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Cec Purves
Cecil John Harry "Cec" Purves (born October 18, 1933) 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 Calder, Pigeon Lake, Norwood, Riverdale, and Lavigne (now known as Skunk Hollow) areas and went to Victoria High School and Strathcona High School. Purves graduated in 1950. On December 29, 1956 he married Clare Heller, with whom he have four daughters, Cindy, Corinne, Caroline and Catherine. He worked for the Dominion Bank from 1950 until 1959, and worked for his family's upholstering firm, Apex Auto Upholstering, from 1959 until 1988. Purves is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Purves was a convert to the Church. Purves has served as a bishop in the Church and was the first Edmonton-born man to serve as a bishop in the Church in Edmonton. Political career Purves' first bid for political office took place during the 1964 municipal election, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Edmonton
This is a list of mayors of Edmonton, a city in Alberta, Canada. Edmonton was incorporated as a town on January 9, 1892, with Matthew McCauley acclaimed as its first mayor during the town's first election, held February 10, 1892. On October 8, 1904, Edmonton became a city during the tenure of Mayor William Short. Edmonton was part of the North-West Territories until September 1, 1905, when it became the capital of the newly created province of Alberta, during the tenure of Mayor Kenneth W. MacKenzie. The longest serving mayor is William Hawrelak, who was elected as mayor seven times, serving for a total of 10 years 4 months over three periods: four consecutive terms starting 1951, resigned in 1959 during last month of fourth term; two consecutive terms starting 1963, expelled by the courts in 1964; one term starting in 1974, died in office in 1975. Mayors of Edmonton * Terry Cavanagh was never elected to the mayor's spot. Twice he sat in the mayor's chair. He was inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Edmonton Municipal Election
The 1968 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 16, 1968, 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. The electorate also decided three plebiscite questions. On May 2, 1968, the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 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-elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Edmonton Municipal Election
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 Aldermen Guide: *E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association *U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton Public school trustees Separate (Catholic) school trustees ReferencesCity of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonton Municipal Election, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Edmonton Municipal Election
The 1977 municipal election was held October 19, 1977 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 a nine-member public school board was elected instead of the seven member board that had previously existed. It was also the last election to use only four wards; beginning in 1980, two aldermen were elected from each of six wards. Electoral system Mayor was elected through First past the post. Councillors were elected through Plurality block voting, three per ward, where each voter could cast up to three votes. School board positions also were filled through Plurality block voting as well.Rek, Municipal Elections in Edmonton Voter turnout There were 116,525 ballots cast out of 305,342 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 38.2%. Results (bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicate incumbent) Mayor (William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hawrelak
William Hawrelak (October 4, 1915 – November 7, 1975) was a politician in Alberta, Canada, the longest-serving mayor in Edmonton's history, and a candidate for election to the House of Commons of Canada. Early life Hawrelak was born in Wasel, Alberta to Ukrainian immigrants Wasel/William and Anastasia Hawrelak (the family's ancestral name was Гавриляк (''Havryliak'')). (Wasel was named after William's father.) He married Pearl Shandro (daughter of Alberta MLA Andrew Shandro, after whom Hawrelak's home district was named) the pair had three daughters. In 1945, Hawrelak moved to Edmonton and purchased the Prairie Rose Manufacturing Co., which made soft drinks. He served as president of the Alberta Farmer's Union and of the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues before entering politics. Early career in municipal politics Hawrelak's first attempt at political office took place in the 1948 municipal election, in which he ran for Edmonton City Council and was defeated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivor Dent
Ivor Graham Dent, (February 7, 1924 – March 29, 2009) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as mayor of Edmonton (1968-1974) and was a candidate for the House of Commons of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on behalf of the CCF and the NDP parties. Early life Ivor Dent was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on February 7, 1924. During World War II, he attempted to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force, but was rejected. He subsequently took work as an office boy for Canadian Pacific until he was accepted to the air force a year later; he served as a bombardier for three years. After the war, he married his wife, Aileen, in 1948 while he was studying science at the University of Saskatchewan; the couple had four children. Ivor Dent graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in science in 1949. Three years later, he and his wife moved to Edmonton and Dent enrolled at the University of Alberta, from which he earned a Bachelor of Education. After earning h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Edmonton Municipal Election
