1901 Calgary municipal election

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1901 Calgary municipal election
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  1900 December 9, 1901 (1901-12-09) 1902  
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Candidate Thomas Underwood

Mayor before election

James Stuart Mackie

Elected mayor

Thomas Underwood

The 1901 Calgary municipal election was held on December 9, 1901 to elect a mayor and nine aldermen to sit on the eighteenth Calgary City Council from January 6, 1902 to January 5, 1903. [1]

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

Key issues for the election included the levying of a municipal income tax recently provided by changes to the City Charter. The Calgary Daily Herald speculated that John Emerson's loss of council seat was attributed to the public's association of his name with the income tax, when he merely read the resolution proposed by the City Clerk. [1]

Results

Mayor

Councillors

Ward 1

CandidateVotesPercent
William Mahon Parslow 15165.65%
Silas Alexander Ramsay 14060.87%
Thomas Alexander Hatfield 13860.00%
Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford 11851.30%
Total230-

Ward 2

Ward 3

CandidateVotesPercent
Isacc Stephen Gerow Van Wart 12856.89%
William Charles Gordon Armstrong 11752.00%
James Abel Hornby 11350.22%
John Emerson 9441.78%
Clarke3515.56%
Hooper2912.89%
Total516-

September 1902 by-election

Following John Creighton's death on July 29, 1902, [2] the City of Calgary scheduled a by-election for the vacant seat in Ward 2 for September 8, 1902, however John Hamilton Kerr would be acclaimed upon the close of nominations on September 1, 1902. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Civic Elections". The Weekly Herald. No. 1035. December 12, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  2. "John Creighton Dead". The Daily Herald. No. 5440. Calgary, Canada. July 29, 1902. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  3. "Local and General". The Daily Herald. No. 5468. Calgary, Canada. September 2, 1902. p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2020.