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1968 Winnipeg municipal election

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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

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Winnipeg

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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

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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