Edmonton municipal election, 1986

The 1986 municipal election was held October 20, 1986 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.

This was the last election in which school trustees were elected at large. Beginning in 1989, both districts introduced a ward system.

The fifty-seven candidates for the public school board remains the most in Edmonton's history.

Voter Turnout

There were 134020 ballots cast out of 396004 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.8%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, "italics" indicate incumbent)

Mayor

*"Laurence Decore" - 87939
*Buck Olsen - 39857
*Eddie Keehn - 1255
*Naseer Chaudhary - 1037
*Paul (Big Jim) Whitney - 704
*Harold Real - 396

Aldermen

Ward 1

*Bruce Campbell - 10929
*Helen Paull - 10074
*Dan Backs - 6545
*Paul Norris - 5038
*Walter Coombs - 2320
*John Ludwig - 2104
*Mary Hislop-Perraton - 864
*Roxanne Herbert - 712
*Francis Dryden - 490

Ward 2

*"Jan Reimer" - 14177
*"Ron Hayter" - 9733
*Gene Romaniuk - 6297
*Mike Fedoretz - 4181

Ward 3

*Judy Bethel - 8779
*"Julian Kinisky" - 7812
*Joe Filewych - 4172
*Bill Kostiniuk - 3888
*John Strikwerda - 2994
*Kathy Kellman - 1872
*Mike Kachkar - 1309
*John Lakusta - 1306

Ward 4

*"Lance White" - 7639
*Mel Binder - 6249
*Donna Artuso - 4823
*Alice Hanson - 4816
*Gerry Wright - 4256
*"Ed Leger" - 3579
*Ron Pilling - 1609
*Gordon Hum - 705
*Carl Byrd Williams - 260

Ward 5

*"Lillian Staroszik" - 12753
*Patricia MacKenzie - 9052
*Wes Candler - 8429
*Donald Grimble - 5433
*Ross Brown - 4278
*Rom Smit - 875

Ward 6

*"Terry Cavanagh" - 13990
*"Ken Kozak" - 9977
*Sheila McKay - 9809
*Wayne Weeks - 4301
*Ron Hodgins - 4077
*John Bracegirdle - 2120
*Eric Saemisch - 901
*Bill Gowan-Smith - 566
*Keith Adamson - 532

Public School Trustees

*"Joan Cowling" - 33370
*"Don Massey" - 29323
*"Elaine Jones" - 22878
*"Dick Mather" - 17878
*Lila Fahlman - 16613
*Doug Tupper - 12216
*"George Luck" - 12018
*Leon Lubin - 11876
*Don Williams - 11582
*Linda Girard - 10337
*Doug Elves - 10311
*Adelle Bellhouse - 10213
*Janice Drysdale - 9581
*Clarence Climenhaga - 9493
*"John Lakusta" - 9176
*Gordon Hum - 9123
*Jolly Drever - 8791
*Gerry Beck - 8533
*"Marion Herbert" - 8511
*Rose Rosenberger - 8501
*James Forbes - 8129
*Yvonne Mury - 7524
*Ninele Jackson - 7366
*Bruce Uditsky - 7147
*John Ludwig - 6985
*Howard Welch - 6727
*Joe Hak - 6523
*Arnold Holmes - 6389
*Olga Cyrulik - 6382
*Ronald Bellamy - 6203
*James Albers - 6024
*Claire Fisher - 5825
*Alex Kinasewich - 5687
*Joe Burgis - 5246
*Shona Wehm - 5092
*Adolph Feingold - 5063
*Norval Horner - 4948
*R Glenn Ritchie - 4799
*Don Cruse - 4767
*Richard Woodward - 4478
*Jack Broyles - 4202
*Alwyn Brightley - 4182
*Gurcharan Bhatia - 4010
*David Rand - 3819
*R Genis Bell - 3754
*Gordon Stamp - 3516
*Jeffrey Martin - 3492
*Bas Roopnarine - 3363
*Brian Morton - 3163
*Doug Lewis - 3005
*Jim Jacuta - 2982
*Harbans Dhillon - 2911
*Thomas Tomlinson - 2132
*Samir Ghossein - 1690
*Jack Thonger - 1622
*Brant Maidens - 1304
*A D Pirbhani - 1095

eparate (Catholic) School Trustees

*"Catherine Chichak" - 18108
*"Alice Gagne" - 16267
*"Francis O'Hara" - 15558
*"Hugh Tadman" - 14191
*Simone Demers-Sicker - 9807
*Ken Alyluia - 9628
*Jim Shinkaruk - 8716
*L Brian Mitchell - 8667
*Lenore Hopchin - 8598
*William Koehler - 7758
*Carl Amodio - 7206
*Joe Sell - 6606

References

[http://www.edmonton.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_265_210_0_43/http%3B/CMSServer/COEWeb/city+government/municipal+elections/past+results/1945+-+2001.htm Edmonton election results (City of Edmonton webpage)]