1906 Calgary municipal election

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1906 Calgary municipal election
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  1905 December 10, 1906 (1906-12-10) 1907  
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R.A.B.
R.J.S.
Candidate Arthur Leslie Cameron Richard Addison BrocklebankRobert James Stuart
Popular vote821338297
Percentage56.39%23.21%20.40%

Mayor before election

John Emerson

Elected mayor

Arthur Leslie Cameron

The 1906 Calgary municipal election was held on December 10, 1906 to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-third Calgary City Council from January 14, 1907 to January 2, 1908. [1]

Contents

Arthur Leslie Cameron was elected Mayor of Calgary for the second time, his first occurring in the 1897 Calgary municipal election.

Background

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.

The requirements for a candidate to be eligible to run for the office of Mayor or Aldermen included being a male or female over the age of 21. Property ownership requirements included owning real property with an assessed value of $200, or tenants of real property with a value of $400, or income in the amount of $400. [2]

All Aldermen candidates for Ward 3 and Ward 4 were acclaimed upon the close of nomination on December 3, 1906. [3]

Richard Addison Brocklebank was convinced to run as a candidate for Mayor in November prior to the election, he did so with the backing of Labour on the condition he would run as an independent. [4] In order to be eligible as a candidate for the Mayoral election, Brocklebank resigned from the License Commission a day prior to the election. [2]

Results

Mayor

CandidateVotesPercent
Arthur Leslie Cameron 82156.39%
Richard Addison Brocklebank33823.21%
Robert James Stuart29720.40%

Councillors

Ward 1

CandidateVotesPercent
Alfred Moodie259
Silas Alexander Ramsay 190
Robert Suitor177
James Abel Hornby163
William Pittman136
Adoniram Judson Samis120
Henry Haskins57

Ward 2

CandidateVotesPercent
William Henry Manarey352
Harry William White302
George Thomas Young238
William George Hunt186

Ward 3

CandidateVotesPercent
John William Mitchell Acclaimed
Simon John ClarkeAcclaimed
Arthur Garnet GravesAcclaimed

Ward 4

CandidateVotesPercent
Charles McMillanAcclaimed
John Goodwin WatsonAcclaimed
Clifford Bernard ReillyAcclaimed

Public School Board Trustees

CandidateVotesPercent
Thomas Underwood 616
A. McTavish581
James Short580
R.J. Hutchings191

Separate School Board Trustees

See also

References

  1. "Cameron Is Chosen by the Citizens FOR MAYOR". Calgary Herald . No. 6749 - EXTRA. December 10, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Labor Candidate Still in the Field". Calgary Herald . No. 6749. December 10, 1906. p. 7. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. "Calgary Nominates Candidates". Calgary Herald . No. 6743. December 3, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  4. 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.