The 1966 municipal election was held October 19, 1966 to elect a mayor and twelve 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 seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided three plebiscite questions.

Voter turnout

There were 125084 ballots cast out of 208716 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 59.9%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	Vincent Dantzer	64,233	51.85%	Independent	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:...	54,544	44.03%	Independent	Alex Latta	5,105	4.12%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Better Civic Government Committee	Morris Weinlos	60,731	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:...	54,380	Civil Rights Association	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	53,969	Better Civic Government Committee	John Leslie Bodie	52,805	Better Civic Government Committee	James Bateman	47,229	Better Civic Government Committee	Frank Edwards	42,979	Independent	Ed Leger	40,750	Better Civic Government Committee	Una Evans	39,469	Better Civic Government Committee	Cec Purves Cec Purves Cecil John Harry Purves is a politician in Alberta, Canada, who served as mayor of Edmonton.-Early life:Purves was born in Edmonton on October 18, 1933. He grew up in the city's Riverdale district and graduated high school in the city...	37,607	Independent	Angus McGugan	36,115	Independent	Neil Crawford	35,846	Better Civic Government Committee	Reginald Easton	35,353	Better Civic Government Committee	Kathleen McCallum	35,294	Independent	Norbert Berkowitz	34,628	Independent	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. ...	34,151	Better Civic Government Committee	Don Gray	31,279	Better Civic Government Committee	Conrad Kosowan	28,939	Independent	Allan Welsh	28,864	Better Civic Government Committee	Bob Evans	27,962	Independent	Catherine Chichak Catherine Chichak Catherine Chichak was a provincial and municipal politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1982 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...	25,458	Independent	Ron Hayter Ron Hayter Ronald John Hayter is the longest-serving city councillor of Edmonton, Alberta, having served since 1971 until 1995, when he stepped down to join the National Parole Board...	24,981	Independent	Laurette Douglas	24,060	Independent	G. A. (Pat) O'Hara	23,968	Independent	A. Terry Laing	23,348	Independent	Patrick Ryan	23,108	Independent	Ken McAuley	20,384	Independent	Paul Bassett	20,129	Better Civic Government Committee	Jack Holmes	17,970	Independent	L. M. Campbell	17,606	Independent	Joyce Kurie	16,612	Independent	Albert Bourcier	16,001	Independent	Lila Fahlman	13,867	Independent	Patrick Murphy	13,048	Independent	John Lakusta	12,258	Independent	Assad Farrah	12,209	Independent	Douglas Tomlinson	12,174	Independent	Harold Oppelt	12,127	Civil Rights Association	Ernest Betteridge	11,245	Independent	Walter (Wally) Brox	11,201	Independent	Michael English	10,860	Independent	Joe Tannous	9,966	Independent	Walter Makowecki	9,375	Independent	John Peets	6,677	Civil Rights Association	Ivar Vanags	5,720

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Better Education Association	Earl Buxton	52,500	Better Education Association	Jackson Willis	51,938	Better Education Association	Milton Lazerte	50,066	Quality Education Council	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...	45,595	Better Education Association	John Bracco	44,228	Better Education Association	Warren Edward (Ted) Smith	42,747	Independent	Vernon Johnson	34,874	Better Education Association	Lois Campbell	31,903	Better Education Association	Mary Johnson	28,587	Independent	Dorothy Preston	18,943	Quality Education Council	Joseph Boehm	16,844	Quality Education Council	Joan Ennion	16,476	Quality Education Council	John Poppitt	16,162	Quality Education Council	Anna Pollock	15,544	Independent	William Chomyn	14,244	Quality Education Council	John Fuga	11,260	Independent	Laura Tuomi	8,867

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent	George Brosseau	17,518	Independent	G. Rene Boileau	16,891	Independent	Jean McDonald	16,136	Independent	Bernard Feehan	15,217	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...	15,057	Independent	Orest Demco	14,580	Independent	Edward Stack	14,561	Independent	Bob Neville	14,356	Independent	Elmar Abele	12,615	Independent	Harry Carrigan	12,434

Bridge

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2789 to borrow by debentures $5,750,000.00 as the City share of a cross-river bridge and approaches at 72nd Street to arterial standards from 98th Avenue to 101st Avenue, to freeway standards from 101st Avenue to 112th Avenue and to arterial standards from 112th Avenue to 118th Avenue?

• Yes - 53750
• No - 24062

Fluoridation of Water

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2889 allowing fluoride for the prevention of toothdecay to 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 - 71618
• No - 46255

Allowing Events on Sundays

Should Council pass bylaw No. 2886 as authorized by The Alberta Lord’s Day Act allowing certain public games, contests or sports at which a fee is charged on Sunday afternoons between the hours of half past one and six o’clock?

• Yes - 93310
• No - 25258