# 1998 Edmonton municipal election

The 1998 Edmonton municipal election was held October 26, 1998, to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to sit on Edmonton City Council, 9 trustees to sit on the public school board, and 7 trustees to sit on the separate school board. Edmontonians also decided one plebiscite question and participated in the Senate election.

## Voter turnout

There were 172,215 ballots cast out of 482,763 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.7%.

## Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

### Mayor

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Bill Smith | 84,512 | 50.62% |
| Mike Nickel | 27,029 | 16.19% |
| Ihor Broda | 22,280 | 13.35% |
| Tooker Gomberg | 21,614 | 12.95% |
| Rory Nugent | 3,869 | 2.32% |
| Cheryl Schumacher | 3,740 | 2.24% |
| Kelly Morris | 2,178 | 1.30% |
| Brian Gregg | 1,726 | 1.03% |

### Councillors

| Ward 1 | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 6 |
| Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes | Candidate | Votes |
| Wendy Kinsella | 18,731 | Allan Bolstad | 15,605 | Brian Mason | 19,311 | Jim Taylor | 20,357 | Larry Langley | 13,805 | Terry Cavanagh | 13,659 |
| Leroy Chahley | 18,589 | Rose Rosenberger | 11,141 | Robert Noce | 17,094 | Michael Phair | 19,708 | Bryan Anderson | 12,731 | Dave Thiele | 9,773 |
| Jane Standing | 7,958 | Don Koziak | 7,875 | Gordon Stamp | 8,085 | Douglas Meggison | 5,191 | Jane Batty | 8,785 | Chinwe Okelu | 7,654 |
| Jerry Voss | 3,350 | Mimi Williams | 5,739 | Thomas Tomilson | 2,046 | Lee Permann | 4,893 | Maurice Fritz | 6,503 | Sheila McKay | 6,781 |
| | | Sergio Teixeira | 1,783 | | | | | Donna Finucane | 6,369 | Ziad Jaber | 3,937 |
| | | | | | | | | Brenda Platzer | 5,973 | Frank Atkinson | 2,823 |
| | | | | | | | | Adil Pirbhai | 891 | Greg Dagg | 2,022 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Gordon McIntosh | 1,927 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Anna Graham | 1,306 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Marcel Fayant | 228 |

### Public school trustees

| Ward A | Ward A | Ward A | Ward C | Ward C | Ward C | Ward E | Ward E | Ward E | Ward G | Ward G | Ward G | Ward H | Ward H | Ward H |
| Bill Bonko | 4,867 | 48.31% | Don Williams | 3,979 | 33.12% | Carole Anne Dean | 4,944 | 48.22% | Svend Hansen | 3,806 | 25.37% | George Nicholson | 9,510 | 65.94% |
| Bev Esslinger | 3,325 | 33.00% | Mel Huizinga | 3,312 | 27.57% | Dennis Freeman | 3,569 | 34.81% | Donna Fong | 3,299 | 21.99% | Kerry Brown | 4,912 | 34.06% |
| Lynette Young | 1,883 | 18.69% | Dorothy Reynolds | 2,405 | 20.02% | Lise Watts | 1,740 | 16.97% | Lori Hilibeck | 2,418 | 16.12% | | | |
| | | | Dorothy Reynolds | 2,405 | 20.02% | | | | Larry Zbitnew | 1,591 | 10.61% | | | |
| | | | John McDonald | 1,259 | 10.48% | | | | Anna Der | 1,244 | 8.29% | | | |
| | | | Murray Clarke | 1,060 | 8.82% | | | | Jim Patrick | 1,058 | 7.05% | | | |
| Ward B | Ward B | Ward B | Ward D | Ward D | Ward D | Ward F | Ward F | Ward F | Jason Burns | 503 | 3.35% | Ward I | Ward I | Ward I |
| Janice Melnychuk | 3,972 | 41.80% | Terry Sulyma | 3,395 | 41.22% | Don Fleming | Acclaimed | Acclaimed | Ron Kuban | 405 | 2.70% | Gerry Gibeault | 6,328 | 54.87% |
| Loreen Kabanuk | 1,661 | 17.48% | Vicki Stamp | 3,128 | 37.98% | | | | Lynn Lunde | 372 | 2.48% | David Fletcher | 5,205 | 45.13% |
| Doug Stamp | 1,287 | 13.54% | Karl Kuss | 1,713 | 21.13% | | | | David Balcon | 304 | 2.03% | | | |
| Andy Chichak | 1,254 | 13.20% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Denis Lapierre | 716 | 7.53% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dwayne Jiry | 613 | 6.45% | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Separate (Catholic) school trustees

| Ward 1 | Ward 1 | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 2 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 3 | Ward 3 |
| Debbie Engel | 2,357 | 34.07% | Ronald Zapisocki | 3,655 | 42.47% | Jim Shinkaruk | 2,477 | 30.18% |
| David MacDougall | 1,189 | 17.18% | Jim Urlacher | 2,587 | 30.06% | Gerda Krug | 2,217 | 27.01% |
| Don Mah | 1,013 | 14.64% | Vincent Capri | 2,365 | 27.48% | Helen Tymoczo | 1,955 | 23.82% |
| John Patrick Day | 1,011 | 14.61% | | | | Gunda Murray | 1,558 | 18.98% |
| Reg Kastelan | 993 | 14.35% | | | | | | |
| Don Marriott | 198 | 2.86% | | | | | | |
| Robert Gossain | 158 | 2.28% | | | | | | |
| Ward 4 | Ward 4 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 5 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 6 | Ward 6 |
| Ron Patsula | 2,772 | 43.78% | Judy Buddle | 4,610 | 77.67% | Brian Mitchell | 3,784 | 58.47% |
| Debbie Cavaliere | 2,033 | 32.11% | Raphael Watzke | 1,325 | 22.33% | Barbara Ann Thompson | 2,688 | 41.53% |
| Don Weideman | 1,526 | 24.10% | | | | | | |
(Edward Wieclaw was acclaimed to the seat representing Vegreville on the board.)

### Video Lottery Terminal Plebiscite

Are you in favour of Bylaw No. 1853 which says, "City Council requests the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Liquor and Gaming Commission to remove Video Lottery Terminals from the City of Edmonton?" Vote Yes or No.
| | Votes | % |
| Yes | 80,964 | 49.85% |
| No | 81,449 | 50.15% |

### Senate Nominee Election

This was a province-wide election. Results below reflect only Edmonton vote totals; provincially, Ted Morton and Bert Brown were elected (see 1998 Alberta Senate nominee election for province-wide results).
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Reform | Bert Brown | 56,456 |
| Reform | Ted Morton | 47,785 |
| Independent | Guy Desrosiers | 36,472 |
| Independent | Vance Gough | 28,588 |