The 1968 municipal election was held October 16, 1968 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.

On May 2, 1968 the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

 passed the Municipal Elections Act. this Act had three major effects: first, it standardized municipal terms as being three years in all Alberta municipalities. Second, it standardized the date on which municipal elections in Alberta would be held - the nomination deadline would be the third Monday of September and the election would be four weeks later. Third, it allowed for the election of aldermen by ward, rather than at large.

This election was conducted under the new Act, and included a plebiscite to move to a ward system. It was approved by the electorate, and the 1968 election was the last in which aldermen were elected at large (although a 1970 by-election

Edmonton municipal by-election, 1970

Julia Kiniski, an alderman on the Edmonton City Council, died October 11, 1969. A by-election was held November 27, 1970 to replace her. The electorate also decided three plebiscite questions....

 also elected an alderman at large, before the ward system was introduced in the 1971 election

Edmonton municipal election, 1971

The 1971 municipal election was held October 13, 1971 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.This was the first election in which a ward system was used...

).

Voter turnout

There were 93129 ballots cast out of 238828 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 39%.

Aldermen

• Morris Weinlos - 49527
• James Bateman - 45685
• Una Evans - 44025
• Ed Leger - 42636
• 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...
  
   - 40699
• Neil Crawford - 39190
• Kenneth Newman - 37607
• Ches Tanner - 36191
• Julia Kiniski
  Julia Kiniski
  Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...
  
   - 35760
• Terry Nugent
  Terry Nugent
  Terence James "Terry" Nugent was a barrister, lawyer, World War II era soldier a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1968 and an alderman in the city of Edmonton, Alberta from 1968 - 1971....
  
   - 34451
• Kathleen McCallum - 34059
• David Ward
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   - 29770
• Bev Booker - 29652
• Terry Cavanagh
  Terry Cavanagh
  Terence James Cavanagh is a Canadian politician, municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta, who served as mayor. He was Edmonton's first native-born mayor.-Early life:...
  
   - 28981
• Norbert Berkowitz - 28394
• Pat Shewchuk - 26395
• 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...
  
   - 24835
• G Dale Newcombe - 24403
• Bill McLean - 24185
• Don Ross - 21837
• 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...
  
   - 21511
• G A (Pat) O'Hara - 18310
• A Terry Laing - 16155
• Lila Fahlman - 15485
• John Matlock - 12543
• John Lakusta - 11965
• Douglas Tomlinson - 10189
• Charles Jenkins - 9543
• Walter Makowecki - 7962
• Wilson Arthur Stewart - 7951
• Bernard Mazurewicz - 6848
• Abner Abraham Rubin - 5339

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Better Education Association	Jackson Willis	38,496	Better Education Association	John Bracco	31,844	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...	29,404	Independent	Vernon Johnson	28,860	Better Education Association	Milton Lazerte	27,422	Better Education Association	Warren Edward (Ted) Smith	25,922	Better Education Association	Lois Campbell	23,976	Quality Education Council	Richard Jamieson Richard Jamieson Richard Herbert Jamieson was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1963 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...	17,981	Better Education Association	David Ellis	16,578	Better Education Association	Alan Robertson	16,419	Independent	Jean O'Hara	15,704	Quality Education Council	Robert Dunseith	14,346	Independent	Dorothy Preston	12,389	Quality Education Council	Joseph Boehm	10,388	Independent	Don McMillan	9,439	Quality Education Council	Albert Bourcier	9,378	Quality Education Council	John Poppit	6,739	Independent	William Chomyn	6,522	Independent	Laura Tuomi	5,791	Quality Education Council	John Fuga	5,744	Independent	Paul Fuog	3,943

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent	Georges Brosseau	11,893	Independent	Jean Forest	9,681	Independent	Robert Sabourin	9,175	Independent	Bob Neville	8,853	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...	8,520	Independent	Larry Messier	8,310	Independent	Jean McDonald	8,225	Independent	Paul Norris	7,864	Independent	B. J. Gagnon	7,041	Independent	Morris Bahry	7,023	Independent	D. A. McKay	6,657	Independent	Cece Primeau	6,645

Ward System

Are you in favour of the City being divided into areas known as wards, of not less than three (3) and not more than ten (10) in number for the holding of elections of Alderman to City Council at future elections?

• Yes - 45938
• No - 28594

Convention and Sports Complex

Do you favour the construction of a Trade Convention and Sports Complex containing facilities such as a covered Football stadium and Ice Arena, and a Trade & Convention Centre, at an estimated capital cost of Twenty-three Million Dollars ($23,000,000.00) and to be operated at an estimated annual deficit of not more than two million?

• Yes - 57568
• No - 21458

Council Control of Store Hours

Do you want shop hours in the City of Edmonton to be controlled by City Council?

• Yes - 24672
• No - 55489

If shop hours are controlled, which do you favour:
(a.) six days and two evenings - 58533
(b.) five days and two evenings - 8539
(c.) five and one-half days and one evening - 11776