1983 Edmonton municipal election

The 1983 municipal election was held October 17, 1983 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council in Alberta, Canada, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board.

Electoral system
Mayor was elected through First past the post.

Councillors were elected through Plurality block voting, two per ward, where each voter could cast up to two votes.

School board positions also were filled through Plurality block voting as well.

Voter turnout
There were 160942 ballots cast out of 382053 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 42.1%.

Results
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Aldermen
Guide:
 * E.V.A = Edmonton Voters Association
 * R.C.C. = Responsible Citizens Committee
 * U.R.G.E. = Urban Reform Group Edmonton

Public school trustees

 * Joan Cowling - 51434
 * Don Massey - 50007
 * Mel Binder - 46872
 * Elaine Jones - 44147
 * Dick Mather - 40921
 * George Luck - 27746
 * Marion Herbert - 27460
 * Michael Belaire - 24864
 * John Lakusta - 23313
 * George Hum - 22814
 * David Gowan-Smith - 22405
 * Edward Hall - 22198
 * Jeff Martin - 19260
 * Olga Cylurik - 19001
 * Douglas Elves - 18240
 * Michael McDaid - 16380
 * James Bondarenko - 15907

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

 * Catherine Chichak - 18290
 * Jean McDonald - 17690
 * Francis O'Hara - 15864
 * William Green - 14690
 * Phil Gibeau - 14171
 * Hugh Tadman - 13759
 * Alice Gagne - 12767
 * Elizabeth Reid - 11403
 * Diana McIntyre - 10556
 * Mark Toth - 9890
 * Sarah Clancy - 8528
 * James Shinkaruk - 8454
 * Simone Secker - 7879
 * John Higgins - 7745