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1919 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada


Municipal election in Alberta, Canada

The 1919 municipal election was held December 8, 1919 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. T P Malone, Paul Janvrin, T S Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In the election's only plebiscite, Edmontonians rejected a proposal to pay their aldermen.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Hepburn, Samuel McCoppen, Henri Martin, John McKenzie, and Andrew McLennan were all elected to two-year terms in 1918 and were still in office.

This election was held just a few months after the general strike so feelings were high. With the election of Labour candidates Clarke, Kinney, East and Sheppard plus the continuing alderman McCoppen, Labour held five of the 11 seats on council following this election.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Duggan, Frank Crang, and William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1918 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where J J Murray, Joseph Driscoll, and Joseph Gariépy were continuing.

Voter turnout

11213 voters cast ballots. There were 15378 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 72.9%.

Results

  • bold or indicates elected
  • italics indicate incumbent
  • "SS", where data is available, indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour*Joseph Clarke*6,50959.52%

Aldermen

Each voter could cast up to five votes.

PartyCandidateVotesElected
LabourJames Findlay3,775Labour

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotes
Labour*J. A. McPherson*5,682

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotes
IndependentThomas Maloneacclaimed

Plebiscite

Votes%
Yes4,152
No5,771

References

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