1940 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. Elections for school trustees were not held, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed.

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There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: George Campbell (SS), Edward Brown, and Dan Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. Frederick Casselman and Douglas Grout (SS) had also been elected to two-year terms in 1939, but had resigned; accordingly, Charles Gariepy and Blair Paterson (SS) were elected to one-year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: M Downey (SS), Bruce Smith, R L Sutherland, and Albert Ottewell (SS) had been elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Romeo Bouchard, Hugh Currie, Robert Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 14,523 ballots cast out of 56,225 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 25.8%.

Results

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes%
Citizens' Committee John Wesley Fry 8,04455.62%
Independent Douglas Grout5,28136.51%
Independent Lloyd Wood1,1387.87%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Citizens' Committee James Ogilvie8,790Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Sidney Bowcott8,553Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Athelstan Bissett8,294SSGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Sidney Parsons 7,896Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Blair Paterson7,571SSGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Frederick John Mitchell 7,152Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Charles Gariepy 6,791Green check.svgY
Independent Joseph Clarke 4,746
 Civic Progressive AssociationWalter Clevely4,044
 Civic Progressive Association Rice Sheppard 4,040SS
 Civic Progressive AssociationGuy Patterson4,025
 Civic Progressive AssociationE. C. Fisher3,790
 Civic Progressive AssociationElisha East3,743
 Civic Progressive AssociationC. B. Willis3,303
 Civic Progressive AssociationA. A. Deacon2,384
Labour William Miller2,366
Labour W. H. O'Neill2,069
Independent Peter Glassman1,287
 DemocratErnest C. Holub660

Public school trustees

Izena Ross, E M Gunderson, and W G McConachie were acclaimed.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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

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