The 1919 municipal election was held December 8, 1919 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. T P Malone, Paul Janvrin, T S Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In the election's only plebiscite, Edmontonians rejected a proposal to pay their aldermen.
The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Hepburn, Samuel McCoppen, Henri Martin, John McKenzie, and Andrew McLennan were all elected to two-year terms in 1918 and were still in office.
Andrew Robert McLennan was a business man and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of Edmonton City Council from 1918 to 1922 and also served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1925 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Duggan, Frank Crang, and William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1918 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where J J Murray, Joseph Driscoll, and Joseph Gariépy were continuing.
Daniel Joseph Driscoll was a Canadian politician and a municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta.
Joseph Hormidas Gariépy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.
There were 11213 ballots cast out of 15378 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 72.9%.
Strathcona was a city in Alberta, Canada on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River across from the City of Edmonton.
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Joseph Clarke | 6,509 | 59.52% | |
Citizens' Committee | Matthew Easdale | 4,427 | 40.48% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | ||
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Labour | James Kinney | 5,513 | |||
Labour | James East | 4,847 | |||
Labour | Rice Sheppard | 4,644 | |||
Citizens' Committee | Percy Abbott | 4,233 | SS | ||
Citizens' Committee | John Bowen | 4,093 | SS | ||
Citizens' Committee | George H. Scott | 3,835 | |||
Labour | James Findlay | 3,775 | |||
Labour | J. J. Murray | 3,696 | |||
Citizens' Committee | Valentine Richards | 3,524 | |||
Citizens' Committee | Charles Grant | 3,230 | |||
Independent | Charles G. Davidson | 2,982 | |||
Independent | Joseph Adair | 2,356 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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Labour | J. A. McPherson | 5,682 | |
Labour | Samuel Barnes | 5,669 | |
Labour | J. W. H. Williams | 4,099 | |
Labour | Frank Scott | 4,012 | |
Independent | Mrs. Howey | 3,945 | |
Independent | Henry Douglas | 3,944 | |
Independent | Walter Ramsey | 3,829 | |
Independent | E. T. Bishop | 3,278 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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Independent | Thomas Malone | acclaimed | |
Independent | Paul Janvrin | acclaimed | |
Independent | T. S. Magee | acclaimed | |
Independent | Joseph Henri Picard | acclaimed |
Are you in favour of paying each member of the Council the sum of $10.00 for each meeting of the Council attended by him during his term of office, and for each Committee meeting so attended $5.00. Provided that the total sum payable to any member shall not be greater than $1,000.00 during any year, nor more than $100.00 during any month. | ||
Votes | % | |
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Yes | 4,152 | 41.84% |
No | 5,771 | 58.16% |
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.
The 1913 municipal election was held December 8, 1913 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board.
The 1914 municipal election was held December 14, 1914 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.
The 1915 municipal election was held December 13, 1915 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.
The 1916 municipal election was held December 11, 1916 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board.
The 1917 municipal election was held December 10, 1917, to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. There were also two plebiscite questions asked.
The 1918 municipal election was held December 9, 1918 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board.
The 1920 municipal election was held December 13, 1920, to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board. J Cormack, Joseph Gariépy and J J Murray were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In the election's only plebiscite, Edmontonians rejected a proposal to pay their aldermen for the second consecutive election.
The 1921 municipal election was held December 12, 1921 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. F A French, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board.
The 1922 municipal election was held December 11, 1922 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board. R Crossland, P M Dunne, Joseph Gariépy, and J J Murray were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board.
The 1924 municipal election was held December 8, 1924 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.
The 1925 municipal election was held December 14, 1925 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. In the election's only plebiscite, the voters also rejected a proposal to increase the mayor's term from one year to two.
The 1930 municipal election was held November 12, 1930 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. This was the first election to be held in November; where elections had previously been held on the second Monday of December, beginning in 1930 they were held on the second Wednesday of November to encourage voter turnout.
The 1935 municipal election was held November 13, 1935 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. Voters also approved a requirement that candidates for city council be required to own property.
The 1942 municipal election was held November 12, 1942 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board and five trustees to sit on the separate school board. Voters also approved an eight-hour day for firefighters. The election would normally have been held on November 11, but was delayed by a day owing to the Armistice Day holiday.
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.
The 1944 municipal election was held November 1, 1944 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. This was the first election to be held on the first Wednesday of November rather than the second Wednesday, in order to avoid future conflicts with the Armistice Day holiday, as happened in 1936 and 1942.
The 1948 municipal election was held November 3, 1948 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. There was no mayoral election, as Harry Ainlay was in the second year of a two-year term. There were no elections for school trustees, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed.
The 1958 municipal election was held October 15, 1958 to elect six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, four trustees to sit on the separate school board, and three trustees to sit on the public school board. There was no election for mayor, as William Hawrelak was one year into a two-year term.
The 1962 municipal election was held October 17, 1962 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided two plebiscite questions. No election for mayor was held because Elmer Roper was one year into a two-year term.