1927 Calgary municipal election

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1927 Calgary municipal election
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  1926 December 14, 1927 1928  
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Candidate Frederick Ernest Osborne
Popular voteAcclaimed

Mayor before election

Frederick Ernest Osborne
Civic Government Association

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Elected mayor

Frederick Ernest Osborne
Civic Government Association

The 1927 Calgary municipal election was held on December 14, 1927, to elect a Mayor and six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Along with positions on Calgary City Council, four trustees for the Public School Board and four questions were put before the voters.

Calgary City Council governed under "Initiative, Referendum and Recall" which is composed of a Mayor, Commissioner and twelve Aldermen all elected to staggered two year terms. Commissioner Arthur Garnet Graves and six Aldermen: Eneas Edward McCormick, Edith Patterson, Harold McGill, John Walker Russell, Reuben Weldon Ward, and Peter Turner Bone elected in 1926 continued in their positions. [1]

Mayor Frederick Ernest Osborne was acclaimed on close of nominations on December 7, 1928. [2]

Background

The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for candidates being two years.

Former Calgary Mayor John William Mitchell contested the Aldermanic election as an Independent, however he fell just short of returning to council. [1]

Results

Council

Quota for election was 1,343.

PartyCandidateVotes %CountElected
Civic Government Association Frank Roy Freeze 1,895%1stGreen check.svgY
Independent Labor Robert H. Parkyn 1,569%1stGreen check.svgY
Civic Government AssociationFrederick C. Manning1,338%2ndGreen check.svgY
Civic Government Association Thomas Alexander Hornibrook 1,262%2ndGreen check.svgY
Civic Government AssociationSamuel Stanley Savage866%9thGreen check.svgY
Labour William Howell Arthur Thomas 668%10thGreen check.svgY
Independent John William Mitchell 521%
Dominion Labor James E. Worsley447%
Dominion Labor Mary A. Wright375%
Dominion Labor Andrew Graham Broatch331%
Dominion Labor William F. Dorward125%
Total valid votes8,729

Public School Board

CandidateVotesPercentcount
O.H. Patrick2,2641st
Thomas B. Riley1,8421st
Amelia Turner1,7392nd
Fred E. Spooner1,4745th
R.J. Hutchings1,335
George W. Walters305

Separate school board

CandidateVotesPercentcount
P.G. BurgardAcclaimed
John BurnsAcclaimed
A.J. McMillanAcclaimed

Plebiscites

Storm sewer

Construction of storm sewers at a cost of $127,000. Approval requires two-thirds majority.

Centre St. vote

Widening of Centre Street at a cost of $20,000. Approval requires two-thirds majority.

Clinic vote

Continuation of the present clinic system. Approval requires two-thirds majority.

School vote

For the erection of two new high schools at a cost of $500,000. Approval requires majority.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Six Candidates Endorsed by C.G.A. Returned; School Bylaw and Clinic Approved". Calgary Herald . No. 5161. December 15, 1927. p. 17. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. "Council Election and School Board Creates Interest". Calgary Herald . No. 5155. December 8, 1927. p. 9. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

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