The 1980 municipal election was held October 15, 1980 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board.

This was the first election in which there were two aldermen elected from each of the six wards, instead of three aldermen elected from each of the four wards, as had previously been the case.

Electoral system Mayor was elected through first past the post.

Councillors and school trustees were elected through block voting.

Voter turnout

There were 72,939 ballots cast out of 341,102 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 21.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %IndependentCec Purves52,03576.47%IndependentMurray Trott5,3467.86%IndependentLester Adams4,9027.20%IndependentEddie Keehn2,9384.32%IndependentJohn Horobec1,5752.31%IndependentJohn Buttrey1,2491.84%

Aldermen Guide: E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton

Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3 Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate Votes Party Candidate VotesIndependentKenneth Newman7,683IndependentRon Hayter5,175IndependentJune Cavanagh4,629IndependentOlivia Butti6,673U.R.G.E.Jan Reimer4,433E.V.A.Ed Ewasiuk3,184U.R.G.E.Iain Taylor4,155IndependentJim Spalding3,255U.R.G.E.Judy Bethel2,727U.R.G.E.Sherburne McCurdy3,851U.R.G.E.Lila Fahlman2,480IndependentSheila McKay2,692IndependentDavid Stewart1,685IndependentWilliam Chmiliar2,604IndependentJohn Hawrelak1,019IndependentMitch Wujik2,384E.V.A.Harry Johnson419U.R.G.E.Clint Budd708IndependentWayne Hayes313IndependentRobert Acker333IndependentTim Baloben279IndependentNoel Round203Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6IndependentPaul Norris3,550IndependentPercy Wickman8,842U.R.G.E.Bettie Hewes8,429U.R.G.E.Gerry Wright3,462U.R.G.E.Lois Campbell7,696IndependentEd Leger5,641U.R.G.E.Carolyn Nutter3,393IndependentNick Fedorak2,279IndependentKen Kozak4,154IndependentRon Patsula2,172IndependentGuy Tessier1,450IndependentWayne Weeks2,169IndependentAllen Wasnea1,190IndependentOlga Cylurik929IndependentDon Massey2,113IndependentBill Broad817IndependentPaul Fuog926IndependentBob Durrant1,661E.V.A.Walter Aiello467U.R.G.E.Fred Atiq688IndependentPaul Bird260

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections