2001 Edmonton municipal election

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Mayor and 12 councilors to Edmonton City Council

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| Mayor before election

Bill Smith

| Elected Mayor

Bill Smith

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The 2001 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 15, 2001 to elect a mayor and twelve councilors to sit on Edmonton City Council, 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 Board of Directors.

This election was the first, and to date only, election in which directors were elected to the boards of Alberta's Regional Health Authorities. After this election, the provincial government returned to appointing all members of these boards directly.

## Voter turnout[edit]

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

## Results[edit]

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

### Mayor[edit]

Candidate  | Votes  | %

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Bill Smith | 75,678 | 44.35%
Robert Noce  | 54,375  | 31.87%
Mike Nickel | 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[edit]

Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6

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Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes
Karen Leibovici | 17,947 | Allan Bolstad | 13,933 | Janice Melnychuk | 10,550 | Michael Phair | 16,054 | Larry Langley | 19,521 | Dave Thiele | 13,998
Stephen Mandel | 7,569 | Ron Hayter | 12,154 | Ed Gibbons | 8,640 | Jane Batty | 8,780 | Bryan Anderson | 19,131 | Terry Cavanagh | 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 | 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
Rita John  | 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[edit]

Ward A | Ward B | Ward C

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Bill Bonko | 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 | 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 | 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[edit]

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

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Debbie Engel | 5,828 | 76.15% | Janice Sarich | 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[edit]

Ward ED1 | Ward ED3 | Ward ED5 | Ward ED6 | Ward ED7

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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%  |

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