1951 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1951 municipal election was held November 7, 1951 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the separate school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the public board. The electorate also decided four plebiscite questions.

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There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Edwin Clarke, Duncan Innes (SS), Richmond Francis Hanna, Frederick John Mitchell, and Athelstan Bissett (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1950 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Harry Fowler, Robert Rae, and Charles Cummins had been acclaimed to two-year terms in 1950 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Adrian Crowe (SS), Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 41,515 ballots cast out of 98,882 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 41.0%.

Results

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes %
Citizens' Committee William Hawrelak 26,85865.03%
Independent Sidney Parsons 8,53720.67%
Independent George Gleave5,90914.31%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Citizens' Committee Harold Tanner 27,067SSGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Abe Miller 22,035Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Rupert Clare21,565Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Violet Field21,061Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Al Larson16,648SSGreen check.svgY
Independent Sidney Bowcott12,332
Independent Thomas Andrew Graham10,389
Independent Charles Simmonds9,147
Independent Mack Lyle8,827SS
Labour Ethel Wilson 8,516
 Independent LabourTom Steele7,126
Labour Daniel Smith6,705
Independent Julia Kiniski 5,045

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Citizens' Committee William WebberAcclaimedGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Mary ButterworthAcclaimedSSGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee J. W. K. ShortreedAcclaimedGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee John ThorogoodAcclaimedSSGreen check.svgY

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Independent Andre Dechene3,832Green check.svgY
Independent William Sereda3,744Green check.svgY
Independent Catherine McGrath3,343Green check.svgY
Independent Amby Lenon3,008SSGreen check.svgY
Independent Joseph Pilon2,995
Independent Robert Garneau2,705
Independent Terence Hughes2,100

Plebiscites

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a sinking fund debenture debt in the sum of $1,060,000 for the City share of paving of residential and arterial streets?

  • Yes - 16,027
  • No - 3,039

Incinerator Upgrades

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $300,000 for the purpose of modernization and enlarging the capacity of the present city incinerator?

  • Yes - 13,827
  • No - 4,217

Equipment for the City Engineers' Department

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $200,000 to purchase construction and scavenging equipment and traffic light equipment for the City Engineers’ Department?

  • Yes - 15,072
  • No - 3,248

Building Extensions

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $65,000 for extensions to Engineers’ yard and shop buildings?

  • Yes - 10,794
  • No - 6,553

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