The 1964 Edmonton municipal election was held October 14, 1964 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.

This was the first election since 1898 in which all officials were elected in the same year, and marked the introduction of a system whereby elections would be held only every two years. It was also the first election that elected twelve aldermen; previous councils had had only ten aldermen.

The forty-six candidates for alderman were among the most in Edmonton's history.

The election for aldermen was conducted, like that for mayor, at-large city-wide. Thus the ballot for each voter held the names of the 46 candidates for aldermen. (This record for overall number of candidates was surpassed in the 2021 Edmonton municipal election. In 2021, the candidates were divided into twelve districts, and no ballot held more than 12 aldermanic candidates.)

Voter turnout

There were 94,880 ballots cast out of 199,259 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 47.6%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes  %
IndependentWilliam Hawrelak56,32860.12%
IndependentGeorge Prudham37,36539.88%

Aldermen

Councillors were elected through plurality block voting , with each voter able to cast up to 12 votes. For that reason, more than 880,000 votes were cast in this election by the roughly 100,000 voters who cast a ballot.

46 candidates in total

Party slates:

Better Civic Government Committee 11 candidates 5 elected

Civil Rights Association 7 candidates 2 elected

United Voters Association 9 candidates 2 elected

Independents 19 candidates 3 elected

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Civic Government CommitteeMorris Weinlos55,827Green tickY
Civil Rights AssociationJulia Kiniski54,637Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeEthel Wilson51,246Green tickY
IndependentKenneth Newman49,742Green tickY
United Voters AssociationIvor Dent45,276Green tickY
IndependentJohn Leslie Bodie43,033Green tickY
United Voters AssociationEd Leger38,747Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeVincent Dantzer37,421Green tickY
IndependentAngus McGugan35,322Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeFrank Edwards27,211Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeKathleen McCallum23,023Green tickY
Civil Rights AssociationRobert Franklin Lambert21,457Green tickY
United Voters AssociationNorbert Berkowitz21,277
Civil Rights AssociationAllan Welsh20,069
Better Civic Government CommitteeM. A. Nugent18,894
United Voters AssociationWilliam Orobko18,519
Better Civic Government CommitteeConrad Korowan18,464
Better Civic Government CommitteeJack Holmes17,358
Civil Rights AssociationK. L. McAuley16,567
IndependentP. J. Ryan16,468
Better Civic Government CommitteeG. D. Newcombe16,096
United Voters AssociationIan Nicoll15,376
Better Civic Government CommitteeP. C. C. Marshall15,106
IndependentG. A. O'Hara13,481
IndependentC. J. Primeau13,034
IndependentF. Kurylo12,458
Civil Rights AssociationJoyce Kurie12,417
IndependentJack Kirk12,175
Civil Rights AssociationSol Estrin12,089
IndependentL. M. Campbell11,930
United Voters AssociationM. E. English11,772
United Voters AssociationA. Powers11,699
United Voters AssociationPeter Savaryn11,679
United Voters AssociationR. J. Dunseith10,531
IndependentD. M. McLeod10,383
IndependentL. E. Messier10,089
IndependentJ. O. A. Peets9,092
IndependentR. Doyle8,751
IndependentE. E. Aldridge8,403
IndependentJohn Sehn7,620
IndependentJ. R. Lakusta7,386
Civil Rights AssociationIvar Vanags6,357
Better Civic Government CommitteeIrvin Nessel6,451
IndependentW. Makowecki5,282
IndependentJan Motyl5,026
IndependentDoug Tomlinson*4,685
  • Doug Tomlinson was member of the Communist Party.

Public school trustees

Each voter could cast 7 votes (plurality block voting).

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Education AssociationMilton Lazerte37,344Green tickY
Quality Education CouncilEdith Rogers37,257Green tickY
Better Education AssociationEarl Buxton36,333Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeVernon Johnson31,047Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeJames Falconer30,482Green tickY
Better Education AssociationJohn Bracco26,626Green tickY
Better Education AssociationHerbert Smith25,346Green tickY
Better Civic Government CommitteeErnest Hanna20,741
Better Education AssociationJames Young19,991
Better Education AssociationAlice Jamha19,586
Better Civic Government CommitteeCec Purves16,200
Better Education AssociationGrant Fawcett15,217
Quality Education CouncilDorothy Preston14,532
Quality Education CouncilI. C. Dare13,893
Quality Education CouncilArnold Rapske12,699
Better Civic Government CommitteeR. Byrnes Fleuty12,254
Quality Education CouncilJohn Poppit9,668
IndependentWilliam Chomyn7,652
IndependentLaura Tuomi7,472
Quality Education CouncilNorman Spratt6,621
Quality Education CouncilArthur Latter6,065

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentOrest Demco14,362Green tickY
IndependentG. R. Boileau13,693Green tickY
IndependentJean McDonald12,599Green tickY
IndependentA. A. Gorman12,518Green tickY
IndependentBernard Feehan12,336Green tickY
IndependentEdward Stack12,091Green tickY
IndependentHarry Carrigan9,626Green tickY
IndependentBill Diachuk8,936
IndependentGeorge Hertz7,713
IndependentL. A. Ares6,354

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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