Edmonton municipal election, 1926

The 1926 municipal election was held December 13, 1926, to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board. Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: James East, James Findlay, Frederick Keillor, and A C Sloane were all elected to two-year terms in 1925 and were still in office. James McCrie Douglas had also been elected in 1925, but had resigned; accordingly, L S C Dineen was elected to a one-year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Ralph Bellamy, Frank Crang, F S MacPherson, and Elmer Roper had all been elected to two-year terms in 1925 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where R Crossland, Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, and A J Ryan were continuing.

The election was conducted using the single transferable vote system.

Voter turnout

There were 12720 ballots cast out of 35726 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.6%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentAmbrose Bury 4,816 37.94%
LabourDan Knott 2,944 23.19%
Civic Government AssociationWill Werner 2,388 18.81%
IndependentJoseph Clarke 1,727 13.61%
IndependentJames McCrie Douglas 571 4.50%
IndependentRice Sheppard 247 1.95%

Aldermen

Owing to the single transferable vote electoral system in place and to the need for candidates from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River, the candidates who received the most votes on the first count (listed below) were not necessarily those elected.

Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourCharles Gibbs 2,107 Green tickY
LabourAlfred Farmilo 1,510 Green tickY
IndependentCharles Robson 1,458 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationHerbert Baker 1,287 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationRobert Dolphin Tighe 1,107
Civic Government AssociationGeorge Hazlett 1,009 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationRobert Muir 980
Civic Government AssociationCharles Henry Grant 840
Civic Government AssociationNorman Currie Willson 657
LabourLionel Shurley Crawford Dineen 555 Green tickY
LabourEdward James Thompson 402
LabourEdwin Evart Owen 379

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourSamuel Barnes 3,741 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationThyrza Bishop 2,506 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationD. B. Lake 1,710
Civic Government AssociationW. W. McBain 1,528
LabourJ A Herlihy 1,127 Green tickY
LabourG. Teviotdale 480

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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