The 1907 municipal election was held December 9, 1907, for the purpose of electing a mayor and five aldermen to sit on the Edmonton City Council, as well as five public school trustees and six separate school trustees. There were also four proposed bylaws put to a vote of the electorate concurrently with the election.
The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
There were eight aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: Cameron Anderson and Wilfrid Gariépy had been elected to two-year terms in 1906, and were still in office. James Walker had also been elected to a two-year term, but resigned, and had been replaced by Daniel Fraser, who was also still in office.
Cameron Anderson was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.
Wilfrid Gariepy was a Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and provincial cabinet minister, member of the House of Commons of Canada, and municipal councillor in Edmonton.
Thomas Daly had been elected to a two-year term in 1906, but resigned and hadn't been replaced. Accordingly, the fifth place aldermanic candidate in the 1907 election - Herman McInnis - was elected only to serve out the remaining year of Daly's term.
Thomas Daly was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton
The candidates for mayor were former mayor John Alexander McDougall and incumbent councillor Joseph Henri Picard. McDougall was nominated by William Short, Arthur Cushing, J C Dowsett, W R West, A E Jackson, and J W Huff. Picard was nominated by William Antrobus Griesbach, Thomas Bellamy, George Manuel, William Thomas Henry, W J Graves, T P Hobson, and G K Allen. [1]
John Alexander McDougall was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a municipal councillor and mayor in Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.
William Short was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a two time mayor of Edmonton.
The election showed some signs of nastiness, as an anonymous letter (signed by a Mr. "Graybrook") attacking mayoral candidate McDougall was published in the Edmonton Journal. The letter accused McDougall of demanding an unfairly inflated price for land the city intended to buy from him, and of making pledges to reduce municipal taxes without being sufficiently familiar with the city's financial situation. The letter's writer was eventually exposed as being incumbent mayor William Antrobus Griesbach, who was not seeking re-election but who was supporting McDougall's opponent, Picard. [2]
The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network.
Major General William Antrobus Griesbach, CB, CMG, DSO*, VD, KC was a Canadian politician, decorated soldier, mayor of Edmonton, and member of the House of Commons of Canada and Senate of Canada.
The East End Ratepayers' Association endorsed George S. Armstrong, John Galbraith, William Clegg, and Isaac Lane for election as aldermen. [3] All four men had signed on to the association's platform, which included
George Seale Armstrong was a Canadian businessman and politician. He served on the Edmonton City Council from 1907 to 1910 and as Mayor of Edmonton from 1910 to 1912.
There were 1679 ballots cast in the 1907 municipal election. The number of eligible voters is no longer available, but the Edmonton Bulletin noted on the day of the election that "both Mssrs. McDougall and Picard have excellent organizations, and almost every available vote is being brought in." [5] It further asserted that the city's two polling stations were inadequate, and that the new council should create additional polling stations.
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
A Butchart, W D Ferris, H A Gray, A E May, and Alex Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
Wilfrid Gariépy , E J Hart, Prosper-Edmond Lessard , Joseph Henri Picard , S Schultz, and O Tessier were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
The following bylaws were voted on concurrently with the 1907 election:
A bylaw to authorize an agreement between the Municipality and American Oil Co.
A bylaw to grant Cyrus S. Eaton and Matt E. Springer a special franchise.
A bylaw to grant N.W. Gas and Co. a special franchise.
A bylaw to raise the sum of $50,000 to be paid to City Hospital by way of a bonus.
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