1897 Calgary municipal election

1897 Calgary municipal election

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Candidate Arthur Leslie Cameron Popular vote Acclaimed

Mayor before election Wesley Fletcher Orr Elected mayor Arthur Leslie Cameron

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]

Results

Mayor

• Arthur Leslie Cameron — Acclaimed

Councillors

Ward 1

1897 Calgary municipal election : Councillor Ward 1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	William Hugh Kinnisten	78	30.23%	Y
	-	Alexander McBride	67	25.97%	Y
	-	Silas Alexander Ramsay	67	25.97%	Y
	-	William Pitman	46	17.83%
Source(s) [2] 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.

Ward 2

1897 Calgary municipal election : Councillor Ward 2
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	Thomas O'Brien	106	32.52%	Y
	-	James Stuart Mackie	77	23.62%	Y
	-	Robert John Hutchings	77	23.62%	Y
	-	William Henry Cushing	66	20.25%
Source(s) [3] 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.

Ward 3

1897 Calgary municipal election : Councillor Ward 3
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	Thomas Underwood	34	36.56%	Y
	-	Walter Jarrett	26	27.96%	Y
	-	Adam Robson McTavish	25	26.88%	Y
	-	Thomas O'Brien	8	8.60%
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 three ballots for separate councillors.

School Trustee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Independent	McKenzie	144	40.22%	Y
	Independent	Parslow	114	31.84%	Y
	Independent	McNeill	100	27.93%
Total valid votes			358

See also

• List of Calgary municipal elections

References

1. "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
2. "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
3. "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
4. "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

Sources

• Frederick Hunter: THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY Archived March 3, 2020