2004 Edmonton municipal election

2004 Edmonton municipal election

October 18, 2004
Mayor and 12 councilors to Edmonton City Council
Candidate Stephen Mandel Bill Smith Robert Noce Popular vote 85,887 68,767 52,640 Percentage 40.68 32.57 24.93
Mayor before election Bill Smith Elected mayor Stephen Mandel

The 2004 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 18, 2004 to elect a mayor and twelve councillors 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.

Voter turnout

There were 212,105 ballots cast out of 507,577 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 41.8%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
Stephen Mandel	85,887	40.68%
Bill Smith	68,767	32.57%
Robert Noce	52,640	24.93%
Tilo Paravalos	921	0.44%
Dieter Peske	905	0.43%
Dave Dowling	858	0.41%
Thomas "Buffalo Terminator" Tomilson	768	0.36%
Jean-Paul Noujaim	390	0.18%

Councillors

Twelve councillors, two elected in each of six wards, with voters having up to two votes each.

Five women, seven men were elected as city councillors.

Ward 1		Ward 2		Ward 3		Ward 4		Ward 5		Ward 6
Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes
Karen Leibovici	23,793	Ron Hayter	18,386	Janice Melnychuk	21,020	Michael Phair	23,219	Bryan Anderson	19,650	Dave Thiele	16,128
Linda Sloan	12,353	Kim Krushell	12,966	Ed Gibbons	17,524	Jane Batty	14,352	Mike Nickel	16,803	Terry Cavanagh	14,725
Karen Lynch	10,909	Dave Loken	7,512	Tony Caterina	9,416	Ben Henderson	12,475	Donna Finucane	15,123	Chinwe Okelu	12,877
Charlene Davis	6,888	Don Koziak	7,289	Joan Duiker	5,978	Debbie Yeung	10,500	Al Slemko	6,576	Amarjeet Sohi	8,077
Terry Demers	3,306	Tim Hajar	4,542	Kyle Balombin	3,334	Thomas Roberts	1,945	Ian Crawford	5,307	Barbara Ann Thompson	6,339
Joe Hudson	3,046	Mimi Williams	3,978			Dale Ferris	1,702	Jung-Suk Ryu	3,817	Terry McKinnon	2,908
Samir Ghossein	1,534	Kerry Hutton	1,820			Paul Welke	1,417	Katie Oppen	2,029	Sean Diakiw	1,013
Rory Koopmans	1,332	Larry Thomson	1,629					Adil Pirbhai	533
Trent Soholt	1,149	Jabin Caouette	1,526

Public school trustees

Ward A			Ward B			Ward C
Bev Esslinger	9,702	70.53%	Wendy Keiver	6,511	51.28%	Don Williams	5,929	38.45%
Perry Chahal	2,486	18.07%	Bob Dean	6,187	48.72%	Sherry Adams	5,719	37.09%
Victor Varvis	1,567	11.39%				Phill McNabb	3,773	24.47%
Ward D			Ward E			Ward F
David Colburn	5,011	44.92%	Ken Gibson	Acclaimed		Don Fleming	8,767	57.02%
Terry Sulyma	4,017	36.01%				Susan O'Neil	6,608	42.98%
Emil van der Poorten	2,127	19.07%
Ward G			Ward H			Ward I
Svend Hansen	12,202	66.25%	George Nicholson	9,868	50.41%	Gerry Gibeault	6,296	44.17%
Kam Gill	6,217	33.75%	Catherine Ripley	9,706	49.59%	Judith Axelson	6,020	42.23%
						Neal Gray	1,939	13.60%

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

One trustee is elected from each ward, and the non-victorious candidate with the most total votes is also elected.

Ward 1			Ward 2			Ward 3
Debbie Engel	Acclaimed		Janice Sarich	8,084	65.09%	Mark Razzolini	7,786	69.08%
			Jim Urlacher	4,336	34.91%	John Beke	3,485	30.92%
Ward 4			Ward 5			Ward 6
Debbie Cavaliere	4,699	57.12%	Judy Buddle	3,336	40.23%	Patrick McDonald	3,803	46.17%
Joe Filewych	2,329	28.31%	Marilyn Bergstra	3,313	39.95%	Kara Pelech	2,840	34.48%
Rudy Arcilla	1,199	14.57%	Doug McCarthy	1,643	19.81%	Jim Shinkaruk	1,594	19.35%

References

• City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections