The 1960 Edmonton, Alberta municipal election was held October 19, 1960 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council

Edmonton City Council

The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors. Until 2010, Edmonton was divided in six wards with two councillors representing citizens in each ward...

 and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided eight plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: William Henning, Angus McGugan, Ed Leger, Gordon McClary, and McKim Ross were all elected to two year terms in 1959

Edmonton municipal election, 1959

The 1959 municipal election was held October 14, 1959 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Angus MacDonald, Edith Rogers

Edith Rogers (Alberta politician)

Edith Blanche Rogers was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 until 1940. Born in Nova Scotia, she came west to Alberta to accept a job as a teacher...

, Vernon Johnson, and Douglas Thomson were elected to two year terms in 1959 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Moreau, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Henry Carrigan were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 26009 ballots cast out of 158771 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 16.4%.

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Civic Government Association	Frederick John Mitchell Frederick John Mitchell Frederick John Mitchell was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	13,836	Civic Reform Association	George Prudham George Prudham George Prudham, was a Canadian politician.Born in Kilbride, Ontario, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Edmonton West in the 1949 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1953. In 1950, he was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of...	13,258	Civic Government Association	Morris Weinlos	13,105	Civic Government Association	Ethel Wilson Ethel Sylvia Wilson Ethel Sylvia Wilson was a seamstress, labour activist and a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of Edmonton City Council from 1952 to 1966 and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971...	10,969	Civic Reform Association	Milton Lazerte	10,847	Independent	Laurette Douglas	10,763	Civic Reform Association	C. H. Clarke	9,454	Independent	Ivor Dent Ivor Dent Ivor Graham Dent, was a politician from Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a former candidate for the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	9,265	Civic Government Association	Stanley Milner	8,659	Civic Reform Association	Ian MacDonald Nicoll	8,553	Civic Government Association	Sidney Wrigglesworth	5,756	Independent	Edgar Gerhart Edgar Gerhart Edgar Henry Gerhart was a lawyer judge and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government...	5,581	Civic Reform Association	Rex Martin	5,540	Independent	E. J. (Slim) Powell	2,876	Independent	Paul Stepa	2,059

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Better Education Association Civic Reform Association	Warren Edward (Ted) Smith	11,833	Better Education Association	John Andrews	11,729	Better Education Association	Shirley Forbes	9,832	Civic Government Association	James Falconer James Falconer James Falconer was a Scottish solicitor and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:Falconer was born in Carmyllie, Forfarshire, the son of Donald Falconer. He was educated at Arbroath High School and Edinburgh University where he obtained his MA degree. He married Ada Kennedy. ...	6,680	Civic Government Association	John Thorogood	6,619	Civic Reform Association	John McIntosh Hope	6,074	Civic Government Association	Murray Cooke	5,427	Civic Reform Association	William Hackett	4,140	Independent	David Graham	2,790

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent	Leo Lemieux	3,845	Independent	Edward Stack	3,211	Independent	John Barbeau	3,195	Independent	Vincent Dantzer	3,133

At-Large Elections

Are you in favour of changing the Election System for Alderman and Public School Board Members so that all such elected representatives are elected from the City at large without regard to whether they live North or South of the North Saskatchewan River or own fifty percent of their property North or South of this river?

• Yes - 17204
• No - 9668

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $450,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

• Yes - 14728
• No - 4489

Asphalt on Existing Gravel Streets

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 for the City share of asphalt paving on existing gravel arterial and residential streets?

• Yes - 14501
• No - 4471

Asphalt on New Gravel Streets

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the City share of asphalt paving on new gravel arterial and residential streets?

• Yes - 13241
• No - 5338

Traffic Lights

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $180,000.00 in order to purchase and locate traffic lights on certain highway intersections within the City?

• Yes - 15812
• No - 3554

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $600,000.00 for the purpose of constructing and improving parks and playgrounds?

• Yes - 14455
• No - 4829

Bridge

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 for the purpose of constructing a district bridge as part of the City’s overall arterial road system?

• Yes - 15043
• No - 4454

Library

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $165,000.00 for the purpose of constructing a district library?

• Yes - 12173
• No - 6756