The 1998 municipal election was held October 26, 1998 to elect a mayor and twelve councillors 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...

, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board. Edmontonians also decided one plebiscite question and participated in the Senate election

Alberta Senate nominee election, 1998

The 2nd Alberta Senate nominee election was held in Alberta, Canada, on October 19, 1998 in conjunction with the Alberta Municipal Elections. It was held to elect Alberta's candidates for appointment to the Canadian Senate....

.

Voter turnout

There were 172215 ballots cast out of 482763 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.7%.

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
Bill Smith Bill Smith (Alberta politician) William Smith is a businessman, Canadian politician, and former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta.Smith was first elected in 1995 after defeating incumbent Mayor Jan Reimer and was re-elected in 1998 and 2001...	84,512	50.62%
Mike Nickel Mike Nickel Mike Nickel is a politician in Alberta, Canada and a former municipal councillor in Edmonton.Nickel was born in Edmonton and attended the University of Alberta, earning a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Master's degree in Statistics and Media Studies...	27,029	16.19%
Ihor Broda	22,280	13.35%
Tooker Gomberg Tooker Gomberg Tooker Gomberg was a Canadian politician and environmental activist.A native of Montreal, Quebec and a liberal-arts graduate of Hampshire College , Gomberg founded one of Canada's first curbside recycling programs in Montreal, and later moved to Edmonton, Alberta, where he created educational...	21,614	12.95%
Rory Nugent	3,869	2.32%
Cheryl Schumacher	3,740	2.24%
Kelly Morris	2,178	1.30%
Brian Gregg	1,726	1.03%

Councillors

Ward 1		Ward 2		Ward 3		Ward 4		Ward 5		Ward 6
Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes
Wendy Kinsella	18,731	Allan Bolstad	15,605	Brian Mason Brian Mason Brian Mason is a Canadian politician and leader of the Alberta New Democrats . Mason was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood in a 2001 byelection, and his career in politics spans more than 20 years.Mason first became politically active...	19,311	Jim Taylor	20,357	Larry Langley	13,805	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:...	13,659
Leroy Chahley	18,589	Rose Rosenberger	11,141	Robert Noce	17,094	Michael Phair Michael Phair Michael Phair is a Canadian politician, who served on Edmonton City Council from 1992 until 2007. He was the first openly gay elected politician in the province of Alberta.-External links:**...	19,708	Bryan Anderson	12,731	Dave Thiele Dave Thiele Dave Thiele is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Edmonton City Council, representing Ward 6 alongside Amarjeet Sohi....	9,773
Jane Standing	7,958	Don Koziak	7,875	Gordon Stamp	8,085	Douglas Meggison	5,191	Jane Batty Jane Batty Jane Batty is a member of Edmonton City Council, currently representing Ward 6. She was first elected in the 2001 civic election. Prior to her first term on council, Batty served as both a management consultant and vice-president at Denny Andrew's Ford in Edmonton...	8,785	Chinwe Okelu	7,654
Jerry Voss	3,350	Mimi Williams	5,739	Thomas Tomilson	2,046	Lee Permann	4,893	Maurice Fritz	6,503	Sheila McKay	6,781
		Sergio Teixeira	1,783					Donna Finucane	6,369	Ziad Jaber	3,937
								Brenda Platzer	5,973	Frank Atkinson	2,823
								Adil Pirbhai	891	Greg Dagg	2,022
										Gordon McIntosh	1,927
										Anna Graham	1,306
										Marcel Fayant	228

