The 1963 municipal election was held October 16, 1963 to elect a mayor and six 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 four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided three plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: 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:...

, 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...

, Morris Weinlos, and Vincent Dantzer were all elected to two year terms in 1962

Edmonton municipal election, 1962

The 1962 municipal election was held October 17, 1962 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided two plebiscite questions...

 and were still in office. 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...

 was also elected to a two year term in 1961, but resigned.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: 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. ...

, Milton Lazerte, and Helen Sinclair were elected to two year terms in 1962 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Edward Stack, Jean McDonald, and Bill Diachuk were continuing.

All elected officials were elected to one year terms in this election, in preparation for the changeover to a new system, whereby elections would be held only every two years with all officials elected to two year terms.

Voter turnout

There were 98052 ballots cast out of 173901 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 56.4%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	William Hawrelak William Hawrelak William Hawrelak was a politician in Alberta, Canada, the longest-serving mayor in Edmonton's history, and a candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...	52,340	53.80%	Civic Government Association	Stanley Milner	44,950	46.20%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Civic Government Association	McKim Ross	53,516	Civic Government Association	John Leslie Bodie	43,186	Civic Government Association	Gordon McClary	41,248	United Voters Association	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:...	41,044	United Voters Association	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	36,861	Citizens Council	Ed Leger	35,927	Civic Government Association	Murray Hamilton	35,725	Civic Government Association	Robert Brower	33,408	United Voters Association	Allan Welsh	30,611	Civic Government Association	Fred Kurylo	28,654	United Voters Association	Norbert Berkowitz	26,246	United Voters Association	Kenneth McAuley	26,153	United Voters Association	R. J. Dunseith	20,819	Independent	John Sehn	14,369

Public School Trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Better Education Association	Earl Buxton	33,699	Better Education Association	Walter Gainer	32,735	Quality Education Council	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...	32,666	Civic Government Association	Vernon Johnson	25,366	Civic Government Association	P. William Jones	24,538	Better Education Association	Herbert Meltzer	21,560	Better Education Association	John Bracco	21,334	Civic Government Association	Bruce Mathew	19,179	Quality Education Council	Lee Fosmark	11,741	Quality Education Council	Arnold Rapske	11,015	Quality Education Council	George Edward Machon	8,357

Separate (Catholic) School Trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent	Orest Demco	11,581	Independent	A. A. Gorman	9,441	Independent	G. R. Boileau	9,689	Independent	B. Feehan	9,147	Independent	John Barbeau	8,506	Independent	Roy Watson	6,103	Independent	Harry Carrigan	6,020	Independent	William Betzler	5,586

Land Exchange

Are you in favour of the disposition, by exchange, of approximately 1.23 acres of land lying East of Bellamy Hill

Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Bellamy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Bellamy was born in Durham County, Ontario in 1853. He moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1881 after marrying Lora Davis in 1875...

, approximately .43 acres of which is now designated as Parkland, for approximately 215 acres of land lying in the Southwest section of the City in an area West of Whitemud Creek? The purpose of the exchange is to enable the purchaser to construct a commercial building on the Bellamy Hill site. If the exchange is accepted, the land acquired by the City will be Parkland?

Yes	–	63,344
No	–	26,421

Convention Complex Land Acquisition

Shall Council pass bylaw No. 2454 to borrow by debentures $4,000,000.00 with which to buy the land and buildings between Jasper Avenue and 102nd Avenue and between 97th Street and 99th Street so that a convention centre, an arena for sporting and cultural events and exhibitions, a theatre building, tourist centre and parking garage can be built there as part of the City Centre Development Plan?

Yes	–	33,470
No	–	25,300

Convention Complex

Shall Council pass bylaw No. 2455 to borrow by debentures $10,250,000.00 to construct a convention centre, an arena for sporting and cultural events and exhibitions, a theatre building, tourist centre and parking garage?

Yes	–	30,903
No	–	25,457