1933 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1933 Edmonton municipal election was held November 8, 1933 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on City Council and four trustees each to sit on the public and separate school boards.

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There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Gibbs, John Wesley Fry, James Ogilvie, James East, and John McCreath were all elected to two-year terms in 1932 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Mrs. E G Ferris, Frederick Casselman, and Samuel Barnes had all been elected to two-year terms in 1932 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 21,730 ballots cast out of 44,603 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 48.7%.

Results

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
Labour Daniel Kennedy Knott 13,45361.91%
 Independent Labour Joseph Clarke 7,65735.24%
Independent J. A. Leonard6202.85%

Aldermen

Councillors were elected through Plurality block voting.

The Labour Party took four of the five seats up for election.

Margaret Crang was among them. She was the second woman elected to the Edmonton city council.

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Labour Rice Sheppard 11,418SSGreen check.svgY
Labour Miss M. (Margaret) Crang10,858SSGreen check.svgY
Labour Harry Ainlay 10,195SSGreen check.svgY
Civic Government Association Ralph Bellamy9,609Green check.svgY
Labour James Findlay9,536Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association W. W. McBain8,471
Civic Government Association Robert Dolphin Tighe7,728
Civic Government Association T. A. Graham7,647
Civic Government Association Dick Foote7,537
Independent Labour M. Ainslie2,879
Communist Jan Lakeman 2,830
Independent Labour Frank R. Lovette2,636
Independent Labour Walter Clevely2,493
CommunistGeorge H. Salter1,295
Independent Peter Glassman1,215
Independent F. S. Wright1,094
Independent Charles Martin Keily681

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Civic Government Association Albert Ottewell12,500SSGreen check.svgY
Labour Frank Crang11,963SSGreen check.svgY
Civic Government Association Walter Morrish9,722Green check.svgY
Labour Sidney Bowcott9,309Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association H. H. Dyde8,762
Civic Government Association Ernest Howard7,909
Labour L. E. Price6,911

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Independent Charles Gariepy 1,830Green check.svgY
Independent Thomas Malone1,812Green check.svgY
Independent Thomas Magee1,688Green check.svgY
Independent Mrs. M. Conroy1,683
Independent J. Tansey1,444SSGreen check.svgY

Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Tansey was elected over Conroy.

Board of Health Plebiscite

Are you in favor of the health services at present administered by the local Board of Health of the City of Edmonton and the Public and Separate School Boards being amalgamated and placed under the control of the local Board of Health?

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