Edmonton municipal election, 1904

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The 1904 municipal election was held December 12, 1904 for the purpose of electing a mayor and eight aldermen to sit on the Edmonton City Council, as well as five public school trustees and five separate school trustees. It was Edmonton's first election as a city, and the first in which there were eight aldermanic positions instead of six. Because of this new composition of city council, all aldermanic positions were elected instead of only half as had been the case in previous elections and would again be the case in subsequent elections. Accordingly, even though Edmund Grierson, Charles May, and Joseph Henri Picard had been elected to two-year terms in the 1903 election, their terms were truncated. May and Picard decided to stand for re-election, while Grierson did not.

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.

Edmund Grierson Canadian politician

Edmund Edward DeLesert Grierson was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.

Joseph Henri Picard Canadian politician

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

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In order to re-establish staggered aldermanic terms, the top four finishers were elected to two-year terms while the next four were elected to one-year terms.

Voter turnout

There were 743 ballots cast in the 1904 election. Information on the number of eligible voters is no longer available.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Kenneth W. MacKenzie was acclaimed as mayor.

Aldermen

Kenneth McLeod Canadian politician

Kenneth Archibald McLeod, was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. He was also the builder of the McLeod Building, the Edmonton's first skyscraper.

Thomas Bellamy politician

Thomas Bellamy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.

William Harold Clark Canadian politician

William Harold Clark was an English-born Canadian businessman and politician. He was a municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta.

Public school trustees

Arthur Cushing , H A Gray, Kenneth McLeod , Alex Taylor , and Hedley C. Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

Arthur Cushing Canadian politician

Arthur Thompson Cushing was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. His brother, William Henry Cushing, was a mayor of Calgary, while another brother, Alfred Cushing, served as alderman in that city.

Alex Taylor (businessman) Canadian businessman

Alexander Taylor was a Canadian entrepreneur, inventor and politician. He is credited as being one of the founders of the city of Edmonton. Taylor was born in on May 17, 1853 in Ottawa, Ontario, and came to Edmonton in 1877. Shortly after his arrival in Edmonton, Taylor established the first telegraph, telephone, and electricity systems. Edmonton asked the Bell Telephone Company to provide services in 1883, but were just offered "a few telephones" and no telephone exchange at a great cost, Taylor, who, at the time was working for the Dominion Telegraph and Signal Service proposed running a telephone line from his office to St. Albert, which was 14 km away. He then purchased two telephones made of Spanish mahogany, and asked store owner Henry William McKenney of St. Albert to keep the device in St. Albert. On January 3, 1885 the two tested the line, the first on Northern Alberta. In 1891, Taylor co-founded Edmonton's first electric company, the Edmonton Electric Light Company. Taylor also co-founded Edmonton's first newspaper, the Edmonton Bulletin with Frank Oliver in 1880. Taylor also served on the Edmonton Public School Board from 1899 to 1909, and was the chairman of the board in 1907.

Hedley C. Taylor Canadian judge

Hedley Clarence Taylor was a Canadian politician and judge. Taylor was born in Sheffield, New Brunswick in 1864. He studied law at Mt. Alison University and the University of Michigan, in 1891. He partnered with John R. Boyle to form the firm of Taylor & Boyle, which later became Boyle, Parlee, Freeman, Abbott & Mustard. He served as a district judge for the city of Edmonton, ran unsuccessfully for alderman and mayor in several Edmonton municipal elections, and served multiple terms on the Edmonton Public School Board. He died in Victoria, British Columbia in 1931 of pneumonia.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Nicolas Dubois Dominic Beck , J Bilodeau, H Morel, Joseph Henri Picard , and J Pomerleau were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

Nicholas Dubois Dominic Beck was a lawyer and jurist in Alberta, Canada.

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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections