1983 Winnipeg municipal election

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 edit

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 edit

  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.