December 1912 Edmonton municipal election

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The second of two 1912 municipal elections was held December 9, 1912 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.

Edmonton City Council governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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There were, at the time, ten aldermen on city council, but five of them were already filled. Henry Douglas, John Tipton, John Lundy, and Thomas J. Walsh had been elected to two-year terms earlier in the year and were still in office. Charles Gowan had also been elected to a two-year term, but had resigned May 14 and had been replaced in a by-election by Alexander Livingstone, who was also still in office.

Henry Douglas (Alberta politician) Canadian politician and businessman

Henry Ward Beecher Douglas was a businessman and politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as an alderman on the Edmonton City Council from 1912 until 1913.

John Tipton (Alberta politician) Canadian politician

John Gaddis Tipton was a Canadian and American politician, lawyer, and coal miner. He was an alderman in Strathcona from 1908 until 1911 and on Edmonton City Council from 1912 until 1913, and was a major force for the amalgamation of the two cities, which was effected February 1, 1912.

John Lundy politician

John Egbert Lundy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.

There were continuing members of both boards of trustees as well: Samuel Barnes, Frank Crang, B H Nichols, and Walter Ramsey were in the midst of two-year terms on the public board, while John Cashman, James Collisson, and Joseph Henri Picard were still in office on the public board.

James Collisson Canadian politician

James Thomas Joseph Collisson was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a long-time municipal councillor in Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Joseph Henri Picard Canadian politician

Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.

The election of three trustees to the separate system brought the total number of separate trustees to six, where it had previously been five.

Voter turnout

There were 6060 ballots cast out of 17000 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.6%.

Results

Strathcona, Alberta Area in Alberta, Canada

Strathcona was a city in Alberta, Canada on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River across from the City of Edmonton.

North Saskatchewan River river in Alberta and Saskatchewan

The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies continental divide east to central Saskatchewan, where it joins with another major river to make up the Saskatchewan River. Its water flows eventually into the Hudson Bay.

Mayor

William Short (Alberta politician) Canadian politician

William Short was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a two time mayor of Edmonton.

Joseph Clarke (Canadian politician) lawyer

Joseph Andrew Clarke was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served twice as mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, was a candidate for election to the House of Commons of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council.

Aldermen

Harry Smith (Alberta politician) politician and physician in Alberta, Canada

Henry Richard (Harry) Smith was a politician and physician in Alberta, Canada. He served on Edmonton City Council from 1912 until 1914 and as president of the Edmonton Conservative Association and the Alberta Medical Association.

James East Canadian politician

James East was a politician and labour activist in Alberta, Canada. He was for a time and the longest-serving alderman in Edmonton's history, and was a defeated candidate at the provincial and federal levels. He was also an ardent monetary reformer.

Joseph Driscoll (Canadian politician) Canadian politician

Daniel Joseph Driscoll was a Canadian politician and a municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta.

Public school trustees

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Wilfrid Gariépy , M J O'Farrell, and Milton Martin were acclaimed.

Notes

  1. Edmonton Bulletin, December 3, 1912

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