1933 Calgary municipal election

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1933 Calgary municipal election
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  1932 November 22, 1933 1934  
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Candidate Andrew Davison Samuel Stanley Savage
Popular vote20,3663,315
Percentage86%14%

Mayor before election

Andrew Davison

Elected mayor

Andrew Davison

The 1933 Calgary municipal election was held on November 22, 1933 to elect a Mayor and six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Along with positions on Calgary City Council, a Commissioner, three trustees for the Public School Board, and two trustees for the Separate School Board. [1]

Contents

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 Thomas B. Riley and six Aldermen: Peter Turner Bone, William Ayer Lincoln, Robert Henry Parkyn, John Walker Russell, Fred J. White, and Harry Humble elected in 1932 continued in their positions. [1]

Background

The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for candidates being two years. The total ballots cast in the election reached 23,681 which was the highest in Calgary history, over 5,000 more than the previous record in 1931. [1]

Results

Results from Calgary Daily Herald. [2]

Mayor

CandidateVotesPercent
Andrew Davison 20,36686%
Samuel Stanley Savage3,31514%

Council

Quota for election was 3,286.

PartyCandidateVotes %CountElected
C.G.A.Robert Henry Weir3,369%1stGreen check.svgY
C.G.A.Alexander John MacMillan3,367%1stGreen check.svgY
Dominion Labor William George Southern3,029%3rdGreen check.svgY
C.G.A. Harold William Hounsfield Riley 2,058%8thGreen check.svgY
Independent Joseph Hope Ross2,055%8thGreen check.svgY
Independent Joseph Brown Seymour1,796%8thGreen check.svgY
C.G.A.Pansy Louise Pue1,695%
Independent Donald McPherson1,278%
Dominion Labor F.F. McNeill1,230%
Dominion Labor Thomas Sutcliffe1,029%
Independent Matthew Smith916%
Total valid votes

Public School Board

The quota was 3,053

CandidateVotesPercentcount
Amelia Turner7,635
F.E. Spooner6,788
E.J. Chambers2,075
P.L. Brooks1,554
Watson1,545
John O'Sullivan920
Lowe378

Separate school board

CandidateVotesPercentcount
John BurnsAcclaimed

Plebiscites

Elimination of Recall

For the elimination of recall provisions in the City Charter. [3]

Fire department hours

To provide fire fighters one day off in a seven-day week. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Re-elect Davison Mayor by Big Majority". Calgary Daily Herald . November 23, 1933. p. 1. ProQuest   2252807829 . Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  2. "Record Vote Polled as Citizens Select 1934 Administration". Calgary Daily Herald . November 23, 1933. p. 12. ProQuest   2252807567 . Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  3. 1 2 City of Calgary (1952). Municipal Manual. City of Calgary. p. 71. Retrieved March 9, 2021.