The 1962 municipal election was held October 17, 1962 to elect 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 three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided two plebiscite questions. No election for mayor was held because 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...

 was one year into a two year term.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: McKim Ross, Angus McGugan, Stanley Milner, Gordon McClary, and John Leslie Bodie were all elected to two year terms in 1961

Edmonton municipal election, 1961

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 and four 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 four of the positions were already filled: Eric Duggan, Vernon Johnson, 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...

, and P William Jones were elected to two year terms in 1961 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Moreau, A A Gorman, Orest Demco, and Harry Carrigan were continuing.

This was the last election held under the old system where by members of council would be elected to staggered two year terms. Beginning in 1964

Edmonton municipal election, 1964

The 1964 Edmonton municipal election was held October 14, 1964 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....

, all members of council would be elected to two year terms in the same year. The 1963 election

Edmonton municipal election, 1963

The 1963 municipal election was held October 16, 1963 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards...

 was a transition election, in that all positions were elected for one year terms, to allow every position to be elected anew in 1964.

Voter turnout

There were 42146 ballots cast out of 165940 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 25.4%.

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Civic Government Association	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:...	25,768	Civic Government Association	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...	24,542	Civic Government Association	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...	28,690	Civic Government Association	Morris Weinlos	28,872	Civic Government Association	Vincent Dantzer	19,970	Independent	Ed Leger	15,003	Independent	Bjarne Larson	13,133	Civic Rights Protective Association	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	12,643	Independent	Joseph Tannous	8,597	Civic Rights Protective Association	Paul Stepa	4,576	Civic Rights Protective Association	Albert Hensch	3,670	Independent	Walter Mackowecki	3,033	Civic Rights Protective Association	Ivar Vanags	2,528

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Better Education Association	Milton Lazerte	16,016	Civic Government Association	James Falconer James Falconer James Falconer was a Scottish solicitor and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:Falconer was born in Carmyllie, Forfarshire, the son of Donald Falconer. He was educated at Arbroath High School and Edinburgh University where he obtained his MA degree. He married Ada Kennedy. ...	14,532	Better Education Association	Helen Sinclair	14,297	Better Education Association	Walter Gainer	13,772	Civic Government Association	A. K. Miller	12,199	Civic Government Association	Peter Stewart	9,640	Independent	Anna Pollock	5,432	Independent	Paul Lloyd	3,379	Independent	Laura Tuomi	3,153

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent	Edward Stack	5,472	Independent	Jean McDonald	5,353	Independent	Bill Diachuk Bill Diachuk Bill Wasyl Diachuk was a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He began his political career in Edmonton municipal politics serving two separate stints as a separate school trustee. The first was from 1962 to 1964 and the second from 1966 to 1971...	4,496	Independent	John Barbeau	4,200	Independent	Roy Watson	3,491

Term of Civic Officials

Should present election procedure under the City Act be continued whereby half of the Aldermen and half the School Board representatives are elected each year for a two-year term, and the Mayor is elected for a two-year term every two years? - 13197

OR

Should the election system be changed so that a Municipal election for Mayor, Aldermen
and for the School Board Representatives will only be required every two years with all members, when elected, to sit for a term of two years? - 16101

OR

Should the election system be changed so that a Municipal election for Mayor, Aldermen,
and for School Board representatives will only be required every three years with all members, when elected, to sit for a term of three years? - 7821

The Early Closing of Shops Bylaw and Food Stores

Do you Favor the passing of a bylaw to amend bylaw No.1716 being the Early Closing of Shops bylaw, so that the amended bylaw will exempt all food stores in Edmonton, regardless of size, from all provisions of the Early Closing Bylaw if the principal business of the store or shop is the sale of food?

• Yes - 13006
• No - 27587