1960 Edmonton city election -- no wards, mixed representation
- Tom Monto
- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min read
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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