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1983 Winnipeg municipal election

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The 1983 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 26, 1983 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg. There were also two referendum questions, on bilingualism and nuclear disarmament.

Bill Norrie defeated Brian Corrin in the mayoral contest.

Results

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1983 Winnipeg municipal election: Councillor, Springfield Heights Ward
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent (x)Jim Ragsdill 3,725 50.54
NDP Shirley Timm-Rudolph 3,646 49.46
Total valid votes 7,371 100.00
  • Jim Ragsdill was elected to Winnipeg City Council in 1977, and re-elected in 1980 and 1983. He was a vocal critic of Winnipeg's civil service during the early 1980s.[1] He did not seek re-election in 1986.


1983 Winnipeg municipal election: Councillor, Stevenson Ward
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent (x)Bob Douglas 5,734 87.85
NDP Jim Maloway 793 12.15
Total valid votes 6,527 100.00

Results taken from the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper, 27 October 1983.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ John Drabble, "City councillors ask: What's wrong ... why can't we get anything done?" Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Winnipeg Sun, 12 September 1982, Retrieved 24 May 2008.