Edmonton municipal election, 1918

The 1918 municipal election was held December 9, 1918 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Matthew Esdale, James Kinney, Warren Prevey, and Orlando Bush were all elected to two-year terms in 1917 and were still in office. Charles Wilson was also elected to a two-year term in 1917, but resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Charles Grant was elected to a one-year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Henry Douglas, J A McPherson, Arthur Cushing, and E T Bishop had all been elected to two-year terms in 1917. On the eight member separate board, four of the positions were filled: M Kelly, F A French, Joseph Henri Picard, and H J Roche had been elected to two-year terms in 1917. To keep the terms properly staggered, one trustee - Paul Jenvrin - was elected to a one-year term.

Voter turnout

There were 9046 ballots cast out of 10825 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 83.5%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Clarke	4,762	52.71%
	Independent	Charles Wilson	4,273	47.29%

Aldermen

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Charles Hepburn	4,861
Independent	Samuel McCoppen	4,090
Independent	Henri Martin	4,029
Independent	John McKenzie	3,825
Independent	Andrew McLennan	3,599
Independent	Charles Grant	3,530
Independent	Abraham Cristall	3,324
Independent	William Martin	3,277
Labour	Alfred Farmilo	3,119
Labour	William Spencer Fielde	2,615
Labour	James Findlay	2,591
Labour	J. E. White	2,466

Public school trustees

	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Joseph Duggan	5,153
Independent	William Rea	4,588
Independent	Frank Crang	3,286
Labour	Frank Scott	2,217
Independent	C. Frost	2,029

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Joseph Driscoll	563
Independent	Joseph Gariépy	464
Independent	Paul Jenvrin	423
Independent	G. W. Curtis	302
Independent	J. J. Murray	203

(Murray was elected over Curtis despite winning fewer votes because of the need for a representative from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River.)

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

Elections and plebiscites in Edmonton

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