1890 Calgary municipal election

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1890 Calgary municipal election
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  1889 January 6, 1890 (1890-01-06) 1891  
  JamesDLafferty.jpg George Murdoch ca 1866.jpg
Candidate James Delamere Lafferty George Murdoch
Popular vote130110
Percentage54.17%45.83%

Mayor before election

Daniel Webster Marsh

Elected Mayor

James Delamere Lafferty

The 1890 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for January 6, 1890 to elect a Mayor and six Councillors to sit on the sixth Calgary Town Council from January 20, 1890 to January 19, 1891.

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Background

Voting rights were provided to any male, single woman, or widowed British subject over twenty-one years of age who are assessed on the last revised assessment roll with a minimum property value of $200.

The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to four ballots for separate councillors. [1]

The Calgary Daily Herald reported there were many cases of electors who were entitled to vote, but were not on the voters list. [2]

Results

Mayor

1890 Calgary municipal election : Mayor
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
- James Delamere Lafferty 13054.17%Green check.svgY
- George Murdoch 11045.83%
Total valid votes240-
Source(s)
[3]

Councillors

1890 Calgary municipal election : Councillor
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
- Alexander McBride 15464.17%Green check.svgY
- James Reilly 15162.92%Green check.svgY
- Wesley Fletcher Orr 14359.59%Green check.svgY
- Joseph Maw 12552.08%Green check.svgY
- Howard Douglas 10543.75%Green check.svgY
- William Henry Cushing 10242.50%Green check.svgY
-Bannerman9640.00%
- Silas Alexander Ramsay 9037.50%
-McLelland8836.67%
-Ede7129.58%
- Frederick George Topp 7029.17%
-A. Parrish187.50%
-Ferguson72.92%
Source(s)

[4] Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to six ballots for separate councillors.

Full name of unsuccessful candidates is not known.

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References

  1. Ordinances of the North-West Territories; An Ordinance Respecting Municipalities , R.O.N.W.T. 1888, c. 8. March 14, 2020.
  2. "Lafferty Elected Mayor". The Calgary Daily Herald (309). January 6, 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. "Lafferty Elected Mayor". The Calgary Daily Herald (309). January 6, 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. "Lafferty Elected Mayor". The Calgary Daily Herald (309). January 6, 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

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