An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen). The term may be titular,denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council,a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote,or a council member elected by voters.
The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton,Alberta,Canada.
Terence James Cavanagh was a Canadian politician,municipal councillor in Edmonton,Alberta,who served as mayor. He was Edmonton's first native-born mayor.
Laurence George Decore was Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He was of Ukrainian descent. He was mayor of Edmonton,a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,and leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.
William Hawrelak was a politician in Alberta,Canada,the longest-serving mayor in Edmonton's history,and a candidate for election to the House of Commons of Canada.
Sidney Parsons was a Canadian politician,mayor of Edmonton,Alberta,and candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Ivor Graham Dent,was a politician from Alberta,Canada. He served as mayor of Edmonton (1968-1974) and was a candidate for the House of Commons of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on behalf of the CCF and the NDP parties.
Cecil John Harry "Cec" Purves is a politician in Alberta,Canada,who served as mayor of Edmonton.
Vincent Martin Dantzer was a Canadian lawyer,economist,and politician,a member of the House of Commons of Canada,and a mayor of Edmonton,Alberta.
The 1892 Edmonton municipal election,held February 10,1892,was the first after the incorporation of Edmonton as a town in the North-West Territories on January 9,1892,and was held to elect the new town's first town council for a one-year term. Matthew McCauley was acclaimed as Edmonton's first mayor,Voters elected six aldermen -Colin Strang,Daniel Fraser,Edward Carey,James Goodridge,John Cameron,and Philip Daly - from a field of fourteen candidates.
The 1909 municipal election was held December 13,1909 for the purpose of electing a mayor and four aldermen to sit on the Edmonton City Council,as well as three public school trustees and five separate school trustees. There were also eight proposed bylaws put to a vote of the electorate concurrently with the election.
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 1968 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 16,1968,to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided three plebiscite questions.
The Edmonton municipal election,1989 was held on October 16 that year to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council,nine trustees to sit on the public school board,and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board. Edmontonians also voted in the Senate nominee election in conjunction with the municipal election.
William Thomas Henry was a politician,real estate agent and businessman in Alberta,Canada. He served numerous years on Edmonton City Council as an Alderman from 1900 to 1902 and later as mayor from 1914 to 1917. He also served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1924 to 1926 sitting with the Liberal caucus.
Frederick John Mitchell was a politician in Alberta,Canada,a mayor of Edmonton,and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
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.
Lance Day White is a former Canadian municipal and provincial level politician. He served on the Edmonton city council from 1983 until 1992. He then moved on to provincial politics and served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 until 2001. He was born in Winnipeg,Manitoba.
The 2004 Calgary municipal election was held on October 18,2004 to elect a Mayor and fourteen Aldermen to Calgary City Council. Only 19.81% of the population voted,making the turnout one of the lowest in Western Canadian history.
