The 1968 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 23, 1968, to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees in the City of Winnipeg, the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, and the city's suburban communities. Most elections were conducted via a single transferable ballot.
Results
editWinnipeg
edit| 1968 Winnipeg municipal election: Mayor of Winnipeg | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| (x)Stephen Juba | 48,757 | 75.18 | ||||||
| Eric Wells | 16,100 | 24.82 | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 64,857 | 100.00 | ||||||
Leonard Claydon, Gurzon Harvey, Ernest Brotman, Gordon Fines, Lillian Hallonquist, Magnus Eliason, Paul Parashin, Joseph Cropo and Max Mulder were elected to two-year terms on the Winnipeg City Council.
Information taken from the Winnipeg Free Press, 24 October 1968.
Greater Winnipeg
edit| 1968 Winnipeg municipal election: Metro Councillor, Ward Nine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| NDP | William Hutton | 5,106 | 43.78 | |||||
| Greater Winnipeg Election Committee | J. Ross White | 4,739 | 40.63 | |||||
| Independent | William Hawryluk | 1,819 | 15.59 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 11,664 | |||||||
Hawryluk's votes were transferred as follows: Hutton 721, White 681. 417 votes were not transferred.
| 1968 Winnipeg municipal election: Metro Councillor, Ward Nine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| NDP | William Hutton | 5,827 | 51.81 | |||||
| Greater Winnipeg Election Committee | J. Ross White | 5,420 | 48.19 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 11,247 | |||||||