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
There were 141,636 ballots cast out of 406,995 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 36.4%.
Results
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor
| 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
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
- 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
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