Edmonton municipal election, 1930

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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 (presumably milder) second Wednesday of November to encourage voter turnout.

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.

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There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Herbert Baker, Ralph Bellamy, Arthur Gainer, Dan Knott, and Rice Sheppard (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1929 and were still in office.

Rice Sheppard Canadian politician

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 three of the positions were already filled: Frank Crang (SS), Arthur Cushing, and Albert Ottewell (SS) had all been elected to two-year terms in 1929 and were still in office. S T Bigelow had also been elected in 1929, but had resigned; accordingly, S A Dickson was elected to a one-year term. Similarly, there were only three vacancies on the seven member separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, A J Ryan, and J Tansey (SS) were continuing.

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.

Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937. Gariepy was elected to be North side alderman, Edmonton City Council, Alberta, Canada 1940-1948.

The acclamation of James McCrie Douglas as mayor marked the first mayoral acclamation since 1915.

James McCrie Douglas Canadian politician

James McCrie Douglas was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Voter turnout

There were 13,869 ballots cast out of 41,962 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.0%.

Results

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Mayor

James McCrie Douglas was acclaimed for a second term as mayor.

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Civic Government Association Frederick Keillor7,136SSGreen check.svgY
Labour Charles Gibbs 6,889Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association James Collisson 6,814Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Donald Lake6,307Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Charles Gerald O'Connor6,303Green check.svgY
Labour James East 5,996
Civic Government Association F. R. Lovette5,343
Labour James Findlay5,242
Labour Harry Ainlay 4,864SS
Labour Alfred Farmilo4,692
Independent Joseph Clarke 2,514
Communist Jan Lakeman 1,001

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected
Civic Government Association Mrs. W. D. Ferris6,654Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association Frederick Casselman 6,370Green check.svgY
Labour Samuel Barnes 6,243Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association S.A. Dickson6,190Green check.svgY
Civic Government Association L. Y. Cairns 6,119
Labour Robert McCreath5,007
Labour Mrs. S. N. Bell4,728
Labour Sidney Bowcott 4,184

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.

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