Edmonton municipal election, 1927
The 1927 municipal election was held December 12, 1927 to elect a mayor and five 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.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Gibbs, Alfred Farmilo, Charles Robson, George Hazlett, and Herbert Baker were all elected to two-year terms in 1926 and were still in office.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Thyrza Bishop, and J A Herlihy had all been elected to two-year terms in 1926 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.
This election was the last to be conducted using the single transferable vote system, as a plebiscite held concurrently with the election resulted in Edmontonians voting to return to a first past the post system.
Voter turnout
There were 12907 ballots cast out of 37106 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 34.7%.
Results
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ambrose Bury | 7,483 | 57.89% | |
| Labour | Dan Knott | 4,406 | 34.08% | |
| Independent | Joseph Clarke | 958 | 7.41% | |
| Independent | J. Pfeim | 80 | 0.62% | |
Aldermen
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Government Association | Ralph Bellamy | 2,195 |  | |
| Civic Government Association | Allan Sloane | 1,951 | | |
| Labour | James East | 1,922 | | |
| Civic Government Association | John C. Bowen | 1,514 | | |
| Civic Government Association | Frederick Keillor | 1,227 | ||
| Labour | James Findlay | 914 | ||
| Labour | Lionel Shurley Crawford Dineen | 798 | | |
| Independent | G. V. Pelton | 784 | ||
| Civic Government Association | A. M. Rehwinkel | 550 | ||
| Labour | James Herlihy | 485 | ||
| Labour | E. J. Thompson | 375 | ||
The above reflects vote totals on the first count. Because of the single transferable vote voting system in effect at the time, candidates leading on the first ballot were not necessarily those elected.
Public school trustees
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Government Association | Arthur Cushing | 2,458 | | |
| Civic Government Association | Albert Ottewell | 2,457 | | |
| Labour | Frank Crang | 2,020 | | |
| Labour | Elmer Roper | 2,005 | | |
| Labour | Sophie N. Bell | 1,416 | ||
| Civic Government Association | James Harwood Ogilvie | 1,123 | ||
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Crossland | 330 | style="text-align:right;" | - | Independent | Charles Gariepy | 323 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Magee | 315 | style="text-align:right;" | - | Independent | B J Tansey | 218 | ||
| Independent | J R Naubert | 90 | |||||||
Plebiscites
Assessing Improvements on Industrial Establishments
To authorize the Council to fix the Assessment of improvements for industrial establishments.
- Yes - 2,224
- No - 1,038
Abolition of Single Transferable Vote
To abolish the Proportional Representation System of electing mayor and aldermen.
- Yes - 6,695
- No - 5,473
References
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections
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