1906 Los Angeles mayoral election

1906 Los Angeles mayoral election

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Candidate Arthur Cyprian Harper Lee C. Gates Party Democratic Independent Popular vote 11,064 9,004 Percentage 33.63% 27.37%   Candidate Walter Lindley Stanley B. Wilson Party Republican Public Ownership Party Popular vote 7,209 4,011 Percentage 21.91% 12.19%

Mayor before election Owen McAleer Republican Elected Mayor Arthur Cyprian Harper Democratic

The 1906 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on December 4, 1906. Arthur Cyprian Harper was elected. It was the last partisan mayoral election held in the city.

The candidates as they appeared in the Los Angeles Examiner.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Lee Gates (I)	Walter Lindley (R)	Arthur Harper (D)	Stanley Wilson (PO)	Other / Undecided
Los Angeles Express [1]	November 1906	11,067 (CV)	± 4.3%	38%	28%	19%	14%	2%

Results

Los Angeles mayoral general election, December 4, 1906 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Cyprian Harper	11,064	33.63
	Independent	Lee C. Gates	9,004	27.37
	Republican	Walter Lindley	7,209	21.91
	Public Ownership Party	Stanley B. Wilson	4,011	12.19
	Socialist	Frank A. Marek	959	2.91
	Prohibition	Wiley J. Phillips	655	1.99
Total votes			32,902	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   CV – certain voters
   V – unclear

References

1. Los Angeles Express
2. "Machine rebuked at polls". The Los Angeles Herald. Los Angeles. December 6, 1906. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

Further reading

• Lindley, Walter. "The Lindley Scrapbook Collection." Claremont Colleges Digital Library (1861–1921). online

External links

• Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles