1974 Edmonton municipal election
The 1974 municipal election was held October 16, 1974 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.
Voter turnout[edit]
There were 141,636 ballots cast out of 406,995 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 36.4%.
Results[edit]
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Hawrelak | 67,741 | 49.21% | |
| Independent | Cec Purves | 32,674 | 23.74% | |
| Independent | Ivor Dent | 28,297 | 20.56% | |
| Independent | David Ward | 6,983 | 5.07% | |
| Edmonton League for Socialist Action | Carl Austin | 1,017 | 0.74% | |
| Independent | Nell Martin | 507 | 0.37% | |
| Independent | John Horobec | 435 | 0.32% | |
Aldermen[edit]
Guide:
- E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association
- 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 | ||||
| Ind. | Ches Tanner | 17,222 | Ind. | Laurence Decore | 13,213 | Ind. | Ed Leger | 12,733 | Ind. | Terry Cavanagh | 19,868 | ||||
| Ind. | Kenneth Newman | 14,902 | Ind. | Olivia Butti | 8,564 | Ind. | Ron Hayter | 10,016 | Ind. | Buck Olsen | 15,973 | ||||
| Ind. | Robert Matheson | 14,644 | E.V.A. | David Leadbeater | 7,152 | U.R.G.E. | Edward Kennedy | 8,670 | U.R.G.E. | Bettie Hewes | 15,447 | ||||
| Ind. | Terry Laing | 12,827 | Ind. | James Falconer | 6,658 | Ind. | Terry Nugent | 7,886 | Ind. | Sheila McKay | 9,125 | ||||
| Ind. | Bud Salloum | 7,758 | Ind. | Cecil Rhodes | 6,006 | U.R.G.E. | Sam Agronin | 7,248 | Ind. | Mitchell Wujcik | 6,949 | ||||
| Ind. | John Ludwig | 7,667 | Ind. | Neil MacLean | 5,667 | Ind. | Bill McLean | 7,149 | Ind. | John Lakusta | 6,364 | ||||
| U.R.G.E. | Syeda Hameed | 6,194 | U.R.G.E. | Percy Wickman | 5,313 | Ind. | Olee Wowk | 3,803 | Ind. | Elaine Johnson | 5,585 | ||||
| Ind. | George Luck | 5,154 | U.R.G.E. | Gerry Wright | 5,052 | Ind. | Gerhard Volkmann | 3,703 | Ind. | William Askin | 4,947 | ||||
| Ind. | Eddie Keehn | 4,602 | Ind. | Bruce Vaughan | 4,129 | Ind. | Gene Dub | 3,935 | E.V.A. | Walter Doskoch | 4,820 | ||||
| Ind. | Jean Pierre Van Eck | 3,221 | Ind. | Clif Tait | 3,276 | Ind. | Henry Rutkowski | 3,588 | |||||||
| Ind. | Ernie Hayne | 2,332 | Ind. | David Collier | 3,142 | Ind. | Lou Acocella | 1,044 | |||||||
| Ind. | Victor Sedo | 2,422 | |||||||||||||
| Ind. | Larry Messier | 1,929 | |||||||||||||
| Ind. | Paul Fuog | 1,348 | |||||||||||||
| Ind. | Peter Yuca | 1,125 | |||||||||||||
| Socialist Action | Angela Mueller | 1,104 | |||||||||||||
Public school trustees[edit]
- Herb Jamieson - 34991
- Shirley Forbes - 31808
- Vernon Johnson - 28606
- James Falconer - 28259
- Catherine Ford - 25461
- Ernest Lund - 24732
- Mel Binder - 23521
- Don Massey - 23471
- Jim Patrick - 21968
- Betty Flewitt - 21349
- Maria Flak - 17914
- Jean Haddow - 17217
- Gerry Beck - 15700
- R W Sherwin - 15416
- Anna Pollock - 15376
- Al Fahlman - 14366
- Bernice Youck - 13030
- Ken Kozak - 12299
- Ashgar Ali - 10110
- William Lee - 9050
- Mark Pastic - 6392
- Tim Nolt - 6191
- William Hegedus - 6135
- George Skov - 5524
Separate (Catholic) school trustees[edit]
Each voter could cast up to seven votes (plurality block voting).
- Jean Forest - 14559
- Leo Floyd - 14406
- Jean McDonald - 11132
- W McNeill - 9493
- Phil Gibeau - 9425
- Raymond Pinkowski - 8499
- Laurier Picard - 8348
- Robert Carney - 7957
- Orest Evenshen - 7898
- Nicholas Sheptycki - 6716
- Robert Gourdine - 6593
- Edward Christie - 6463
- Bob McDonald - 5711
- Adele - 4946
- Larry Messier - 4938
- Paul Haljan - 3976
- Stanley Blazosek - 3532
- Don Davies - 3246
- Vincent Hawskwell - 3102