1960 Edmonton municipal election

The 1960 Edmonton municipal election was held October 19, 1960, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided eight plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: William Henning, Angus McGugan, Ed Leger, Gordon McClary, and McKim Ross were all elected to two-year terms in 1959 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Angus MacDonald, Edith Rogers, Vernon Johnson, and Douglas Thomson were elected to two-year terms in 1959 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Moreau, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Henry Carrigan were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 26,009 ballots cast out of 158,771 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 16.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Aldermen

Each voter could cast up to five votes. Voting was at-large so each voter could vote for any candidate in the running. The most popular candidates of two different parties were elected; the least popular were not.

The elected council represented a variety of interests. Candidates belonging two different parties - Civic Government Association and Civic Reform Association - were elected. But smaller voting blocks were denied representation. Ivor Dent of the CCF (soon to be the NDP) was denied a seat although getting a vote from more than a third of the voters.

Three of the five successful candidates got a vote from a majority of voters across the city.[1]

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationFrederick John Mitchell13,836Green tickY
Civic Reform AssociationGeorge Prudham13,258Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationMorris Weinlos13,105Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationEthel Wilson10,969Green tickY
Civic Reform AssociationMilton Lazerte10,847Green tickY
IndependentLaurette Douglas10,763
Civic Reform AssociationC. H. Clarke9,454
IndependentIvor Dent9,265
Civic Government AssociationStanley Milner8,659
Civic Reform AssociationIan MacDonald Nicoll8,553
Civic Government AssociationSidney Wrigglesworth5,756
IndependentEdgar Gerhart5,581
Civic Reform AssociationRex Martin5,540
IndependentE. J. (Slim) Powell2,876
IndependentPaul Stepa2,059

Public school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Better Education Association & Civic Reform AssociationWarren Edward (Ted) Smith11,833Green tickY
Better Education AssociationJohn Andrews11,729Green tickY
Better Education AssociationShirley Forbes9,832Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationJames Falconer6,680
Civic Government AssociationJohn Thorogood6,619
Civic Reform AssociationJohn McIntosh Hope6,074
Civic Government AssociationMurray Cooke5,427
Civic Reform AssociationWilliam Hackett4,140
IndependentDavid Graham2,790

Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentLeo Lemieux3,845Green tickY
IndependentEdward Stack3,211Green tickY
IndependentJohn Barbeau3,195Green tickY
IndependentVincent Dantzer3,133

At-Large Elections

Are you in favour of changing the Election System for Alderman and Public School Board Members so that all such elected representatives are elected from the City at large without regard to whether they live North or South of the North Saskatchewan River or own fifty percent of their property North or South of this river?

  • Yes - 17204
  • No - 9668

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $450,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

  • Yes - 14728
  • No - 4489

Asphalt on Existing Gravel Streets

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 for the City share of asphalt paving on existing gravel arterial and residential streets?

  • Yes - 14501
  • No - 4471

Asphalt on New Gravel Streets

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the City share of asphalt paving on new gravel arterial and residential streets?

  • Yes - 13241
  • No - 5338

Traffic Lights

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $180,000.00 in order to purchase and locate traffic lights on certain highway intersections within the City?

  • Yes - 15812
  • No - 3554

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $600,000.00 for the purpose of constructing and improving parks and playgrounds?

  • Yes - 14455
  • No - 4829

Bridge

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the purpose of constructing a district bridge as part of the City's overall arterial road system?

  • Yes - 15043
  • No - 4454

Library

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $165,000.00 for the purpose of constructing a district library?

  • Yes - 12173
  • No - 6756

References
  1. Joseph Rek, Municipal elections in Edmonton, p. 44
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