The 1925 municipal election was held December 14, 1925 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. In the election's only plebiscite, the voters also rejected a proposal to increase the mayor's term from one year to two.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: Will Werner, Charles Gibbs, and Daniel Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1924 and were still in office. James Collisson and Joseph Clarke had also been elected in 1924, but both resigned to run for mayor. Accordingly, Charles Robson and Alfred Farmilo were elected to one-year terms.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Adair, Thyrza Bishop, and T J Johnston had all been elected to two-year terms in 1924 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where C E Barry, E A Carrigan, and P M Dunne were continuing.
Voters in this election cast ranked votes. In the mayoral contest where one member was elected, the contest was conducted according to Instant-runoff voting; in contests where multiple members were elected, such as for city council and school boards, the contest was conducted according to the single transferable vote system.
The mayor was elected to a one year term, the term being finished in December 1926; all others were elected to two year terms, their terms being finished in December 1927.
There were 15304 ballots cast out of 35343 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 43.3%.
This election was conducted using Instant-runoff voting but no vote transfers were conducted in this case because Blatchford received a majority of votes on the first count.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | |
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Independent | Kenneth Alexander Blatchford | 8,463 | 55.36% | ||
Independent | James Collisson | 2,301 | 15.05% | ||
Independent | Joseph Clarke | 2,098 | 13.72% | ||
Independent | Rice Sheppard | 1,445 | 9.45% | ||
Independent | Joseph Adair | 948 | 6.20% | ||
Independent | Gertrude McBain | 31 | 0.20% |
This election was conducted using Single transferable voting.
Party | Candidate | Initial Votes | Elected | ||
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Civic Government Association | James McCrie Douglas | 3,587 | SS | ||
Labour | James East | 2,839 | |||
Civic Government Association | A C Sloane | 1,541 | |||
Civic Government Association | Frederick Keillor | 1,273 | SS | ||
Labour | James Findlay | 1,071 | |||
Civic Government Association | Robert Dolphin Tighe | 1,028 | |||
Civic Government Association | Charles Robson | 988 | |||
Labour | Alfred Farmilo | 855 | |||
Civic Government Association | C. W. Gimby | 728 | |||
Labour | James Herlihy | 552 | |||
Labour | Edward James Thompson | 380 |
Because of the single transferable vote system, Tighe received more initial votes, but Farmilo won (and Robson held) based on votes subsequently transferred from other candidates.
Douglas resigned less than a year later to run for mayor in the 1926 Edmonton municipal election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | ||
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Civic Government Association | Ralph Bellamy | 3,478 | |||
Labour | Frank Crang | 2,832 | SS | ||
Civic Government Association | F. S. McPherson | 2,825 | |||
Labour | Elmer Roper | 2,658 | |||
Labour | Sophie N. Bell | 1,503 | |||
Civic Government Association | W. W. McBain | 1,147 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | ||
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Independent | Thomas Magee | 371 | |||
Independent | Charles Gariepy | 365 | |||
Independent | A J Ryan | 336 | |||
Independent | Paul Jenvrin | 141 | |||
Independent | Robert Crossland | 133 | SS |
Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Crossland was elected over Jenvrin.
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