1898 Calgary municipal election

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1898 Calgary municipal election
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  1897 December 12, 1898 (1898-12-12) 1899  
  James Reilly, Mayor of Calgary (c. 1907).jpg Silas Alexander Ramsay Mayor.png
Candidate James Reilly Silas Alexander Ramsay
Popular vote185167
Percentage52.56%47.44%

Mayor before election

Arthur Leslie Cameron

Elected Mayor

James Reilly

The 1898 Calgary municipal election was held on December 12, 1898 to elect a Mayor and nine Councilors to sit on the fifteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1899 to January 2, 1900. [1]

Contents

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 three ballots for separate councillors with a voter's designated ward. [2]

Results

Mayor

1898 Calgary municipal election : Mayor
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
- James Reilly 18552.53%Green check.svgY
- Silas Alexander Ramsay 16747.44%
Total valid votes352-
Source(s)
[3]

Councillors

Ward 1

1898 Calgary municipal election : Councillor Ward 1
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
- Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford 11829.35%Green check.svgY
- Robert Wilson Begley 11729.10%Green check.svgY
- James Alexander McKenzie 11428.36%Green check.svgY
-H. Riddell5313.18%
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.

Ward 2

1898 Calgary municipal election : Councillor Ward 2
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
- James Stuart Mackie 13130.05%Green check.svgY
- Robert John Hutchings 11726.83%Green check.svgY
- Thomas O'Brien 11526.38%Green check.svgY
- William Mahon Parslow 7316.74%
Source(s)

[5]

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

1898 Calgary municipal election : Councillor Ward 3
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
- Thomas Underwood 5931.38%Green check.svgY
- George Albert Allen 5730.32%Green check.svgY
- Isaac Stephen Gerow Van Wart 4725.00%Green check.svgY
-Ralph Bell2513.30%
Source(s)

[6]

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.

By-elections

Councilor George Albert Allen submitted his resignation to City Council effective April 20, 1899. [7] William Henry Cushing won a by-election held on May 8, 1899 defeating Crispin E. Smith 52-22. [8]

See also

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References

  1. "Reilly is Mayor". The Weekly Herald. No. 51. December 15, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. Ordinances of the North-West Territories; An Ordinance Respecting Municipalities , R.O.N.W.T. 1888, c. 8. March 14, 2020.
  3. "Reilly is Mayor". The Weekly Herald. No. 51. December 15, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. "Reilly is Mayor". The Weekly Herald. No. 51. December 15, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. "Reilly is Mayor". The Weekly Herald. No. 51. December 15, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. "Reilly is Mayor". The Weekly Herald. No. 51. December 15, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  7. "Alderman Resigns". Calgary Herald . No. 107. April 21, 1899. p. 4. ProQuest   2252276266.
  8. "Aldermanic Victory". Calgary Herald . No. 122. May 9, 1899. p. 4. ProQuest   2252270394.