1952 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1952 municipal election was held October 15, 1952 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the separate school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the public board. There was no election for mayor, as William Hawrelak was halfway through his two-year term. 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: Harold Tanner (SS), Abe Miller, Rupert Clare, Violet Field, and Al Larson (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1951 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: William Webber, Mary Butterworth (SS), J W K Shortreed, and John Thorogood (SS) had been acclaimed to two-year terms in 1951ṣ and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Andre Dechene, William Sereda, Catherine McGrath, and Amby Lenon (SS) were continuing.

This was the first election to be held the third Wednesday in October instead of the first Wednesday in November, as had previously been the rule. It was also the first election in which there were more than one hundred thousand eligible voters.

Voter turnout

There were 12,800 ballots cast out of 101,521 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 12.6%.

Results

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Citizens' Committee Edwin Clarke10,617Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Richmond Francis Hanna 10,532SSGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Frederick John Mitchell 9,502Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee James C MacDonald9,200Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Ethel Wilson 7,039Green check.svgY
Independent Thomas Andrew Graham6,153
Independent Mack Lyle5,567SS
 Independent LabourCarl Berg4,563

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Citizens' Committee Charles CumminsAcclaimedGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Robert RaeAcclaimedGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Harry FowlerAcclaimedGreen check.svgY

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
 IndependentFrancis Killeen1,339Green check.svgY
Independent James O'Hara1,310Green check.svgY
Independent Joseph Pilon1,306
Independent Adrian Crowe1,170SSGreen check.svgY
Independent William Ditto855SS

Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Crowe was elected over Pilon.

Plebiscites

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,250,000 for the City's share of paving residential and arterial streets?

  • Yes - 7,645
  • No - 1,185

Engineering Equipment

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $175,000 to purchase Engineers Department equipment consisting of road graders, street flushers, street sweepers and earthmovers??

  • Yes - 7,446
  • No - 1,288

Incinerator

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $550,000 in order to undertake the construction of a new Incinerator Building and the necessary furnaces for garbage and refuse disposal?

  • Yes - 7,363
  • No - 1,363

Royal Alexandra Hospital Maternity Wing

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $825,000 in order to finish building and to equip and furnish the maternity wing of the Royal Alexandra Hospital?

  • Yes - 7,363
  • No - 1,363

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