1900 Calgary municipal election

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1900 Calgary municipal election
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  1899 December 10, 1900 (1900-12-10) 1901  
  JSMackie.jpg Silas Alexander Ramsay.jpg
Candidate James Stuart Mackie Silas Alexander Ramsay
Popular vote217216
Percentage50.12%49.88%

Mayor before election

William Henry Cushing

Elected Mayor

James Stuart Mackie

The 1900 Calgary municipal election took place on December 10, 1900 to elect a Mayor and nine Aldermen to sit on the seventeenth Calgary City Council from January 7, 1901 to January 6, 1902. The election for Mayor was very close, with the Calgary Herald reporting James Stuart Mackie defeating his opponent Silas Alexander Ramsay by a single vote. [1]

Contents

Results

Mayor

Councillors

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

School trustees

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References

  1. "The Civic Elections: A very large vote polled in all wards. - Mackie only one vote ahead of Ramsay". The Daily Herald (4976). Calgary, AB. December 11, 1900. p. 1.

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