1918 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1918 municipal election was held December 9, 1918 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board.

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There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Matthew Esdale, James Kinney, Warren Prevey, and Orlando Bush were all elected to two-year terms in 1917 and were still in office. Charles Wilson was also elected to a two-year term in 1917, but resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Charles Grant was elected to a one-year term.

In this election the straight labour candidates were Farmilo, Findlay, White and Fielde, with Scott running as a labour candidate for school board. [1] The candidates who appealed for the labour vote in 1918 included Wilson, Clarke, Farmilo, Martin, Joseph Duggan, Scott, Mackenzie, Findlay and White. [2] [3] McCoppen was also supported by many labour voters.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Henry Douglas, J A McPherson, Arthur Cushing, and E T Bishop had all been elected to two-year terms in 1917. On the eight member separate board, four of the positions were filled: M Kelly, F A French, Joseph Henri Picard, and H J Roche had been elected to two-year terms in 1917. To keep the terms properly staggered, one trustee - Paul Jenvrin - was elected to a one-year term.

Voter turnout

There were 9046 ballots cast out of 10825 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 83.5%.

Results

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
  Labour Joseph Clarke 4,76252.71%
  Independent Charles Wilson4,27347.29%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotes
  Independent Charles Hepburn4,861
  Independent Samuel McCoppen4,090
  Independent Henri Martin4,029
  Independent John McKenzie3,825
  Independent Andrew McLennan 3,599
  Independent Charles Grant3,530
  Independent Abraham Cristall3,324
  Independent William Martin3,277
  Labour Alfred Farmilo3,119
  Labour William Spencer Fielde2,615
  Labour James Findlay2,591
  Labour J. E. White2,466

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotes
  Labour Joseph Duggan5,153
  Independent William Rea4,588
  Independent Frank Crang3,286
  Labour Frank Scott2,217
  Independent C. Frost2,029

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Independent Joseph Driscoll 563Green check.svgY
Independent Joseph Gariépy 464Green check.svgY
Independent Paul Jenvrin423Green check.svgY
Independent G. W. Curtis302
Independent J. J. Murray203SSGreen check.svgY

Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Murray was elected over Curtis.

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

  1. "Labour candidates", Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 9, 1918, p. 9
  2. "Alderman Wilson is heart and soul in sympathy with the labour cause", Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 9, 1918, p. 1
  3. "Why-why-why", Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 9, 1918, p. 9