1943 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1943 municipal election was held November 10, 1943 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while four 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: Athelstan Bissett (SS), Sidney Bowcott, Frederick John Mitchell, James Ogilvie, and Sidney Parsons were all elected to two-year terms in 1942 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross, William McConachie, and Alex Gemeroy had been elected to two-year terms in 1942 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Adrien Crowe (SS), Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 10,442 ballots cast out of 58,406 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 17.8%.

Results

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
Independent John Wesley Fry 7,27070.25%
Independent Thomas Joseph Cairns3,07929.75%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Citizens' Committee James McCrie Douglas 5,684SSGreen check.svgY
 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harry Ainlay 5,216SSGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Winslow Hamilton4,910Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Charles Gariepy 4,777Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Melvin Downey4,699SSGreen check.svgY
 Civic Progressive AssociationGwendolen Clarke4,438
Citizens' Committee Verna Arthur Porter4,424
 Civic Progressive AssociationGuy Patterson3,809
 Co-operative Commonwealth FederationJoseph Herbert Dowler3,309
 Co-operative Commonwealth FederationAlfred Paramour Gregory2,962
Labor–Progressive William Lambert Careless1,836
 Civic Progressive AssociationJohn Guild1,496

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Citizens' Committee Albert Ottewell6,466SSGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Bertram F. Robertson4,875Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Frank Jost Newson4,958Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Roy Leonard Sutherland4,770Green check.svgY
 Co-operative Commonwealth FederationMary Butterworth4,380SS
 Co-operative Commonwealth FederationWilliam Henry Thornton3,911
 Civic Progressive AssociationWellesley Fraser2,953

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

William Wilde (SS), Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon were acclaimed.

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