Public school trustees

Ward A			Ward C			Ward E			Ward G			Ward H
Bill Bonko Bill Bonko Bill Bonko is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was first elected in the 2004 election as a Liberal in Edmonton Decore, but was defeated in his 2008 re-election bid by Progressive Conservative Janice Sarich....	4,867	48.31%	Don Williams	3,979	33.12%	Carole Anne Dean	4,944	48.22%	Svend Hansen	3,806	25.37%	George Nicholson	9,510	65.94%
Bev Esslinger	3,325	33.00%	Mel Huizinga	3,312	27.57%	Dennis Freeman	3,569	34.81%	Donna Fong	3,299	21.99%	Kerry Brown	4,912	34.06%
Lynette Young	1,883	18.69%	Dorothy Reynolds	2,405	20.02%	Lise Watts	1,740	16.97%	Lori Hilibeck	2,418	16.12%
			Dorothy Reynolds	2,405	20.02%				Larry Zbitnew	1,591	10.61%
			John McDonald	1,259	10.48%				Anna Der	1,244	8.29%
			Murray Clarke	1,060	8.82%				Jim Patrick	1,058	7.05%
Ward B			Ward D			Ward F			Jason Burns	503	3.35%	Ward I
Janice Melnychuk	3,972	41.80%	Terry Sulyma	3,395	41.22%	Don Fleming	Acclaimed		Ron Kuban	405	2.70%	Gerry Gibeault Gerry Gibeault Gerry Gibeault is a former School Trustee with Edmonton Public Schools and served as the Trusee for Ward I. He previously served as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993 sitting with the New Democrat caucus in opposition.-Early life:Gibeault graduated post secondary...	6,328	54.87%
Loreen Kabanuk	1,661	17.48%	Vicki Stamp	3,128	37.98%				Lynn Lunde	372	2.48%	David Fletcher	5,205	45.13%
Doug Stamp	1,287	13.54%	Karl Kuss	1,713	21.13%				David Balcon	304	2.03%
Andy Chichak	1,254	13.20%
Denis Lapierre	716	7.53%
Dwayne Jiry	613	6.45%

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Ward 1			Ward 2			Ward 3
Debbie Engel	2,357	34.07%	Ronald Zapisocki	3,655	42.47%	Jim Shinkaruk	2,477	30.18%
David MacDougall	1,189	17.18%	Jim Urlacher	2,587	30.06%	Gerda Krug	2,217	27.01%
Don Mah	1,013	14.64%	Vincent Capri	2,365	27.48%	Helen Tymoczo	1,955	23.82%
John Patrick Day	1,011	14.61%				Gunda Murray	1,558	18.98%
Reg Kastelan	993	14.35%
Don Marriott	198	2.86%
Robert Gossain	158	2.28%
Ward 4			Ward 5			Ward 6
Ron Patsula	2,772	43.78%	Judy Buddle	4,610	77.67%	Brian Mitchell	3,784	58.47%
Debbie Cavaliere	2,033	32.11%	Raphael Watzke	1,325	22.33%	Barbara Ann Thompson	2,688	41.53%
Don Weideman	1,526	24.10%

(Edward Wieclaw was acclaimed to the seat representing Vegreville

Vegreville, Alberta

-Notable Vegrevillans :*Brent Severyn, former NHL defenseman*Cam Cole, Canadian sports writer*Laurence Decore, lawyer, former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and former leader of the Alberta Liberal Party*Roderick Fraser, former president of the University of Alberta...

 on the board.)

Video Lottery Terminal Plebiscite

Are you in favour of Bylaw No. 1853 which says, "City Council requests the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Liquor and Gaming Commission to remove Video Lottery Terminals from the City of Edmonton?" Vote Yes or No.

	Votes	%
Yes	80,964	49.85%
No	81,449	50.15%

Senate Nominee Election

This was a province-wide election. Results below reflect only Edmonton vote totals; provincially, Ted Morton

Ted Morton

Frederick Lee Morton , known commonly as Ted Morton, is a Canadian politician and Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta. As a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta he represents the constituency of Foothills-Rocky View as a Progressive Conservative...

 and Bert Brown

Bert Brown

For the English footballer Bert Brown, see Sailor BrownBert Brown is a Canadian Senator and retired farmer and development consultant currently residing in Balzac, Alberta.-Early life:...

 were elected (see Alberta Senate nominee election, 1998

Alberta Senate nominee election, 1998

The 2nd Alberta Senate nominee election was held in Alberta, Canada, on October 19, 1998 in conjunction with the Alberta Municipal Elections. It was held to elect Alberta's candidates for appointment to the Canadian Senate....

 for province-wide results).

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Reform Reform Party of Alberta The Reform Party of Alberta is a defunct provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was registered with Elections Alberta. Its leader was David Salmon.-Early history:...	Bert Brown Bert Brown For the English footballer Bert Brown, see Sailor BrownBert Brown is a Canadian Senator and retired farmer and development consultant currently residing in Balzac, Alberta.-Early life:...	56,456	Reform Reform Party of Alberta The Reform Party of Alberta is a defunct provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was registered with Elections Alberta. Its leader was David Salmon.-Early history:...	Ted Morton Ted Morton Frederick Lee Morton , known commonly as Ted Morton, is a Canadian politician and Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta. As a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta he represents the constituency of Foothills-Rocky View as a Progressive Conservative...	47,785	Independent	Guy Desrosiers	36,472	Independent	Vance Gough	28,588