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The 1897 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for December 13, 1897 to elect a Mayor and nine Councillors to sit on the fourteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1898 to January 3, 1899. Arthur Leslie Cameron was acclaimed as mayor. [1]
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The 1897 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for December 13, 1897 to elect a Mayor and nine Councillors to sit on the fourteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1898 to January 3, 1899. Arthur Leslie Cameron was acclaimed as mayor. [1]
| 1897 Calgary municipal election : Councillor Ward 1 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| - | William Hugh Kinnisten | 78 | 30.23% |  | ||||
| - | Alexander McBride | 67 | 25.97% | | ||||
| - | Silas Alexander Ramsay | 67 | 25.97% | | ||||
| - | William Pitman | 46 | 17.83% | |||||
Source(s) Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors. | ||||||||
| 1897 Calgary municipal election : Councillor Ward 2 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| - | Thomas O'Brien | 106 | 32.52% | | ||||
| - | James Stuart Mackie | 77 | 23.62% | | ||||
| - | Robert John Hutchings | 77 | 23.62% | | ||||
| - | William Henry Cushing | 66 | 20.25% | |||||
Source(s) Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors. | ||||||||
| 1897 Calgary municipal election : Councillor Ward 3 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| - | Thomas Underwood | 34 | 36.56% | | ||||
| - | Walter Jarrett | 26 | 27.96% | | ||||
| - | Adam Robson McTavish | 25 | 26.88% | | ||||
| - | Thomas O'Brien | 8 | 8.60% | |||||
Source(s) Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | |
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| Independent | McKenzie | 144 | 40.22% | | |
| Independent | Parslow | 114 | 31.84% | | |
| Independent | McNeill | 100 | 27.93% | ||
| Total valid votes | 358 | ||||
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