1893 Calgary municipal election

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1893 Calgary municipal election
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  1892 January 2, 1893 (1893-01-02) (Jan) 1894  
  Alexander Lucas.jpg Doctor Neville James Lindsay Calgary Alberta NA-3074-1.jpg
Candidate Alexander Lucas Neville James Lindsay
Popular vote231101
Percentage69.58%30.42%

Mayor before election

Alexander Lucas

Elected Mayor

Alexander Lucas

The 1893 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for January 2, 1893 to elect a Mayor and six Councillors to sit on the ninth Calgary Town Council from January 16, 1893 to January 2, 1894.

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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]

There were a number of concerns during the election related to imperfect voting lists. The Calgary Weekly Herald reported a number of qualified electors were omitted from the list, and situations were wives were on the list where their husbands should have been listed. The errors were attributed to imperfect assessment rolls. [2]

Results

Mayor

1893 Calgary municipal election : Mayor
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
- Alexander Lucas 23169.58%Green check.svgY
- Neville James Lindsay 10130.42%
Total valid votes332-
Source(s)
[3]

Councillors

1893 Calgary municipal election : Councillor
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
- Wendell Maclean 21865.66%Green check.svgY
- Eugene Watson 21765.36%Green check.svgY
- John Simcoe Feehan 21063.25%Green check.svgY
- Wesley Fletcher Orr 20561.75%Green check.svgY
- Joseph Henry Millward 18455.42%Green check.svgY
- Robert John Hutchings 16549.70%Green check.svgY
-Hugh S. McLeod15045.18%
- Arthur Leslie Cameron 14543.67%
-Edmund Cave13540.66%
- George Murdoch 10030.12%
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[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.

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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. "Municipal Elections". The Calgary Weekly Herald (10). January 4, 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  3. "Municipal Elections". The Calgary Weekly Herald (10). January 4, 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. "Municipal Elections". The Calgary Weekly Herald (10). January 4, 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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