Edmonton municipal election, 1917

The 1917 municipal election was held December 10, 1917, to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. There were also two plebiscite questions asked.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: George Pheasey, William Martin, and Charles Grant were all elected to two-year terms in 1916 and were still in office. Thomas Bellamy and James Macfie MacDonald were also elected to two-year terms in 1916, but both resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Samuel McCoppen and Henri Martin were elected to one-year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Duggan, C. Frost, and William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1915. The same was true of the separate board, where Joseph Gariépy, M. J. O'Farrell, and G. W. Curtis were all continuing.

The five mayoral candidates were the most in Edmonton's history up to that point.

Voter turnout

There were 7895 ballots cast out of 11271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 70.0%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

	Candidate	Votes	%
Independent	Harry Marshall Erskine Evans	3,799	50.10%
Independent	Joseph Clarke	1,791	23.62%
Independent	Samuel Barnes	788	10.39%
Independent	Thomas Bellamy	757	9.98%
Independent	James Macfie MacDonald	448	5.91%

Aldermen

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Matthew Esdale	4,199
Labour	James Kinney	4,190
Independent	Charles Wilson	4,000
Labour	Samuel McCoppen	3,578
Independent	Henri Martin	3,327
Independent	Warren Prevey	3,022
Independent	Orlando Bush	2,921
Labour	T. Scott	2,258
Labour	S. W. Field	2,068
Labour	J. E. White	1,791
Independent	S. Freeman	990

Public school trustees

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Henry Douglas	4,854
Independent	J. A. McPherson	3,815
Independent	Arthur Cushing	3,121
Independent	E. T. Bishop	2,894
Labour	Alfred Farmilo	2,147
Independent	A. L. Marks	1,916
Independent	Joseph Clarke	1,502

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	M. Kelly	497
Independent	F. A. French	490
Independent	Joseph Henri Picard	417
Independent	H. J. Roche	387
Independent	Richard Crossland	178

Plebiscites

	Votes	%
Are you in favour of the assessment of buildings and improvements at a percentage value not exceeding 25 percent?
For	1,552	46.12%
Against	1,813	53.88%
Are you in favour of a business assessment equal to the full amount of rental value of the premises wherein business is carried?
For	3,555	61.36%
Against	2,239	38.64%

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

Elections and plebiscites in Edmonton

Municipal elections	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 (Jan) 1896 (Dec) 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1912 (Feb) 1912 (Dec) 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1966 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013

By-elections	1907 1911 1912 1970 1984 1994 2015

Plebiscites	1979 1981

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