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 at large, beginning with this election three would be elected from 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

There were 101235 ballots cast out of 273271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 37.1%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Ivor Dent 60,948 62.20%
Independent Julian Kinisky 27,270 27.83%
Independent Jack Holmes 9,777 9.98%

Aldermen

Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4
Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes
Ind. Kenneth Newman 13,934 Ind. Cec Purves 10,879 Ind. Ed Leger 6,688 Ind. Una Evans 11,574
Ind. Dudley Menzies 13,663 Ind. David Ward 9,244 Ind. Ron Hayter 5,709 Ind. Terry Cavanagh 8,776
Ind. Ches Tanner 10,960 Ind. Alex Fallow 8,188 Ind. William McLean 5,454 Ind. Buck Olsen 7,550
Ind. Morris Weinlos 10,053 Ind. Laurence Decore 7,899 Ind. Sam Agronin 4,735 Ind. William Boytzun 7,272
Ind. I. Gliener 7,465 Ind. Thomas Baker 7,565 Ind. Allan McTavish 4,202 Ind. Roy Jamha 5,449
Ind. Terry Laing 6,752 Ind. Cecil Rhodes 3,498 Ind. Irene Domecki 3,417 Ind. Natalka Faryna 3,894
Ind. Bob Bothwell 5,332 Ind. Eric Reilly 3,482 Ind. Joe Donahue 2,873 Ind. Allan Welsh 3,755
Ind. John Ludwig 4,043 Ind. Percy Wickman 3,277 Ind. John Kloster 2,772 Ind. Harold Oppelt 3,670
Ind. Joseph Bugis 3,111 Ind. Jane Weaver 3,241 Ind. Rory Nugent 2,214 Ind. Alex Muunzel 3,330
Ind. George Luck 2,950 Ind. Victor Sedo 2,432 Ind. R. C. Squair 2,142 Ind. Ken McAuley 3,143
Ind. Maureen Wanczura 2,491 Ind. Paul Fuog 1,647 Ind. Gerhard Volkmann 2,008 Ind. Douglas Tomlinson 2,987
Ind. Ernest McCormack 2,003 Ind. Stephen Corby 2,802
Ind. J. A. Robinson 1,780 Ind. John Lakusta 2,167
Ind. Bernard Mazurewicz 1,433 Ind. Lori Phillips 1,877
Ind. Clarence Bolton 1,209 Ind. Gerald Lorente 1,577
Ind. Ennio Gentili 1,154 Ind. Frances Kelemen 1,563
Ind. Ruby Lyons 860 Ind. Fred Haidner 737
Ind. Arthur Shaw 636

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Independent Edith Rogers 22,170 Green tickY
Better Education Association Lois Campbell 21,786 Green tickY
Independent James Falconer 19,412 Green tickY
Independent John Paterson 18,820 Green tickY
Independent Vernon Johnson 17,003 Green tickY
Independent Donald Kennedy 16,752 Green tickY
Independent Richard Jamieson 14,166 Green tickY
Independent John Chalmers 13,373
Better Education Association Murray Campbell 13,069
Independent Howard Clifford 12,626
Independent Fred Miller 12,313
Independent A A Aldridge 11,555
Independent Robert Bauer 11,554
Independent Roy Le Riche 11,380
Better Education Association Robert McAlpine 10,969
Better Education Association Rex Beach 10,832
Independent Anna Pollock 10,280
Independent Jay Purnell 9,940
Better Education Association Russel Dzenick 9,508
Independent Edith Hnytka 8,814
Better Education Association Alan Robertson 8,808
Independent George Kuschminder 8,113
Independent T O Walhovd 7,966
Better Education Association Metro Gulutsan 7,763
Independent Bill Tiffin 6,448
Independent E R Daniels 6,208
Independent Donald Skyes 5,869
Independent James Lawson 5,536
Independent Dorothy Preston 5,137
Independent Janet Tegart 4,724
Independent Laura Tuomi 4,225
Independent James Miller 3,964
Independent Noel Round 3,496
Independent Frank Vanner 2,984
Independent Donald Topilo 2,887
Independent Murray Fehr 2,792
Independent John Ryll 2,502
Independent Albert Hencsh 2,434
Independent Dave Poholko 1,851

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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