1965 Greater Anchorage Borough election

1965 Greater Anchorage Borough election

October 5, 1965

The 1965 Greater Anchorage Borough election was an election for borough offices in Anchorage, Alaska. It was held on October 5, 1965. 8,535 ballots were cast.

In a proposition ("Prop B"), the borough's voters voted overwhelmingly against reclassifying from a second class borough into a first class borough, maintaining the borough classification that they had voted to adopt two years prior.

Borough Assembly

Section 2

Section 2 seat on the Borough Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Paul R. Boniface II	365	56.07
	Nonpartisan	Walter E. Jerde (incumbent)	286	43.93
Total votes			651	100

Section 5

Section 5 seat on the Borough Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Donald L. Smith	420	41.58
	Nonpartisan	James M. Garrigues	305	30.20
	Nonpartisan	Mable H. Crawford (incumbent)	285	28.22
Total votes			1,010	100

Borough school board

An election was held for a three-year term for one of the seats on the borough school board.

Borough school board election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Richard R. Gay (incumbent)	6,560	53.13
	Nonpartisan	Dale Pierson	5,788	46.87
Total votes			12,348	100

Propositions

Prop A: areawide dog control

Prop A: areawide dog control

Candidate		Votes	%
Yes		5,853	71.04
No		2,386	28.96
Total votes		8,239	100

Prop B: reclassification of borough as a first class borough

Prop B: reclassification of borough as a first class borough

Candidate		Votes	%
No		2,422	63.29
Yes		1,405	36.71
Total votes		3,827	100

Prop C: 11 million dollar school bond issue

Prop C: 11 million dollar school bond issue

Candidate		Votes	%
Yes		4,822	74.91
No		1,615	25.09
Total votes		6,437	100

Prop D: fire control service area number 1

Prop D: fire control service area number 1

Candidate		Votes	%
Yes		397	78.93
No		106	21.07
Total votes		503	100