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1920 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada


Municipal election in Alberta, Canada

The 1920 municipal election was held December 13, 1920, to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board. J Cormack, Joseph Gariépy and J J Murray were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In a plebiscite held at the same time, Edmontonians repeated their previous year's rejection of a proposal to pay aldermen. Ratepayers also voted down the various money bylaws that were up for discussion.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Percy Abbott, John Bowen, James East and Rice Sheppard were all elected to two-year terms in 1919 and were still in office. J. A. Kinney had also been elected to a two-year term in 1919, but had resigned. Accordingly, Samuel McCoppen, who came in in sixth place, was elected to a one-year term.

Five candidates of a new party, the business-oriented Citizens Progressive League AKA the Citizens Committee or Citizens ticket, were elected to most of the open seats. McCoppen was the sole Labour Party candidate to be elected. A third party, the Independent Labor Party, ran two candidates but did not elect anyone.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, J. W. H. Williams, J A McPherson, and Frank Scott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1919 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Henri Picard, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Thomas Malone were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 14,710 ballots cast out of 26,903 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 54.6%.

Results

  • bold indicates elected
  • italics indicate incumbent
  • South Side, 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%
Citizens' Progressive LeagueDavid Duggan7,53751.78%

Aldermen

Block voting was used - each voter cast up to six votes.

PartyCandidateVotes
Citizens' Progressive LeagueJoseph Adair7,023

Public school trustees

Block voting was used - each voter cast up to three votes.

PartyCandidateVotes
Citizens' Progressive LeagueMrs. E. T. (Thryza) Bishop6,988

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotes
IndependentJ. Cormackacclaimed

Plebiscite

Votes%
Yes4,234
No8,811

Ratepayers voted down the various money bylaws that were up for discussion.

References

References

  1. "D.M. Duggan elected mayor... in Monday's election", Edmonton Bulletin, December 15, 1920, p. 1 https://archive.org/details/EDI_1920121401/mode/2up?view=theater accessed September 5, 2025
  2. "Civic Elections Monday Dec. 13", Edmonton Bulletin, December 14, 1920, p. 1
  3. "D.M. Duggan elected mayor", Edmonton Bulletin, December 14, 1920, p. 1
  4. Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 7, 1921, p.1
  5. Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 7, 1921, p.1
  6. "D.M. Duggan elected mayor... in Monday's election", Edmonton Bulletin, December 15, 1920, p. 1 https://archive.org/details/EDI_1920121401/mode/2up?view=theater accessed September 5, 2025
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