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 Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Joseph Hormidas Gariépy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Percy Abbott, John Bowen, James East and Rice Sheppard were all elected to two-year terms in 1919 and were still in office. J. A. Kinney had also been elected to a two-year term in 1919, but had resigned. Accordingly, Samuel McCoppen was elected to a one-year term.
Percy W. Abbott was an alderman in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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.
Rice Sheppard was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta, Canada. He served on Edmonton City Council for many years, ran for mayoral, provincial, and federal office, and was an executive member of the United Farmers of Alberta.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, J. W. H. Williams, J A McPherson, and Frank Scott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1919 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Henri Picard, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Thomas Malone were continuing.
Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.
Thomas Patrick Malone was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as an alderman on the Edmonton Town Council from 1921 until 1923. He committed suicide December 10, 1926.
There were 14,710 ballots cast out of 26,903 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 54.6%.
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 | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Citizens' Progressive League | David Duggan | 7,537 | 51.78% | |
Labour | Joseph Clarke | 6,974 | 47.90% | |
Independent | Albert Stimmel | 47 | 0.32% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Citizens' Progressive League | Joseph Adair | 7,023 | |
Citizens' Progressive League | Andrew McLennan | 6,996 | |
Citizens' Progressive League | Valentine Richards (South Side) | 6,385 | |
Citizens' Progressive League | James Collisson | 6,280 | |
Citizens' Progressive League | William Campbell McArthur | 5,679 | |
Labour | Samuel McCoppen | 5,478 | |
Labour | A. Boileau | 5,133 | |
Citizens' Progressive League | W. H. Speer | 5,111 | |
Labour | Alfred Farmilo | 4,638 | |
Labour | Daniel Kennedy Knott | 4,625 | |
Labour | J. J. Murray | 4,574 | |
Labour | G. Latham | 4,312 | |
Independent | John McKenzie | 3,040 | |
Independent Labour | George L. Ritchie | 1,610 | |
Independent Labour | Joseph White | 957 | |
Independent | Hyman King | 760 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Citizens' Progressive League | Mrs. E. T. Bishop | 6,988 | |
Citizens' Progressive League | William Hardy Alexander | 6,711 | |
Citizens' Progressive League | William Rea | 6,667 | |
Labour | J. W. B. Williams | 5,599 | |
Labour | Frank Crang | 5,444 | |
Labour | J. Heron | 4,137 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Cormack | acclaimed | |
Independent | Joseph Gariépy | acclaimed | |
Independent | J. J. Murray (South Side) | acclaimed |
Should Aldermen be paid? | ||
Votes | % | |
---|---|---|
Yes | 4,234 | 32.46% |
No | 8,811 | 67.54% |
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 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 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 1927 municipal election was held December 12, 1927 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. There were also two plebiscite questions.
The 1929 municipal election was held December 9, 1929 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). In the election's only plebiscite, voters didn't endorse the extension of the half day Wednesday shopping holiday by the required two-thirds majority.
The 1931 municipal election was held November 11, 1931 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 1933 Edmonton municipal election was held November 8, 1933 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on City Council and four trustees each to sit on the public and separate school boards.
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 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 1945 municipal election was held November 7, 1945 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and five trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board.