The 2001 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 15, 2001 to elect a mayor and twelve councilors 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...

, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, seven trustees to sit on the separate school board, and seven members of the Capital Health

Capital Health

Capital Health was a public health authority part of Alberta Health Services providing complete health services to Edmonton, Alberta's capital city, and its surrounding central Alberta communities...

 Board of Directors.

This election was the first, and to date only, election in which directors were elected to the boards of Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

's Regional Health Authorities. After this election, the provincial government returned to appointing all members of these boards directly.

Voter turnout

There were 172,540 ballots cast out of 489,794 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.2%.

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
Bill Smith Bill Smith (Alberta politician) William Smith is a businessman, Canadian politician, and former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta.Smith was first elected in 1995 after defeating incumbent Mayor Jan Reimer and was re-elected in 1998 and 2001...	75,678	44.35%
Robert Noce	54,375	31.87%
Mike Nickel Mike Nickel Mike Nickel is a politician in Alberta, Canada and a former municipal councillor in Edmonton.Nickel was born in Edmonton and attended the University of Alberta, earning a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Master's degree in Statistics and Media Studies...	33,776	19.80%
Joe Devaney	1,746	1.02%
Katie Oppen	1,545	0.91%
Tess Elsworthy	1,513	0.89%
Laura Duffy	869	0.51%
Thomas "Buffalo Terminator" Tomilson	745	0.44%
Bob Ligertwood	376	0.22%

Councillors

Ward 1		Ward 2		Ward 3		Ward 4		Ward 5		Ward 6
Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes	Candidate	Votes
Karen Leibovici Karen Leibovici Karen Leibovici is a city councillor from Edmonton, Alberta.Leibovici was elected to the Alberta Provincial Legislature as a Member of Legislative Assembly in 1993 for the Edmonton Meadowlark provincial riding for the Alberta Liberal Party...	17,947	Allan Bolstad	13,933	Janice Melnychuk	10,550	Michael Phair Michael Phair Michael Phair is a Canadian politician, who served on Edmonton City Council from 1992 until 2007. He was the first openly gay elected politician in the province of Alberta.-External links:**...	16,054	Larry Langley	19,521	Dave Thiele Dave Thiele Dave Thiele is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Edmonton City Council, representing Ward 6 alongside Amarjeet Sohi....	13,998
Stephen Mandel Stephen Mandel Stephen Mandel is a Canadian politician and the current mayor of Edmonton, Alberta.-Biography:Mandel received an Associate of Arts Degree from Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Miami University, and his Masters in Political Science from...	7,569	Ron Hayter Ron Hayter Ronald John Hayter is the longest-serving city councillor of Edmonton, Alberta, having served since 1971 until 1995, when he stepped down to join the National Parole Board...	12,154	Ed Gibbons Ed Gibbons Ed Gibbons is a Canadian politician. He is a current municipal councilor in Edmonton, Alberta and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....	8,640	Jane Batty Jane Batty Jane Batty is a member of Edmonton City Council, currently representing Ward 6. She was first elected in the 2001 civic election. Prior to her first term on council, Batty served as both a management consultant and vice-president at Denny Andrew's Ford in Edmonton...	8,780	Bryan Anderson	19,131	Terry Cavanagh Terry Cavanagh Terence James Cavanagh is a Canadian politician, municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta, who served as mayor. He was Edmonton's first native-born mayor.-Early life:...	13,784
Don Clarke	7,536	Mimi Williams	5,522	Ken Shipka	5,042	Debbie Yeung	5,837	Judith Brown	11,931	Chinwe Okelu	10,239
Kathy Kohut	3,545	Don Lawson	5,318	Gordon Stamp	4,987	David Starko	5,504			Bob Stenhouse	8,024
Jane Standing	3,470	Tim Gartner	2,478	Allan Jack	3,169	Myles Kitagawa	5,177			Dennis Trefiak	1,742
Joe Hudson	3,390	Neil Cameron	2,275	Daniel Bablitz	2,733	Ben Henderson Ben Henderson (politician) Ben Henderson is a member of the Edmonton City Council, currently representing Ward 8.He was a candidate in the 2001 municipal election and 2004 municipal election and gained his seat on City Council in the 2007 municipal election, following Michael Phair's retirement.He is married to Edmonton...	4,164
Charlie Galan	2,836	Mike Melymick	1,602	Marie Renaud	2,455	Jeff Campbell	1,503
Rob McGregor	1,931	Robert Burns	1,448	Ken Balkwill	2,445	Doug Meggison	1,204
Gerald "Jed" Woodill	1,390	Bud Sarasin	509	Mitch Compri	2,265	Peter Rowe	1,029
Larry Anderson	1,117			Ron Schuster	1,953	David Verhagen	964
John Rita	912			Joseph (J. R.) Royer	1,323	Lee Permann	925
Sean Tisdall	612			Wade Franko	1,310	Bob Whyte	874
				Ron Gavreau	833	Hank Muirhead	802
				Tom Phelan	470	Thomas Roberts	533
				Dean Leffler	432	Allyn White	524
						Adil Pirbhai	410
						Richard Gendron	277
						Alexander Riabou	229

