1989 Edmonton municipal election

The Edmonton municipal election, 1989 was held on October 16 that year to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen 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. Edmontonians also voted in the Senate nominee election in conjunction with the municipal election.

This was the first election in which school trustees were elected by ward.

Voter turnout

There were 148068 ballots cast out of 406995 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 36.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	Jan Reimer	73,728	50.09%	Independent	Terry Cavanagh	33,710	22.90%	Independent	Don Hamilton	31,483	21.39%	Independent	Terence Harding	7,156	4.86%	Independent	Naseer Chaudhary	542	0.37%	Independent	Carl Williams	449	0.31%	Independent	H. Campion Swartout	126	0.09%

(Laurence Decore was elected mayor in the 1986 election, but resigned to lead the Liberal Party of Alberta. Cavanagh was selected by council to serve as his replacement.)

Aldermen

Ward 1

Ward 1				Ward 2				Ward 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	Party		Candidate	Votes	Party		Candidate	Votes
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Bruce Campbell	11,864	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ron Hayter	12,939	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Judy Bethel	10,805
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Helen Paull	10,582	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Catherine Chichak	7,503		E.V.A.	Brian Mason	8,992
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Alice Gagne	9,552		E.V.A.	Gene Romaniuk	6,164	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ed Gibbons	4,852
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Richard Kayler	5,297	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Bill Maxim	5,366	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Cindy Olsen	4,275
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Al Wilson	3,532	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Phyllis Basaraba	5,020	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Margaret Stumbourg	4,097
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Timothy Casey	1,606	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Gerry Beck	1,555	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ernst Eder	3,214
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Richard Guyon	1,339	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Jim Hoyda	1,099	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	George Butler	2,650
				Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Alwyn Brightley	1,067	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Bonny Royce	593
				Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Rino Filippelli	1,036	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Hans Slaby	440
				Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Michael Bulat	655
				Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Thomas Tomlinson	636
Ward 4				Ward 5				Ward 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	Party		Candidate	Votes	Party		Candidate	Votes
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Lance White	12,831	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Patricia MacKenzie	16,671	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Sheila McKay	12,895
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Mel Binder	12,588	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Lillian Staroszik	15,977	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ken Kozak	9,836
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Tooker Gomberg	8,109	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Dan McMann	7,717	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Debby Carlson	8,284
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Perry Dane	3,080	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ian Crawford	6,337	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Bill Diachuk	7,555
				Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Margaret Durnin	4,286	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	John Bracegirdle	4,492
									E.V.A.	Elaine Masur-Mardiros	3,944

Public school trustees

One trustee is elected from each ward. Additional trustees are elected by taking the non-victorious candidate with the most votes between each of Wards 1 and 4, Wards 2 and 3, and Ward 5 and 6.

Ward 1					Ward 2					Ward 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Joan Cowling	8,333	52.49%	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Rose Rosenberger	7,725	57.53%	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	John Nicoll	7,422	58.21%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Esther Starkman	3,253	20.49%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Joe Hak	3,472	25.86%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Larry Phillips	5,328	41.79%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ed Pearson	1,766	11.13%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Victor Varvis	2,230	16.61%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Raymond Marshall	1,588	10.00%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ross Patchell	934	5.88%
Ward 4					Ward 5					Ward 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Don Williams	5,014	37.37%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	George Luck	6,947	36.54%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Doug Tupper	7,093	39.11%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Hilary Findlay	2,869	21.38%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Michael Ekelund	4,902	25.78%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Dick Mather	5,805	32.01%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Marion Herbert	2,702	20.14%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Gene Hartson	3,096	16.28%		E.V.A.	Mike Uhryn	2,702	14.90%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Mitch Bronaugh	1,683	12.54%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Indira Puri	2,554	13.43%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Gordon Hum	1,704	9.40%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Perry Dane	885	6.60%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Julio Ferrante	1,513	7.96%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	John Kurian	830	4.58%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Adil Pirbhai	264	1.97%

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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	David MacDougall	3,357	58.92%	width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Tony Catena	Acclaimed		width=20px Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Mary-Anne Razzolini	2,883	42.22%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	John Patrick Day	2,341	41.08%						Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Jim Shinkaruk	1,802	26.39%
										Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ken Balko	1,147	16.80%
										Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Gerald Lorente	997	14.60%
Ward 4					Ward 5					Ward 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Krystina Tadman	Acclaimed		Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ernie Turnbull	3,373	62.60%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Joan Tarnowski	4,560	71.29%
					Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Sadie Clancy	2,015	37.40%	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents|	Independent	Ken Alyluia	1,836	28.71%

Senate Nominee Election

This was a province-wide election. Results below reflect only Edmonton vote totals; provincially, Stan Waters was elected (see 1989 Alberta Senate nominee election for province-wide results).

	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Liberal	Bill Code	46,452	34.07%
	Reform	Stan Waters	41,987	30.79%	Progressive Conservative	Bert Brown	18,911	13.87%	Independent	Kenneth Paproski	15,982	11.72%	Independent	Gladys Taylor	7,081	5.19%	Independent	Tom Sindlinger	5,934	4.35%

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections