1983 Edmonton municipal election

The 1983 municipal election was held October 17, 1983 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council in Alberta, Canada, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board.

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.

School board positions also were filled through Plurality block voting as well.^[1]

Voter turnout

There were 160942 ballots cast out of 382053 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 42.1%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Laurence Decore	95,981	61.29%
	Independent	Cec Purves	41,273	26.35%
	Independent	Jim Wiebe	15,071	9.62%
	Independent	Doreen Crowley	2,070	1.32%
	Independent	Robert Genis-Bell	1,479	0.94%
	Independent	John Valpy	737	0.47%

Aldermen

Guide:

• E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association
• R.C.C. = Responsible Citizens Committee
• U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton

Ward 1				Ward 2				Ward 3				Ward 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	Party		Candidate	Votes	Party		Candidate	Votes	Party		Candidate	Votes
	R.C.C.	G. Lyall Roper	16,019		U.R.G.E.	Jan Reimer	12,048		Ind.	Julian Kinisky	7,809		Ind.	Ed Leger	7,235
	Ind.	Olivia Butti	12,583		Ind.	Ron Hayter	11,580		E.V.A.	Ed Ewasiuk	7,078		Ind.	Lance White	4,780
	U.R.G.E.	Walter Coombs	7,542		Ind.	Sam Donaghey	8,624		Ind.	June Cavanagh	5,621		Ind.	Allen Wasnea	4,129
	Ind.	Johann Ludwig	6,289		E.V.A.	Gene Romaniuk	5,962		Ind.	Margaret Stumbourg	4,658		Ind.	Susan Middlemiss	4,092
	Ind.	Naseer Chaudhary	2,060		Ind.	Michael Fedoretz	5,696		R.C.C.	Jim Spalding	4,197		U.R.G.E.	Alex McEachern	3,783
					Ind.	Pierre Lefort	1,124		Ind.	William Chmiliar	3,704		R.C.C.	John Leslie Bodie	2,941
Ward 5				Ward 6					Ind.	Barrie Shewchuk	3,365		R.C.C.	Don Williams	2,865
	Ind.	Percy Wickman	15,185		U.R.G.E.	Bettie Hewes	15,608		Ind.	Garry Stevenson	2,037		E.V.A.	Brian Mason	2,455
	R.C.C.	Lillian Staroszik	12,878		Ind.	Terry Cavanagh	14,352		Ind.	Klaus Weiher	1,553		Ind.	George Butler	2,083
	U.R.G.E.	Lois Campbell	6,797		R.C.C.	James Bateman	8,707		E.V.A.	Lucien Royer	1,416		Ind.	Alex Munzel	1,713
	Ind.	Wesley Chandler	6,440		R.C.C.	Ken Kozak	8,110		Ind.	Gerald Lorente	1,237		Ind.	Mark Norris	1,309
	E.V.A.	Louise Swift	2,687		Ind.	Max Bahsen	5,075		Ind.	Armand Gendron	341		Ind.	Michael Hodgins	1,036
	Ind.	Allan Zemrau	2,509		Ind.	Wayne Weeks	3,375						Ind.	Joe Bugis	954
	Ind.	Paul Fuog	895		Ind.	Klaus Lehmann	1,171						Ind.	Carl William	329
	Ind.	Dean Leffler	464		Ind.	Owen Timperley	567						Ind.	Murray Scambler	256

Public school trustees

• Joan Cowling - 51434
• Don Massey - 50007
• Mel Binder - 46872
• Elaine Jones - 44147
• Dick Mather - 40921
• George Luck - 27746
• Marion Herbert - 27460
• Michael Belaire - 24864
• John Lakusta - 23313
• George Hum - 22814
• David Gowan-Smith - 22405
• Edward Hall - 22198
• Jeff Martin - 19260
• Olga Cylurik - 19001
• Douglas Elves - 18240
• Michael McDaid - 16380
• James Bondarenko - 15907

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

• Catherine Chichak - 18290
• Jean McDonald - 17690
• Francis O'Hara - 15864
• William Green - 14690
• Phil Gibeau - 14171
• Hugh Tadman - 13759
• Alice Gagne - 12767
• Elizabeth Reid - 11403
• Diana McIntyre - 10556
• Mark Toth - 9890
• Sarah Clancy - 8528
• James Shinkaruk - 8454
• Simone Secker - 7879
• John Higgins - 7745