The 1995 Edmonton municipal election was held October 16, 1995 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. Edmontonians also decided two plebiscite questions.

Councillors were elected in two-seat wards.

This was the first election in which the public school board used nine wards instead of six to elect its trustees.

Electoral system

Mayor was elected through first past the post.

Councillors were elected through plurality block voting, two per ward, where each voter could cast up to two votes.

Public school board trustees were elected through first past the post.[1]

The Separate school board trustees were elected through a different system—one trustee was elected from each ward through first past the post, and the seventh seat was filled by the non-victorious candidate with the most total votes anywhere in the city.

Voter turnout

There were 221,236 ballots cast out of 440,044 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 50.3%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Candidate Votes  %
Bill Smith 79,832 36.48%
Jan Reimer 78,514 36.02%
John Ramsey 42,044 19.29%
Brad Checknita 10,361 4.75%
Lance White 7,081 3.25%
Bob Ligertwood 563 0.26%
Paul Earley 452 0.21%

Aldermen

Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6
Leroy Chahley 24,822 Allan Bolstad 16,802 Brian Mason 23,769 Jim Taylor 8,531 Larry Langley 13,360 Terry Cavanagh 17,664
Wendy Kinsella 21,456 Rose Rosenberger 15,189 Robert Noce 13,526 Michael Phair 8,031 Brent Maitson 12,989 Dick Mather 17,117
Bruce Campbell 15,715 Lori Hall 11,195 Sherry McKibben 8,471 Terence Harding 7,809 Lillian Staroszik 12,600 Dave Thiele 13,237
Roger Kotch 5,263 Ed Powell 10,629 John Bethel 8,141 Brian Bechtel 7,158 Margaret Asch 10,832 Sheila McKay 11,652
Joe Goebel 2,334 Bradley Day 1,752 Bill Maxim 8,096 Tooker Gomberg 7,031 Sheilah Montgomery 9,076 Riaz Choudhry 6,595
Carl Williams 1,393 Jerry Kitt 2,571 Janice Fleming 4,441 Craig Murray 5,429 Ken Kozak 4,250
Perry Dane 1,245 Veronika Greenwald 1,559 Sean Armstrong 2,863 Donald McMann 4,063 Art Clarke 4,092
Hatem Naboulsi 882 David Ward 1,949 Don Koziak 2,644 Charles Relland 2,128
Helene Donahue 1,619 Elaine Jones 2,600
Frank Klemen 1,012 Olga Cylurik 872
Rod Foster 696 Monty Worobec 684
Sui Wing Mak 621 Adil Pirbhai 548
Dennis Clark 440 Josephine Koper 503
Wes Barlow 395
George Richardson 354
Thomas Tomlinson 294
Art Sproul 253

Public school trustees

Ward A Ward B Ward D Ward F Ward H
Bill Bonko 4,480 33.48% Janice Melnychuk 6,355 51.34% Terry Sulyma 5,779 50.88% Don Fleming 6,914 46.22% George Nicholson Acclaimed
Maureen Ford 2,441 18.24% John Nicoll 5,108 41.27% Mimi Williams 5,578 49.12% Jim Selby 4,424 29.57%
Cathy Kutryk 2,175 16.25% Matt Diederichs 915 7.39% Michael Ekelund 3,621 24.21%
Joe Hak 1,933 14.45% Ward C Ward E Ward G Ward I
Larry Phillips 800 5.98% Don Williams 9,295 56.23% Jean Woodrow 9,685 66.30% Kay Chernowski 5,780 32.00% Gerry Gibeault 7,106 45.95%
Perry Dane 565 4.22% Leon Lubin 7,120 43.77% Stephen Mandel 4,922 33.70% Jim Patrick 4,774 26.43% Bev Esslinger 6,004 38.83%
Victor Varvis 559 4.18% Marianne Stolz 4,152 22.99% Jeff Caskenette 2,353 15.22%
Dan McAra 428 3.20% Anna Der 3,354 18.57%

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

One trustee is elected from each ward, and the unsuccessful candidate (across the city) with the most votes is also elected.

Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3
David MacDougall 4,843 52.48% Ronald Zapisocki 6,433 58.13% Mary-Anne Razzolini 7,247 69.88%
John Patrick Day 4,386 47.52% Jim Urlacher 4,633 41.87% Jim Shinkaruk 3,123 30.12%
Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6
Ron Patsula 3,496 57.00% Michael Savaryn 4,444 55.29% Brian Mitchell 5,415 57.44%
Cindy Holan 2,637 43.00% Alice Leung 3,594 44.71% Barbara Ann Thompson 4,011 42.56%

Plebiscites

Edmonton Municipal Airport

Do you direct City Council to repeal "The Edmonton Municipal Airport referendum bylaw" (No. 10,205)? That bylaw requires the City to operate the Municipal Airport and promote that airport's air passenger service.

A "YES" vote means that the City will promote MOVING scheduled air passenger service to the Edmonton International Airport.

A "NO" vote means that the City will promote MAINTAINING scheduled air passenger service at the Edmonton Municipal Airport.

Under both options the City will continue to own and offer general air services (e.g. private planes, small charters, air ambulance) at the Municipal Airport.

Votes  %
Yes 166,404 76.81%
No 50,253 23.19%

Keillor Road

Do you direct City Council to PASS the Keillor Road Referendum Bylaw (No. 11, 124)?

A "YES" vote means the City must leave Keillor Road OPEN to traffic, including motor vehicle traffic.

A "NO" vote means City should CLOSE Keillor Road.

Votes  %
Yes 92,807 43.67%
No 119,693 56.33%

References

  1. ↑ Rek, Municipal Elections in Edmonton
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