Edmonton municipal election, 1983

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

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

Elections and plebiscites in Edmonton

Municipal elections	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 (Jan) 1896 (Dec) 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 (Feb) 1912 (Dec) 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1966 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013

By-elections	1907 1911 1912 1970 1984 1994 2015 2016

Plebiscites	1979 1981

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