1998 Edmonton municipal election
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.There were 172,215 ballots cast out of 482,763 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.7%.Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Bill Smith | 84,512 | 50.62% |
| Mike Nickel | 27,029 | 16.19% |
| Ihor Broda | 22,280 | 13.35% |
| Tooker Gomberg | 21,614 | 12.95% |
| Rory Nugent | 3,869 | 2.32% |
| Cheryl Schumacher | 3,740 | 2.24% |
| Kelly Morris | 2,178 | 1.30% |
| Brian Gregg | 1,726 | 1.03% |
Councillors
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
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.
| Votes | % |
| Yes | 80,964 | 49.85% |
| No | 81,449 | 50.15% |
Senate Nominee Election
This was a province-wide election. Results below reflect only Edmonton vote totals; provincially, Ted Morton and Bert Brown were elected.
| Party | Candidate | Votes
| Bert Brown | 56,456
| Ted Morton | 47,785
| Independent | Guy Desrosiers | 36,472
| Independent | Vance Gough | 28,588 |
