In Alberta, Canada, the 1961 municipal election was held October 18, 1961 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 six 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...

, Morris Weinlos, 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 Milton Lazerte were all elected to two year terms in 1960

Edmonton municipal election, 1960

The 1960 Edmonton, Alberta municipal election was held October 19, 1960 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Warren Edward (Ted) Smith, John Andrews, and Shirley Forbes were elected to two year terms in 1960 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Leo Lemieux, Edward Stack, and John Barbeau were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 59343 ballots cast out of 169940 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 37.2%.

Mayor

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Civic Government 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...	37,600	63.90%
Civic Reform Association	Ed Leger	13,106	22.27%
Independent	Ronald Simmons	8,134	13.82%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes		Civic Government Association	McKim Ross	33,853	SS	Civic Government Association	Angus McGugan	31,123	SS	Civic Government Association	Stanley Milner	27,126	SS	Civic Government Association	Gordon McClary	27,208		Civic Government Association	John Leslie Bodie	23,222		Civic Reform Association	Bjarne Larson	15,006	SS	Civic Reform Association	Charles Simmonds	13,584	SS	Independent	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	12,451		League of Edmonton Electors	Donald Scott	11,337	SS	Independent	David Graham	11,253		Civic Reform Association	Harper McCrae	10,588		Civic Reform Association	Alfred Forsythe	8,809	SS	Civic Reform Association	Robert Boutillier	7,540		League of Edmonton Electors	Norbert Berkowitz	6,624		League of Edmonton Electors	Ernest Stokes	6,343		Independent	John Lakusta	4,852		League of Edmonton Electors	James Willford	4,134		Independent	Paul Stepa	3,630

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Civic Government Association	Eric Duggan	22,419	SS	Civic Government Association	Vernon Johnson	18,061	SS	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...	17,219		Civic Government Association	P. William Jones	16,118	SS	Better Education Association	Helen Sinclair	15,802		Civic Government Association	A. E. Shelmerdine	15,072		Better Education Association	D. Rae Sutherland	13,377	SS	Better Education Association	William Harper	13,088	SS	Better Education Association	Floyd Johnson	11,678	SS	Civic Reform Association	Paul Lloyd	6,775	SS	Civic Reform Association	Anna Pollock	6,670	SS	Civic Reform Association	Walter Kuhn	5,179	SS

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes		Independent	Joseph Moreau	6,878		Separate Schools Voters Association	A. A. Gorman	6,446	SS	Independent	Orest Demco	6,518		Independent	Catherine McGrath	6,098		Separate Schools Voters Association	J. J. Fitzgerald	5,734		Independent	Harry Carrigan	5,251	SS	Separate Schools Voters Association	J. W. Ensch	4,292	SS	Independent	George Lynch-Staunton	4,022	SS

Fluoridation of Water

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

• Yes - 35508
• No - 22107

Paving

Shall Council pass bylaw No. 2216 creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the estimated City share of standard paving of main arterial roads in the City?

• Yes - 25317
• No - 9476

Asphalt on Gravel Streets

Shall Council pass bylaw No. 2217 creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the estimated City share of the cost of constructing asphalt surface roads on a gravel base on residential and arterial streets within the City?

• Yes - 25219
• No - 9130

Traffic Lights and Fire Alarm Equipment

Shall Council pass bylaw No. 2218 creating a debenture debt in the sum of $217,000.00 in order to purchase and locate additional traffic lights, and school and crosswalk lights, and additional fire alarm equipment?

• Yes - 26752
• No - 7988

Library

Shall Council pass bylaw No. 2219 creating a debenture debt in the sum of $125,000.00 to construct and equip a branch library in Edmonton capable of serving 30,000 people and 15 schools?

• Yes - 21434
• No - 12983

Fire Station

Shall Council pass bylaw No. 2224 creating a debenture debt in the sum of $72,000.00 in order to purchase fire equipment for a District Fire Station?

• Yes - 23761
• No - 9947