1998 Edmonton Municipal Election
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The 1998 Edmonton municipal election was held October 26, 1998, to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to sit on
Edmonton City Council The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Edmonton currently has one mayor and twelve city councillors. Elections are held every four years. The most recent was held in 2021, and the next is in 20 ...
, 9 trustees to sit on the public school board, and 7 trustees to sit on the separate school board. Edmontonians also decided one plebiscite question and participated in the Senate election.


Voter turnout

There were 172,215 ballots cast out of 482,763 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.7%.


Results

(bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicate incumbent)


Mayor


Councillors


Public school trustees


Separate (Catholic) school trustees

(Edward Wieclaw was acclaimed to the seat representing Vegreville 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.


Senate Nominee Election

This was a province-wide election. Results below reflect only Edmonton vote totals; provincially, Ted Morton and Bert Brown were elected (see 1998 Alberta Senate nominee election for province-wide results).


References


City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections
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