1936 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1936 municipal election was held November 12, 1936 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. Voters also rejected a proposal to extend the mayor's term to two years. The election would normally have been held on November 11 (the rule at the time being that the municipal election would be held on the second Wednesday of November), but was delayed by a day owing to the Armistice Day holiday.

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There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Margaret Crang (SS), Elisha East, Guy Patterson, Walter Clevely, and Charles Gould (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1935 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Walter Morrish, Frank Crang (SS), Albert Ottewell (SS), and Sidney Bowcott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1935 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, Thomas Malone, R D Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 29,300 ballots cast out of 50,670 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 57.8%.

Results

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
 Civic Youth Association Joseph Clarke 12,99244.72%
Citizens' Committee James McCrie Douglas 12,41742.74%
 United People's League Harry Dean Ainlay 3,40311.71%
Independent Dick Foote1840.63%
Independent Frederick Speed540.19%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Citizens' Committee Hugh MacDonald14,264Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee John Wesley Fry 13,094Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee James Ogilvie12,787Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee John McCreath12,054Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Athelstan Bissett11,978SSGreen check.svgY
Social Credit Rice Sheppard 11,612SS
Social CreditDaniel Powers10,246
Social CreditW. P. Bullock9,549
Independent George O'Leary8,414
 Civic Youth AssociationErnest Edward Howard7,323
 United People's League James East 5,850
 United People's LeagueJames Findlay5,134
Independent Dan Knott 3,939
Independent Joseph Adair 3,474
 United People's LeagueHerbert John Pallot3,011
Independent Charles Martin Keily727

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Citizens' Committee Frederick Casselman 14,301Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Izena Ross13,974Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Armour Ford13,102Green check.svgY
Social CreditA. D. Bruce9,452
Social CreditMary Ann Gilchrist9,202
 United People's LeagueA. Richardson4,706
 United People's LeagueHugh Critchlow2,858

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were acclaimed.

Mayoral Term Plebiscite

Are you in favour of the Mayor holding office for the term of two years?

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