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]

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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

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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.