1888 Calgary municipal election

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1888 Calgary municipal election
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  1886 (November) January 3, 1888 (1888-01-03) 1889  
 
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George Murdoch ca 1866.jpg George Clift King.jpg
Candidate Arthur Edwin Shelton George Murdoch George Clift King
Popular vote857374
Percentage36.64%31.47%31.90%

Mayor before election

George Clift King

Elected mayor

Arthur Edwin Shelton

The 1888 Calgary municipal election was held on January 3, 1888 to elect a Mayor and six Councillors to sit on the fourth Calgary Town Council from January 16, 1888 to January 21, 1889. [1]

Contents

The 1888 election was the first after the Town Council had expanded from four councillors to six councillors.

Background

Nominations for council opened on December 27, 1887 and E. P. Davis was named returning officer, and the town fire hall was selected as his headquarters. Former Mayors George Murdoch, George Clift King and Arthur Edwin Shelton were nominated for the position of mayor. A public meeting was called a 2 p.m. later in the day to give speeches, which became so pointed and personal that several of the Aldermanic candidates withdrew their nominations. [2]

Results

Mayor

CandidateVotesPercent
Arthur Edwin Shelton 8536.64%
George Clift King 7431.90%
George Murdoch 7331.47%

Councillors

Six councillors were elected in this election. Election was conducted using Plurality block voting. Each voter could cast up to six votes.

CandidateVotesPercent
Elected
James Campbell Linton 133
Howard Douglas 122
John Gillies McCallum 120
Wesley Fletcher Orr 110
Henry Collins 109
Alexander Allan 109
Not elected
Isaac Sanford Freeze101
James Reilly 84
Joseph Bannerman81
M. O'Keefe74
James Martin74
Joseph Maw57
James Delamere Lafferty 25
G.T. Duncan24
T. Kdu22
Charles Watson17

See also

References

  1. "Calgary Elections". Calgary Tribune. January 4, 1888. p. 4.
  2. Ward, Tom (1975). Cowtown: an Album of Early Calgary. Calgary: McClelland and Stewart West Limited. pp. 115–116. ISBN   978-0-7712-1012-9 . Retrieved November 19, 2020.

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