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Tom Monto

1960 Edmonton city election -- no wards, mixed representation

Aldermanic contest

Each voter could cast up to five votes.


Voting was at-large so each voter could vote for any candidate in the running. The most popular candidates of each party were elected.


In this election, the elected council represented a variety of interests. Candidates belonging two different parties - Civic Government Association and Civic Reform Association - were elected.


But smaller voting blocks were denied representation. Ivor Dent of the CCF (soon to be the NDP) was denied a seat although getting a vote from more than a third of the voters.


Three of the five successful candidates got a vote from a majority of voters across the city.

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