1932 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1932 municipal election was held November 9, 1932 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board, while three 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: Rice Sheppard (SS), Harry Ainlay (SS), James Findlay, Herbert Baker, and Arthur Gainer were all elected to two-year terms in 1931 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell (SS), Frank Crang (SS), L. Y. Cairns, and Arthur Cushing had all been elected to two-year terms in 1931 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, T Malone, Thomas Magee, and J Tansey (SS) were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22,538 ballots cast out of 43,523 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 51.7%.

Results

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
Labour Daniel Kennedy Knott 13,68260.71%
Independent Joseph Clarke 6,43428.55%
Independent Kenneth Alexander Blatchford 2,42210.75%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Labour Charles Gibbs 11,161Green check.svgY
 United Citizens of Edmonton John Wesley Fry 10,287Green check.svgY
 United Citizens of EdmontonJames Ogilvie10,052Green check.svgY
Labour James East 9,529Green check.svgY
 United Citizens of EdmontonJohn McCreath9,119Green check.svgY
 United Citizens of EdmontonJohn Savage8,318
Independent Raymond C. Ghostley7,975
Labour Alfred Farmilo7,837
 United Citizens of EdmontonI. W. I. McEchern7,799
CommunistMrs. I. G. Ringwood6,604
Labour Sidney Parsons 6,229
Communist Jan Lakeman 2,978
Independent Peter Glassman2,091
Independent F. S. Wright1,852
CommunistGeorge H. Salter1,376

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
 United Citizens of EdmontonMrs. E G Ferris11,941Green check.svgY
 United Citizens of Edmonton Frederick Casselman 10,329Green check.svgY
Labour Samuel Barnes 9,782Green check.svgY
 United Citizens of EdmontonW. G. Walford7,719
Labour Daniel Powers7,680
Labour L. E. Price4,980
Independent Mrs. J. G. Stewart2,376

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.

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