1980 Edmonton municipal election explained

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 the six wards, instead of three aldermen elected from each of the four wards, as had previously been the case.

Electoral system

Mayor was elected through first past the post.

Councillors and school trustees were elected through block voting.

Voter turnout

There were 72,939 ballots cast out of 341,102 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
width=20px		Independent	Kenneth Newman	7,683	width=20px		Independent	Ron Hayter	5,175	width=20px		Independent	June Cavanagh	4,629
width=20px		Independent	Olivia Butti	6,673	width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Jan Reimer	4,433	width=20px		E.V.A.	Ed Ewasiuk	3,184
width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Iain Taylor	4,155	width=20px		Independent	Jim Spalding	3,255	width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Judy Bethel	2,727
width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Sherburne McCurdy	3,851	width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Lila Fahlman	2,480	width=20px		Independent	Sheila McKay	2,692
				width=20px		Independent	David Stewart	1,685	width=20px		Independent	William Chmiliar	2,604
				width=20px		Independent	John Hawrelak	1,019	width=20px		Independent	Mitch Wujik	2,384
				width=20px		E.V.A.	Harry Johnson	419	width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Clint Budd	708
				width=20px		Independent	Wayne Hayes	313	width=20px		Independent	Robert Acker	333
								width=20px		Independent	Tim Baloben	279
								width=20px		Independent	Noel Round	203
Ward 4				Ward 5				Ward 6
width=20px		Independent	Paul Norris	3,550	width=20px		Independent	Percy Wickman	8,842	width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Bettie Hewes	8,429
width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Gerry Wright	3,462	width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Lois Campbell	7,696	width=20px		Independent	Ed Leger	5,641
width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Carolyn Nutter	3,393	width=20px		Independent	Nick Fedorak	2,279	width=20px		Independent	Ken Kozak	4,154
width=20px		Independent	Ron Patsula	2,172	width=20px		Independent	Guy Tessier	1,450	width=20px		Independent	Wayne Weeks	2,169
width=20px		Independent	Allen Wasnea	1,190	width=20px		Independent	Olga Cylurik	929	width=20px		Independent	Don Massey	2,113
width=20px		Independent	Bill Broad	817	width=20px		Independent	Paul Fuog	926	width=20px		Independent	Bob Durrant	1,661
				width=20px		E.V.A.	Walter Aiello	467	width=20px		U.R.G.E.	Fred Atiq	688
				width=20px		Independent	Paul Bird	260

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections