Edmonton municipal election, 1921

The 1921 municipal election was held December 12, 1921 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. F A French, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Adair, James Collisson, and Valentine Richards were all elected to two-year terms in 1920 and were still in office. William Campbell McArthur had also been elected to a two-year term, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Andrew McLennan had also been elected to a two-year term only to resign. In order to fill these vacancies, Izena Ross and Kenneth Alexander Blatchford were elected to one-year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: W H Alexander, E T Bishop, and William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1920 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where J Cormack, J J Murray, and Joseph Gariépy were continuing.

The 1921 election was the first in which a woman - Izena Ross - was elected to city council.

Voter turnout

There were 10943 ballots cast out of 33256 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 32.8%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

	Candidate	Votes	%
Citizens' League	David Duggan	7,011	66.87%
Independent	William Campbell McArthur	3,227	30.78%
Independent	Albert Stimmel	246	2.35%

Aldermen

	Candidate	Votes
Citizens' League	Charles Weaver	5,814
Dominion Labour Party	James East	4,968
Citizens' League	Thomas Malone	4,685
Citizens' League	Ambrose Bury	4,673
Citizens' League	Kenneth Alexander Blatchford	4,277
Citizens' League	Izena Ross	3,341
Citizens' League	Bickerton Pratt	3,256
Independent	Lyman Theophilus Barclay	3,119
Dominion Labour Party	James Findlay	3,112
Dominion Labour Party	E. E. Hyde	2,991
Independent	Archie Rendell	2,562
Independent	A. Boileau	2,322
Independent	S. D. Walker	1,585
Independent Labour Party	George L. Ritchie	1,501
Citizens' League	L. T. Murray	1,486
Independent	Mrs. A. S. Taylor	1,324
Independent Labour Party	Mary Cantin	1,095
Independent Labour Party	J. E. White	982
Independent	Hyman King	936

Public school trustees

	Candidate	Votes
Dominion Labour Party	Samuel Barnes	4,652
Citizens' League	Ralph Bellamy	4,512
Dominion Labour Party	Frank Scott	4,381
Citizens' League	Alex C. Grant	4,172
Dominion Labour Party	Frank Crang	3,951
Citizens' League	Oscar F. Strong	3,810
Citizens' League	W. H. Speer	3,523
Dominion Labour Party	Raymond C. Ghostley	3,215

(Frank Crang was elected over Alex C. Grant despite his lower number of votes by reason of there needing to be one candidate elected from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River.)

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

F A French, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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