Mayors of Coeur d'Alene, 1907-2021(may beincomplete!) HughV. Scallon 1907-09BoydHamilton 1909-11JohnT. Wood 1911-13RalphS. Nelson 1913CharlesFeil 1913-15S.H. McEuen 1915-17C.H. Potts 1917-19H.P. Glinderman 1919-21J.C. Dwyer 1921-23O.W. Edmonds 1923-27GeorgeNatwick 1927-31JessRay Simpson 1931-32RalphGaines 1932-33J.Knox Coe 1933-37A.Granyham 1937-39J.Knox Coe 1939-41P.N. Banabaker 1941-43O.W. Edmonds 1943-45A.M. Rosenlund 1945-47JohnGardner Adams 1947-50LarryL. Gardner 1950-55P.A. Christianson 1955-61JamesE. McKinnon 1961-63MarcSouther 1963-65LarryL. Gardner 1965-69JohnMcHugh 1969-73LorenR. Edinger 1973-77DonaldJohnston 1978-81JamesFromm 1982-85RaymondStone 1986-93A.J. 'Al' Hassell 1993-97StevenJudy 1997-2001SandiBloem 2002-13SteveWidmyer 2014- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1907 Apr 2:HughV. Scallon (Citizens), elected;S.A. Varnam (People's), defeated. 1935 Apr 23:J.Knox Coe, elected. 1941 Apr 22:P.N. Banabaker, elected;J.Knox Coe, defeated. 1943 Apr 27:O.W. Edmonds, elected. 1947 Apr 22:JohnGardner Adams (Community Welfare), elected;M.E. Frandsen (Progressive Citizens), defeated. 1951 Apr 24:LarryL. Gardner, elected;IreneB. Green (Private Enterprise), defeated. 1953 Apr 28:LarryL. Gardner, elected unopposed. 1955 Apr 26:P.A. Christianson (Community Welfare), elected;Mrs.Paul Elder, defeated. 1957 Apr 23:P.A. Christianson (Community Welfare), elected. 1959 Apr 28:P.A. Christianson, elected;RobertC. Brogan, defeated;GeorgeF. F. Black, defeated;DonAveritt, defeated. 1961 Apr 25:JamesE. McKinnon, elected;MarcSouther, defeated. 1963 Nov 5:MarcSouther, elected;JamesE. McKinnon, defeated. 1965 Nov 2:LarryL. Gardner (Community Action), elected;JamesE. McKinnon (Greater Coeur d'Alene), defeated;RalphH. Anderson (Citizens United), defeated. 1969 Nov 4:JohnMcHugh (Community Action), elected;DonAviett, defeated. 1973 Nov 6:LorenR. Edinger, elected;ReedCondie, defeated. 1977 Nov 8:DonaldJohnston, elected;LorenR. Edinger, defeated;BillTurner, defeated. 1981 Nov 3:JamesFromm, elected;RayKoep, defeated. 1985 Nov 5:RaymondStone, elected;JamesFromm, defeated. 1989 Nov 7:RaymondStone, elected;JennieMarquez, defeated;DavidGossett, defeated;RickStokey, defeated;LoisLand-Albrecht, defeated. 2001 Nov 6:SandiBloem, elected;SteveBadroun, defeated. 2009 Nov 3:SandiBloem, elected;JoeKunka, defeated. 2021 Nov 2:JimHammond, elected;JoeAlfieri, defeated;MichaelLentz, defeated.
Postmasters at Coeur d'Alene, 1891-1901(may beincomplete!) T.F. O'Reilly as of 1891-93DavidF. Mason as of 1899-1901 | |
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