The 1998 municipal election was held October 26, 1998 to elect a mayor and twelve councillors to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board. Edmontonians also decided one plebiscite question and participated in the Senate election.
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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)
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
(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.
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 Alberta Senate nominee election, 1998 for province-wide results).