Edmonton municipal election, 1919

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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.

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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.

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Voter turnout

There were 11213 ballots cast out of 15378 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 72.9%.

Results

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Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes%
     Labour Joseph Clarke 6,50959.52%
Citizens' Committee Matthew Easdale4,42740.48%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Labour James Kinney 5,513Green check.svgY
Labour James East 4,847Green check.svgY
Labour Rice Sheppard 4,644Green check.svgY
Citizens' Committee Percy Abbott 4,233SSGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee John Bowen 4,093SSGreen check.svgY
Citizens' Committee George H. Scott3,835
     Labour James Findlay3,775
     Labour J. J. Murray3,696
Citizens' Committee Valentine Richards3,524
Citizens' Committee Charles Grant3,230
     Independent Charles G. Davidson2,982
     Independent Joseph Adair 2,356

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotes
     Labour J. A. McPherson5,682
     Labour Samuel Barnes 5,669
     Labour J. W. H. Williams4,099
     Labour Frank Scott4,012
     Independent Mrs. Howey3,945
     Independent Henry Douglas 3,944
     Independent Walter Ramsey3,829
     Independent E. T. Bishop3,278

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotes
     Independent Thomas Malone acclaimed
     Independent Paul Janvrinacclaimed
     Independent T. S. Mageeacclaimed
     Independent Joseph Henri Picard acclaimed

Plebiscite

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%
Yes4,15241.84%
No5,77158.16%

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