1902 Calgary municipal election

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The 1902 Calgary municipal election took place on December 8, 1902 to elect a Mayor and nine Aldermen to sit on the nineteenth Calgary City Council from January 5, 1903 to January 5, 1904.^[1]

Background

The position for Mayor was contested by incumbent one-term mayor Thomas Underwood, who also previously served seven terms as Alderman, and five-term Alderman William Mahon Parslow.

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 in the election were expansion of the sewer system, public health related to the spread of scarlet fever, municipally owned electric light systems, prohibition, and expanded fire protection.^[2]

Richard Addison Brocklebank became the first labour supported candidate to sit on Calgary City Council after he was acclaimed in Ward 3.^[3]

Results

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Thomas Underwood	419	60.81%
William Mahon Parslow	270	39.19%
Total	419	-

Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate	Votes	Percent
John Emerson	183
Silas Alexander Ramsay	182
Owen Herbert Bott	174
Mackenzie	154
Pitman	85

Ward 2

Candidate	Votes	Percent
John Irwin	185
William Carson	143
William John Binning	95
John Hamilton Kerr	80
Brown	61

Ward 3

William Charles Gordon Armstrong - Acclaimed
Richard Addison Brocklebank - Acclaimed
James Abel Hornby - Acclaimed

School Trustees

Candidate	Votes	Percent
R. F. Hutchings	408
A. L. Cameron	364
Clifford Jones	333

September 1902 by-election

Following William Carson's decision to decline the office of Alderman for Ward 2 communicated to the City Clerk on December 18, 1902, a by-election was held which was won by William Henry Cushing.

References

↑ "Mayor Aldermen and School Trustees Elected". The Daily Herald. No. 5551. Calgary, Canada. December 9, 1902. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
↑ "Parish Politics Talked". The Daily Herald. No. 5550. Calgary, Canada. December 8, 1902. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
↑ Bright, David (1998). The limits of labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929 . Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7748-5236-4.

Sources

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

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[CGYHLDDec09Pg04-1] "Mayor Aldermen and School Trustees Elected". The Daily Herald. No. 5551. Calgary, Canada. December 9, 1902. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

[CGYHLDDec08Pg04-2] "Parish Politics Talked". The Daily Herald. No. 5550. Calgary, Canada. December 8, 1902. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2020.

[3] Bright, David (1998). The limits of labour: Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929 . Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7748-5236-4.

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