Edmonton municipal election, 1925

The 1925 municipal election was held December 14, 1925 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. In the election's only plebiscite, the voters also rejected a proposal to increase the mayor's term from one year to two.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: Will Werner, Charles Gibbs, and Daniel Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1924 and were still in office. James Collisson and Joseph Clarke had also been elected in 1924, but both resigned to run for mayor. Accordingly, Charles Robson and Alfred Farmilo were elected to one-year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Adair, Thyrza Bishop, and T J Johnston had all been elected to two-year terms in 1924 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where C E Barry, E A Carrigan, and P M Dunne were continuing.

The election was conducted using the single transferable vote system.

Voter turnout

There were 15304 ballots cast out of 35343 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 43.3%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentKenneth Alexander Blatchford 8,463 55.36%
IndependentJames Collisson 2,301 15.05%
IndependentJoseph Clarke 2,098 13.72%
IndependentRice Sheppard 1,445 9.45%
IndependentJoseph Adair 948 6.20%
IndependentGertrude McBain 31 0.20%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationJames McCrie Douglas 3,587 Green tickY
LabourJames East 2,839 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationA C Sloane 1,541 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Keillor 1,273 Green tickY
LabourJames Findlay 1,071 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationRobert Dolphin Tighe 1,028
Civic Government AssociationCharles Robson 988 Green tickY
LabourAlfred Farmilo 855 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationC. W. Gimby 728
LabourJames Herlihy 552
LabourEdward James Thompson 380

(While Tighe was in sixth on the first count, he fell on subsequent counts because of the single transferable vote system in place.)

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationRalph Bellamy 3,478 Green tickY
LabourFrank Crang 2,832 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationF. S. McPherson 2,825 Green tickY
LabourElmer Roper 2,658 Green tickY
LabourSophie N. Bell 1,503
Civic Government AssociationW. W. McBain 1,147

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentThomas Magee 371 Green tickY
IndependentCharles Gariepy 365 Green tickY
IndependentA J Ryan 336 Green tickY
IndependentPaul Jenvrin 141
IndependentRobert Crossland 133 Green tickY

(Crossland was elected over Jenvrin despite having fewer votes because a representative from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River was needed.)

Mayoral Term Plebiscite

Are you in favour of the Mayor holding office for the term of two years?

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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