The 1971 municipal election was held October 13, 1971 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 in which a ward system was used. Where previously all twelve aldermen were elected in a city-wide district, beginning with this election the councilors were elected in wards, with three councillors elected in each of four wards. (Starting with the 1980 election, this was changed to two aldermen being elected from each of six wards). The election was conducted under the block voting system in which each voter was given as many votes as there were vacancies.
School board trustees were elected at-large no wards used.
The mayor was elected through first-past-the-post voting. All others were elected through plurality block voting.
Voter turnout
In this election, 101,235 ballots cast out of 273,271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 37.1%.
Results
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor
Party Candidate Votes %
Aldermen
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4 Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate VotesInd.Kenneth Newman13,934Ind.Cec Purves10,879Ind.Ed Leger6,688Ind.Una Evans11,574Ind.Dudley Menzies13,663Ind.David Ward9,244Ind.Ron Hayter5,709Ind.Terry Cavanagh8,776Ind.Ches Tanner10,960Ind.Alex Fallow8,188Ind.William McLean5,454Ind.Buck Olsen7,550Ind.Morris Weinlos10,053Ind.Laurence Decore7,899Ind.Sam Agronin4,735Ind.William Boytzun7,272Ind.I. Gliener7,465Ind.Thomas Baker7,565Ind.Allan McTavish4,202Ind.Roy Jamha5,449Ind.Terry Laing6,752Ind.Cecil Rhodes3,498Ind.Irene Domecki3,417Ind.Natalka Faryna3,894Ind.Bob Bothwell5,332Ind.Eric Reilly3,482Ind.Joe Donahue2,873Ind.Allan Welsh3,755Ind.John Ludwig4,043Ind.Percy Wickman3,277Ind.John Kloster2,772Ind.Harold Oppelt3,670Ind.Joseph Bugis3,111Ind.Jane Weaver3,241Ind.Rory Nugent2,214Ind.Alex Muunzel3,330Ind.George Luck2,950Ind.Victor Sedo2,432Ind.R. C. Squair2,142Ind.Ken McAuley3,143Ind.Maureen Wanczura2,491Ind.Paul Fuog1,647Ind.Gerhard Volkmann2,008Ind.Douglas Tomlinson2,987Ind.Ernest McCormack2,003Ind.Stephen Corby2,802Ind.J. A. Robinson1,780Ind.John Lakusta2,167Ind.Bernard Mazurewicz1,433Ind.Lori Phillips1,877Ind.Clarence Bolton1,209Ind.Gerald Lorente1,577Ind.Ennio Gentili1,154Ind.Frances Kelemen1,563Ind.Ruby Lyons860Ind.Fred Haidner737Ind.Arthur Shaw636
Public school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Georges Brosseau - 13549 Jean Forest - 11991 Robert Sabourin - 10250 Leo Floyd - 9395 Jean McDonald - 9206 W McNeill - 8251 Larry Messier - 7676 Julia Kerans - 7492 A M Ambrock - 6479 Nicholas Sheptycki - 6045 Orest Eveneshen - 6037 Glen Hughes - 5052 Maurice Legris - 4627 Matt Reiser - 3666 Julian Hnatiw - 3523
References
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections