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.

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	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Julian Kinisky	7,809	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Ed Leger	7,235
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Olivia Butti	12,583	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Ron Hayter	11,580		E.V.A.	Ed Ewasiuk	7,078	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Lance White	4,780
	U.R.G.E.	Walter Coombs	7,542	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Sam Donaghey	8,624	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	June Cavanagh	5,621	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Allen Wasnea	4,129
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Johann Ludwig	6,289		E.V.A.	Gene Romaniuk	5,962	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Margaret Stumbourg	4,658	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Susan Middlemiss	4,092
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Naseer Chaudhary	2,060	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Michael Fedoretz	5,696		R.C.C.	Jim Spalding	4,197		U.R.G.E.	Alex McEachern	3,783
				width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Pierre Lefort	1,124	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	William Chmiliar	3,704		R.C.C.	John Leslie Bodie	2,941
Ward 5				Ward 6				width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Barrie Shewchuk	3,365		R.C.C.	Don Williams	2,865
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Percy Wickman	15,185		U.R.G.E.	Bettie Hewes	15,608	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Garry Stevenson	2,037		E.V.A.	Brian Mason	2,455
	R.C.C.	Lillian Staroszik	12,878	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Terry Cavanagh	14,352	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Klaus Weiher	1,553	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	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	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Alex Munzel	1,713
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Wesley Chandler	6,440		R.C.C.	Ken Kozak	8,110	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Gerald Lorente	1,237	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Mark Norris	1,309
	E.V.A.	Louise Swift	2,687	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Max Bahsen	5,075	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Armand Gendron	341	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Michael Hodgins	1,036
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Allan Zemrau	2,509	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Wayne Weeks	3,375					width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Joe Bugis	954
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Paul Fuog	895	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Klaus Lehmann	1,171					width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Carl William	329
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Dean Leffler	464	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Ind.	Owen Timperley	567					width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	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

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections