Edmonton municipal election, 1959

The 1959 municipal election was held October 14, 1959, to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided eleven plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Frederick John Mitchell, George Prudham, Donald Bowen, Ethel Wilson, and Laurette Douglas were all elected to two-year terms in 1958 and were still in office (in fact, Mitchell was in office as mayor, having been appointed by council to replace the resigned William Hawrelak, but city bylaws allowed him to resume his aldermanic term once a new mayor was elected).

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: J. Percy Page, Robert Thorogood, and William Orobko were elected to two-year terms in 1958 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Leo Lemieux, Vincent Dantzer, and E D Stack were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 52357 ballots cast out of 150062 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 34.9%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Citizens' Committee and Civic Reform AssociationElmer Roper 25,465 49.02%
IndependentJames Harper Prowse 19,318 37.19%
IndependentWilliam Pasternak 6624 12.75%
IndependentJohn Thomas Bennett 542 1.04%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' Committee & Civic Reform AssociationWilliam Henning 27,825 SS Green tickY
Civic Reform AssociationAngus McGugan 22,711 SS Green tickY
Civic Reform AssociationEd Leger 21,372 SS Green tickY
Civic Reform AssociationGordon McClary 19,269 Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeMcKim Ross 17,950 SS Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeCliffard Roy 17,172 SS
Citizens' CommitteeMorris Weinlos 16,769
Civic Reform AssociationJ. Les Bodie 15,077
Citizens' CommitteeRobert McDonald 14,592
IndependentIvor Dent 13,870 SS
Edmonton Voters AssociationJulia Kiniski 9,703
IndependentAllan Welsh 8,824
IndependentOrval Allen 7,671 SS
IndependentCharles Simmonds 7,629 SS
IndependentStan Rogalski 3,787
Edmonton Voters AssociationE. J. (Slim) Powell 3,050
Edmonton Voters AssociationWalter Doskoch 2,639

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' Committee & Civic Reform AssociationAngus MacDonald 26,928   Green tickY
Civic Reform AssociationEdith Rogers 24,893   Green tickY
Citizens' Committee & Civic Reform AssociationVernon Johnson 22,467 SS Green tickY
Civic Reform AssociationMurray Stewart Cooke 20,707
Citizens' CommitteeErnest Hanna 18,685
Citizens' CommitteeDouglas Thomson 14,742 SS Green tickY
IndependentDavid Graham 12,641
Edmonton Voters AssociationJohn Rawluk 3,685

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentJoseph Moreau 7,165   Green tickY
IndependentOrest Demco 6,215   Green tickY
IndependentCatherine McGrath 6,158   Green tickY
IndependentHenry Carrigan 5,952 SS Green tickY
IndependentRussell Burke 5,892 SS

Plebiscites

Fluoridation of Water

Shall fluorides, for the prevention of tooth decay, be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?

Landfill

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $75,000.00 for the purchase of land to be used as a refuse disposal area employing the sanitary fill method?

Traffic Lights

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $160,000.00 in order to purchase and locate traffic lights on certain highway intersections within the City?

Paving

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

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $750,000.00 for constructing or improving park areas or playgrounds and circles, buffer zones, ravine side boulevards, small parks and triangles?

Railway Underpass

No.5. Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $300,00.00 for the City share of constructing an underpass of the Canadian National Railway tracks at the crossing of 127 Street at 126 Avenue?

Bridge over Mill Creek Ravine

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the City share of constructing a four lane bridge to replace the existing structure over Mill Creek Ravine at 82nd Avenue?

Royal Alexandra Hospital Expansion

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $3,000,000.00 so that the patient bed capacity of the new Royal Alexandra Hospital approved in 1958 may be increased by 300 beds and to buy equipment?

Swimming Pool

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $350,000.00 for the City share of constructing an indoor swimming Pool at Eastglen Composite High School situated at 114th Avenue and 68th Street?

Youth Shelter

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $175,000.00 for the purpose of constructing an Emergency Receiving Home for neglected children?

Bridges over MacKinnon and MacKenzie ravines

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,000,000.00 for the purpose of constructing two 4 lane bridges to replace the existing structures located at 142 Street and MacKinnon Ravine, and 142 Street and MacKenzie Ravine?

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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