1931 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1931 municipal election was held November 11, 1931 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board.

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There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Charles Gibbs, Frederick Keillor (SS), Donald Lake, and Charles Gerald O'Connor were all elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman, and Mrs. W D Ferris had all been elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where A J Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22,583 ballots cast out of 42,753 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 52.8%.

Results

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
Labour Daniel Kennedy Knott 13,01457.63%
Civic Government Association James McCrie Douglas 9,56942.37%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Labour Rice Sheppard 11,519SSGreen check.svgY
Labour Harry Ainlay 10,316SSGreen check.svgY
Labour James Findlay10,186Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Herbert Baker 9,839Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Arthur Gainer9,741Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Ralph Bellamy8,780
Labour Sidney Parsons 7,994
Civic Government Association Thornton Graham7,802
Independent Dick Foote7,514
Independent Joseph Clarke 4,944
Independent William Ross3,888
Independent Lin S. Bell3,222
Independent Frank R. Lovette2,540
Communist Jan Lakeman 1,702
Independent Peter Glassman1,197

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Civic Government Association Albert Ottewell11,035SSGreen check.svgY
Labour Frank Crang10,919SSGreen check.svgY
Civic Government Association L. Y. Cairns 9,222Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Arthur Cushing 9,009
Labour Sidney Bowcott9,005Green check.svgY
Labour Daniel Powers8,970
Civic Government Association S. A. Dickson8,327

(The figures above were those from the initial count. Upon completion of a recount, Bowcott was found to have received more votes than Cushing and was therefore elected.)

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Charles Gariepy , Thomas Magee, T Malone, and J Tansey (SS) were acclaimed.

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