2001 Edmonton municipal election
The 2001 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 15, 2001 to elect a mayor and twelve councilors to sit on Edmonton City Council , nine trustees to sit on the public school board, seven trustees to sit on the separate school board, and seven members of the Capital Health Board of Directors.
This election was the first, and to date only, election in which directors were elected to the boards of Alberta 's Regional Health Authorities. After this election, the provincial government returned to appointing all members of these boards directly.
Voter turnout [ ]
There were 172,540 ballots cast out of 489,794 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.2%.
Results [ ]
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor [ ]
Candidate
Votes
%
Bill Smith
75,678
44.35%
Robert Noce
54,375
31.87%
Mike Nickel
33,776
19.80%
Joe Devaney
1,746
1.02%
Katie Oppen
1,545
0.91%
Tess Elsworthy
1,513
0.89%
Laura Duffy
869
0.51%
Thomas "Buffalo Terminator" Tomilson
745
0.44%
Bob Ligertwood
376
0.22%
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
Karen Leibovici
17,947
Allan Bolstad
13,933
Janice Melnychuk
10,550
Michael Phair
16,054
Larry Langley
19,521
Dave Thiele
13,998
Stephen Mandel
7,569
Ron Hayter
12,154
Ed Gibbons
8,640
Jane Batty
8,780
Bryan Anderson
19,131
Terry Cavanagh
13,784
Don Clarke
7,536
Mimi Williams
5,522
Ken Shipka
5,042
Debbie Yeung
5,837
Judith Brown
11,931
Chinwe Okelu
10,239
Kathy Kohut
3,545
Don Lawson
5,318
Gordon Stamp
4,987
David Starko
5,504
Bob Stenhouse
8,024
Jane Standing
3,470
Tim Gartner
2,478
Allan Jack
3,169
Myles Kitagawa
5,177
Dennis Trefiak
1,742
Joe Hudson
3,390
Neil Cameron
2,275
Daniel Bablitz
2,733
Ben Henderson
4,164
Charlie Galan
2,836
Mike Melymick
1,602
Marie Renaud
2,455
Jeff Campbell
1,503
Rob McGregor
1,931
Robert Burns
1,448
Ken Balkwill
2,445
Doug Meggison
1,204
Gerald "Jed" Woodill
1,390
Bud Sarasin
509
Mitch Compri
2,265
Peter Rowe
1,029
Larry Anderson
1,117
Ron Schuster
1,953
David Verhagen
964
Rita John
912
Joseph (J. R.) Royer
1,323
Lee Permann
925
Sean Tisdall
612
Wade Franko
1,310
Bob Whyte
874
Ron Gavreau
833
Hank Muirhead
802
Tom Phelan
470
Thomas Roberts
533
Dean Leffler
432
Allyn White
524
Adil Pirbhai
410
Richard Gendron
277
Alexander Riabou
229
Public school trustees [ ]
Ward A
Ward B
Ward C
Bill Bonko
6,769
62.07%
Bob Dean
4,739
46.94%
Lynn Odynski
7,669
56.77%
Bev Esslinger
4,136
37.93%
Doug Stamp
2,735
27.09%
Don Williams
5,839
43.23%
Ed Vass
1,769
17.52%
Perry Chahal
852
8.44%
Ward D
Ward E
Ward F
Ray Martin
6,604
66.27%
Jean Woodrow
5,610
49.09%
Don Fleming
7,700
63.94%
Terry Sulyma
2,021
20.28%
Carol Anne Dean
4,040
35.35%
Janice Fleming
4,342
36.06%
Vicki Nelson-Stamp
1,341
13.46%
Dianne Williamson
1,779
15.57%
Ward G
Ward H
Ward I
Svend Hansen
8,053
55.45%
George Nicholson
Acclaimed
Gerry Gibeault
4,221
36.47%
Sophie Ares Pilon
2,318
15.96%
Judith Axelson
3,183
27.50%
Patrick Dwyre
2,173
14.96%
Les Mcfadyen
2,910
25.14%
Sean Whelan
1,978
13.62%
Gordon Hum
1,064
9.19%
Al Jovine
195
1.68%
Separate (Catholic) school trustees [ ]
One trustee is elected from each ward, and the non-victorious candidate with the most total votes is also elected.
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Debbie Engel
5,828
76.15%
Janice Sarich
3,827
40.44%
Mark Razzolini
6,216
70.17%
Richard Mcnally
1,825
23.85%
Ronald Zapisocki
3,225
34.08%
Jim Shinkaruk
2,643
29.83%
Jim Urlacher
2,411
25.48%
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Debbie Cavaliere
3,851
58.96%
Judy Buddle
Acclaimed
Charles Koester
Acclaimed
Joe Filewych
2,681
41.04%
Capital Health Authority [ ]
Ward ED1
Ward ED3
Ward ED5
Ward ED6
Ward ED7
Olivia Butti
14,878
64.01%
Joan Duiker
12,837
64.70%
Ian Crawford
5,587
22.98%
Barbara Ann Thompson
10,719
57.80%
Sheila McKay
10,981
44.77%
Tom Olenuk
8,366
35.99%
Clarence Dezwart
7,004
35.30%
Jim Matt
4,402
18.10%
Earl Shinfruk
4,090
22.06%
Robert Hyndman
4,983
20.32%
Ward ED2
Ward ED4
Maurice Fritze
4,299
17.68%
Bas Roopnarine
3,735
20.14%
David Alton
4,208
17.16%
Molly Warring
6,056
32.50%
Brian Bechtel
8,808
46.55%
Robert Kinasewich
4,007
16.48%
Peter White
1,652
6.74%
Marilyn Kammer
4,811
25.82%
Les Young
6,333
33.47%
Deborah Holm
3,563
14.65%
Robert Rogers
1,555
6.34%
Louis Sobolewski
4,700
25.23%
Harvey Voogd
3,781
19.98%
Allan Hunsperger
1,700
6.99%
Fernando Pardo
1,147
4.68%
Brad Cardinal
3,065
16.45%
Bob Ewart
759
3.12%
References [ ]
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections
Elections and plebiscites in Edmonton
Municipal elections By-elections Plebiscites