The 1974 municipal election was held October 16, 1974 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. Voter turnout There were 141,636 ballots cast out of 406,995 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 36.4%. Results (bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicate incumbent) Mayor Aldermen Guide: *E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association *U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton Public school trustees *'' Herb Jamieson'' - 34991 *Shirley Forbes - 31808 *''Vernon Johnson'' - 28606 *''James Falconer'' - 28259 *Catherine Ford - 25461 *Ernest Lund - 24732 *Mel Binder - 23521 *Don Massey - 23471 *Jim Patrick - 21968 *Betty Flewitt - 21349 *Maria Flak - 17914 *Jean Haddow - 17217 *Gerry Beck - 15700 *R W Sherwin - 15416 *Anna Pollock - 15376 *Al Fahlman - 14366 *Bernice Youck - 13030 *Ken Kozak - 12299 *Ashgar Ali - 10110 *William Lee - 9050 *Mark Pastic - 6392 *Tim Nolt - 6191 *William Heg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Edmonton Municipal Election
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. Where previously all twelve aldermen were elected at large, beginning with this election three would be elected from each of four wards (starting with the 1980 election, this was changed to two aldermen being elected from each of six wards). The election was conducted under the block voting system in which each voter was given as many votes as there were vacancies. Voter turnout There were 101235 ballots cast out of 273271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 37.1%. Results (bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicate incumbent) Mayor Aldermen Public school trustees Separate (Catholic) school trustees *''Georges Brosseau'' - 13549 *''Jean Forest'' - 11991 *''Robert Sabourin'' - 10250 *Leo Floyd - 9395 *''Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Koziak
Julian Gregory Joseph Koziak (born 16 September 1940) is a former politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986. He was the son of John Harry and Marie (née Woytkiw) Koziak. Political career Koziak first ran in the 1971 Alberta general election in the district of Edmonton-Strathcona. He defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA and Minister of Health Joseph Donovan Ross with nearly 50% of the popular vote. In the 1975 general election he faced New Democrat Gordon Wright for the first time. He easily won the six-way race. After the election, Koziak was appointed Minister of Education by Peter Lougheed. In the 1979 general election, Koziak won a rematch against Wright by a 5% margin and with 45% of the popular vote. After the election, Lougheed moved Koziak to the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. In the 1982 general election he faced Wright for a third time and defeated him by a slim margin. Both Wright and K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Conservative Association Of Alberta
The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (often referred to colloquially as Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta) was a provincial centre-right party in the Canadian province of Alberta that existed from 1905 to 2020. The party formed the provincial government, without interruption, from 1971 until the party's defeat in the 2015 provincial election under premiers Peter Lougheed, Don Getty, Ralph Klein, Ed Stelmach, Alison Redford, Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice. At 44 years, this was the longest unbroken run in government at the provincial or federal level in Canadian history. In July 2017, the party membership of the PC and the Wildrose Party voted to approve a merger to become the United Conservative Party (UCP). Due to previous legal restrictions that did not formally permit parties to merge or transfer their assets, the PC Party and Wildrose Party maintained a nominal existence and ran one candidate each in the 2019 election, in which the UCP won a majority, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Donovan Ross
Dr. Joseph Donovan Ross (March 13, 1911 – May 22, 1984) was a medical doctor and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971. He also served as Minister of Health in the Alberta provincial government. He was known by the name Dr. J. Donovan Ross. Political career Ross first ran for public office as a Social Credit candidate in the 1952 Alberta general election in the multi-member district of Edmonton. He finished fifth out of twenty-nine candidates in the first round of the single transferable vote. In the second round he finished in a four-way tie for first place to take one of the seven seats. In the 1955 general election, he finished eleventh out of thirty candidates in the first round. In the second round he finished fifth out of seventh place to win his second term. The Single Transferable Vote system was abolished and the Edmonton electoral district was broken up into nine single-member districts prior to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathcona Centre
Strathcona Centre was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting from 1959 to 1971. History It was created in 1959 after the Edmonton district was broken up into ridings. The historic 1959 redistribution of the provincial ridings of Calgary and Edmonton standardized the voting system back to First Past the Post. From 1926 to 1959 Calgary and Edmonton members were elected by Single Transferable Vote. The rest of the province had the option of how to count ballots. The redistribution created nine ridings in Edmonton. The other eight ridings were Edmonton Centre, Edmonton North, Edmonton Norwood, Edmonton North East, Edmonton North West, Strathcona East, Strathcona West and Jasper West. In 1971 the riding was split, the west part became the north part of Edmonton-Whitemud with a small portion to Edmonton-Parkallen, and the east part became Edmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
