The 1959 municipal election was held October 14, 1959 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council

Edmonton City Council

The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors. Until 2010, Edmonton was divided in six wards with two councillors representing citizens in each ward...

 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

Frederick John Mitchell

Frederick John Mitchell was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...

, George Prudham

George Prudham

George Prudham, was a Canadian politician.Born in Kilbride, Ontario, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Edmonton West in the 1949 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1953. In 1950, he was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of...

, Donald Bowen, Ethel Wilson

Ethel Sylvia Wilson

Ethel Sylvia Wilson was a seamstress, labour activist and a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of Edmonton City Council from 1952 to 1966 and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971...

, and Laurette Douglas were all elected to two year terms in 1958

Edmonton municipal election, 1958

The 1958 municipal election was held October 15, 1958 to elect six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, four trustees to sit on the separate school board, and three trustees to sit on the public school board...

 and were still in office (in fact, Mitchell was in office as mayor, having been appointed by council to replace the resigned William Hawrelak

William Hawrelak

William Hawrelak was a politician in Alberta, Canada, the longest-serving mayor in Edmonton's history, and a candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...

, 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%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Citizens' Committee Civic Reform Association	Elmer Roper Elmer Ernest Roper Elmer Ernest Roper was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as leader of the Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was also a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:Roper was born in...	25,465	49.02%	Independent	James Harper Prowse James Harper Prowse James Harper Prowse Jr. , was a serviceman, provincial and federal politician, barrister and solicitor from Canada. Prowse served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1945 to 1959 sitting as an Independent and a Liberal in opposition...	19,318	37.19%	Independent	William Pasternak	6624	12.75%	Independent	John Thomas Bennett	542	1.04%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes		Citizens' Committee Civic Reform Association	William Henning	27,825	SS	Civic Reform Association	Angus McGugan	22,711	SS	Civic Reform Association	Ed Leger	21,372	SS	Civic Reform Association	Gordon McClary	19,269		Citizens' Committee	McKim Ross	17,950	SS	Citizens' Committee	Cliffard Roy	17,172	SS	Citizens' Committee	Morris Weinlos	16,769		Civic Reform Association	J. Les Bodie	15,077		Citizens' Committee	Robert McDonald	14,592		Independent	Ivor Dent Ivor Dent Ivor Graham Dent, was a politician from Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a former candidate for the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	13,870	SS	Edmonton Voters Association	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	9,703		Independent	Allan Welsh	8,824		Independent	Orval Allen	7,671	SS	Independent	Charles Simmonds	7,629	SS	Independent	Stan Rogalski	3,787		Edmonton Voters Association	E. J. (Slim) Powell	3,050		Edmonton Voters Association	Walter Doskoch	2,639

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes		Citizens' Committee Civic Reform Association	Angus MacDonald	26,928		Civic Reform Association	Edith Rogers Edith Rogers (Alberta politician) Edith Blanche Rogers was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 until 1940. Born in Nova Scotia, she came west to Alberta to accept a job as a teacher...	24,893		Citizens' Committee Civic Reform Association	Vernon Johnson	22,467	SS	Civic Reform Association	Murray Stewart Cooke	20,707		Citizens' Committee	Ernest Hanna	18,685		Citizens' Committee	Douglas Thomson	14,742	SS	Independent	David Graham	12,641		Edmonton Voters Association	John Rawluk	3,685

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Joseph Moreau	7,165		Independent	Orest Demco	6,215		Independent	Catherine McGrath	6,158		Independent	Henry Carrigan	5,952	SS	Independent	Russell Burke	5,892	SS

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?

• Yes - 27946
• No - 22166

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?

• Yes - 20803
• No - 8925

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?

• Yes - 22886
• No - 7128

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?

• Yes - 24502
• No - 5528

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?

• Yes - 21718
• No - 8154

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?

• Yes - 21420
• No - 9218

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?

• Yes - 23490
• No - 6729

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?

• Yes - 25018
• No - 5911

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?

• Yes - 13842
• No - 15577

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?

• Yes - 25703
• No - 4802

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?

• Yes - 16743
• No - 12645