Public school trustees

Ward A			Ward B			Ward C
Bill Bonko Bill Bonko Bill Bonko is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was first elected in the 2004 election as a Liberal in Edmonton Decore, but was defeated in his 2008 re-election bid by Progressive Conservative Janice Sarich....	6,769	62.07%	Bob Dean	4,739	46.94%	Lynn Odynski	7,669	56.77%
Bev Esslinger	4,136	37.93%	Doug Stamp	2,735	27.09%	Don Williams	5,839	43.23%
			Ed Vass	1,769	17.52%
			Perry Chahal	852	8.44%
Ward D			Ward E			Ward F
Ray Martin Ray Martin (politician) Raymond Martin is a politician in Alberta, Canada and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Born in 1941 in Delia, Alberta, Martin attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity...	6,604	66.27%	Jean Woodrow	5,610	49.09%	Don Fleming	7,700	63.94%
Terry Sulyma	2,021	20.28%	Carol Anne Dean	4,040	35.35%	Janice Fleming	4,342	36.06%
Vicki Nelson-Stamp	1,341	13.46%	Dianne Williamson	1,779	15.57%
Ward G			Ward H			Ward I
Svend Hansen	8,053	55.45%	George Nicholson	Acclaimed		Gerry Gibeault Gerry Gibeault Gerry Gibeault is a former School Trustee with Edmonton Public Schools and served as the Trusee for Ward I. He previously served as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993 sitting with the New Democrat caucus in opposition.-Early life:Gibeault graduated post secondary...	4,221	36.47%
Sophie Ares Pilon	2,318	15.96%				Judith Axelson	3,183	27.50%
Patrick Dwyre	2,173	14.96%				Les Mcfadyen	2,910	25.14%
Sean Whelan	1,978	13.62%				Gordon Hum	1,064	9.19%
						Al Jovine	195	1.68%

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

One trustee is elected from each ward, and the non-victorious candidate with the most total votes is also elected.

Ward 1			Ward 2			Ward 3
Debbie Engel	5,828	76.15%	Janice Sarich Janice Sarich Janice Sarich is a Canadian politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Edmonton-Decore as a Progressive Conservative.-Early life:...	3,827	40.44%	Mark Razzolini	6,216	70.17%
Richard Mcnally	1,825	23.85%	Ronald Zapisocki	3,225	34.08%	Jim Shinkaruk	2,643	29.83%
			Jim Urlacher	2,411	25.48%
Ward 4			Ward 5			Ward 6
Debbie Cavaliere	3,851	58.96%	Judy Buddle	Acclaimed		Charles Koester	Acclaimed
Joe Filewych	2,681	41.04%

Capital Health Authority

Ward ED1			Ward ED3			Ward ED5			Ward ED6			Ward ED7
Olivia Butti	14,878	64.01%	Joan Duiker	12,837	64.70%	Ian Crawford	5,587	22.98%	Barbara Ann Thompson	10,719	57.80%	Sheila McKay	10,981	44.77%
Tom Olenuk	8,366	35.99%	Clarence Dezwart	7,004	35.30%	Jim Matt	4,402	18.10%	Earl Shinfruk	4,090	22.06%	Robert Hyndman	4,983	20.32%
Ward ED2			Ward ED4			Maurice Fritze	4,299	17.68%	Bas Roopnarine	3,735	20.14%	David Alton	4,208	17.16%
Molly Warring	6,056	32.50%	Brian Bechtel	8,808	46.55%	Robert Kinasewich	4,007	16.48%				Peter White	1,652	6.74%
Marilyn Kammer	4,811	25.82%	Les Young	6,333	33.47%	Deborah Holm	3,563	14.65%				Robert Rogers	1,555	6.34%
Louis Sobolewski	4,700	25.23%	Harvey Voogd	3,781	19.98%	Allan Hunsperger	1,700	6.99%				Fernando Pardo	1,147	4.68%
Brad Cardinal	3,065	16.45%				Bob Ewart	759	3.12%