Edmonton municipal election, 1998
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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
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