |
|candidate = Council-manager
|votes = 2602
|percentage = 41.47
}}
{{Election box total no party no change |
|votes = 6275
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
Borough chairman
{{Election box begin no change | title=Borough chairman}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = John M. Asplund
|votes = 3186
|percentage = 51.04
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = George Byer
|votes = 2471
|percentage = 39.59
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = J. J. McCutcheon
|votes = 389
|percentage = 6.23
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Larry Carmichael
|votes = 136
|percentage = 2.18
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Elsie M. Cornell
|votes = 60
|percentage = 0.96
}}
{{Election box total no change |
|votes = 6242
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
Borough assemblymen
=Section 1=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Borough assemblyman for section 1}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Glenn Briggs
|votes = 1117
|percentage = 42.63
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Edward C. "Ed" Willis
|votes = 1007
|percentage = 38.44
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Dan C. Bell
|votes = 496
|percentage = 18.93
}}
{{Election box total no change |
|votes = 2620
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Section 2=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Borough assemblyman for section 2}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Walter E. Jerde
|votes = 870
|percentage = 39.24
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Dick Reed Lyon
|votes = 750
|percentage = 33.83
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Thomas S. Adams
|votes = 597
|percentage = 26.93
}}
{{Election box total no change |
|votes = 2217
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Section 3=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Borough assemblyman for section 3}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = John M. Asplund
|votes = 1,463
|percentage = 55.65
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = J. J. McCutcheon
|votes = 605
|percentage = 23.01
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Joseph W. "Joe" Graham
|votes = 338
|percentage = 12.86
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = A. D. Hess Powell
|votes = 138
|percentage = 5.25
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Theodore G. "Ted" Smith
|votes = 85
|percentage = 3.23
}}
{{Election box total no change |
|votes = 2629
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Section 4=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Borough assemblyman for section 4}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = John Glenn Gill
|votes = 1,216
|percentage = 52.35
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Dave Ring
|votes = 1107
|percentage = 47.65
}}
{{Election box total no change |
|votes = 2323
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Section 5=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Borough assemblyman for section 5}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Mable H. Crawford
|votes = 996
|percentage = 38.85
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = James M. Garrigues
|votes = 847
|percentage = 33.03
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Vernon E. Haik
|votes = 721
|percentage = 28.12
}}
{{Election box total no change |
|votes = 2564
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Section 6=
{{Election box begin no change | title=Borough assemblyman for section 6}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = William M. "Bill" Shear
|votes = 1,145
|percentage = 44.45
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Lawrence "Larry" Straley
|votes = 686
|percentage = 26.63
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Larry Carmichael
|votes = 529
|percentage = 20.54
}}
{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Harold N. Aldrich
|votes = 216
|percentage = 8.39
}}
{{Election box total no change |
|votes = 2576
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
Borough school board
{{Election box begin no change | title=Borough school board election}}
{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Frank M. Reed
|votes = 4,169
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Keith M. Lesh
|votes = 3,831
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Richard R. Gay
|votes = 3,785
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Marilyn Wilkins
|votes = 3,697
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Willis Avery
|votes = 3,559
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = William J. Moran
|votes = 3,429
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = John C. Hughes
|votes = 2,999
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Ralph M. Mills
|votes = 2,108
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Paul L. Weatherman
|votes = 1,913
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = B. W. "Bud" Hardesty
|votes = 1,814
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Donald E. "Don" White
|votes = 1,714
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Joseph W. "Joe" Graham
|votes = 1,622
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate no change |
|party = Nonpartisan
|candidate = Elsie M. Cornell
|votes = 1,316
|percentage =
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{{Election box total no change |
|votes =
|percentage =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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