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1935 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election
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1935 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election Flag_of_Hamilton.svg Canada Presidential 1934 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election 1934 1936 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election 1936 Monday, December2, 1935 William Morrison Independent Conservative ON PC nohash 12,910 34.7% Septimus DuMoulin Independent Conservative ON PC nohash 9,069 24.4% William Wardrope Independent (politician) 7,883 21.2% Edmund Goodfellow Independent (politician) 5,106 13.7% John Hunter Communist ON Communist nohash 2,186 6% n/a Mayor Herbert Wilton Independent Conservative William Morrison Independent Conservative
The 1935 Hamilton municipal election was held on December 2, 1935 to select one mayor, four controllers, and sixteen members of the Hamilton, Ontario, City Council, two from each of the city's eight wards. Voters also cast ballots for trustees for the public school board, and in three plebiscites that sought to restructure elections for both city council and the public school board."Hamilton Voters Choose New Council on Monday", Hamilton Spectator, Saturday, November 30, 1935, pp. 7, 10.
Campaign
The 1935 municipal campaign in Hamilton occurred at the height of the Great Depression, prompting municipal officials to consider cost-cutting measures in local government. In early November, 1935, Hamilton City Council began debating proposals to lengthen municipal campaigns and stagger elections so save on the cost of printing ballots and hiring polling workers."Will Submit Question at Municipal Election," Hamilton Spectator, November 2, 1935, pp. 7. James Berry, the city clerk, advised council members that increasing the length of a city council term could save taxpayers $9,000 a year in election-related costs."Council Will Approve of Plebiscite," Hamilton Spectator, November 5, 1935, pp. 7.
On Tuesday, November 5, council met to debate the matter. There was considerable confusion among members, who opted to submit a plebiscite question to the electorate asking if they were in favour of an increase in the term length for members of the Board of Control, city council, and school board from one year to two years. Almost immediately after passing the motion, the city's solicitor, A.J. Polson, informed Mayor Wilton that the motion was illegal, as it included wording regarding the Hamilton Board of Education. In passing this motion, it would have allowed supporters of Hamilton's Catholic School Board an opportunity to vote on the length of term of trustees for a school board other than the one they supported."Council Toiled in Vain; New Meeting Must Be Held," Hamilton Spectator, November 6, 1935, pp. 7. At a follow-up meeting, council determined it would be appropriate to split the plebiscite into three questions, asking voters if they wanted a two-year term, if they preferred a staggered election, and asking public school supporters if they wanted to bring trustee elections in line with council's two-year plan.
Despite having been elected to Parliament, outgoing mayor Herbert Wilton inserted himself into the municipal campaign, giving a speech in late November, 1935, railing against council members who found themselves unable to deal with the financial stresses placed upon the city by the economic crisis in the country. "You complain about high taxation," Wilton said, addressing Hamilton's electorate, "and then vote to elect men who have never been able to successfully manage their own financial affairs.""'Don't Sink Municipal Ship with Load of Politics'", Return Sound Men to Council, Mayor Wilton Urges Hamilton's Electors," Hamilton Spectator, November 23, 1935, pp. 7. Wilton, a strong advocate for low taxes and classical liberal economic policy, implored voters to carefully manage municipal finances, which he referred to as a "$8,000,000 business concern." Wilton also took aim at members of the Communist Party, who were seeking election in the city's working-class north-end. Wilton spoke passionately against the atheism of their members and the economic problems in the Soviet Union at the time. "They preach and teach the doctrine of hate, place their dead in graves without Christian burial, and deny the existence of God," he argued.
The campaign was overtly partisan, with each political party's organization campaigning to elect candidates friendly to their platform. After the election, the Spectator declared that "Hamilton is still Tory Hamilton is the political affiliations of the new City Council may be taken as a criterion,""Conservative Majority in New City Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7. Detailing the political affiliations of the members of council, the Spectator acknowledged that the mayor and 12 members of council were elected with the help of the local Conservative Party, five Liberals were returned, while Controller Nora-Frances Henderson and Ward 7 Alderman Donald Clark were members of the Reconstruction Party of Canada, with Ward 8 Alderman Agnes Sharpe serving as the only Cooperative Commonwealth Federation-affiliated member of council.
In addition to the efforts of the organized federal parties, there was a clandestine 'ghost' slate supported by local teachers who advocated for the election of William Morrison, and Board of Control candidates Don McFarlane, Thomas Lewington, and Andy Frame. This was in response to the affiliated candidates promising to press the Hamilton Board of Education to reverse pay cuts imposed on teachers thanks to the city's worsening economic situation."'Ghost' Slate Will Be Allowed To Fade Out," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
Mayor
The mayoral race in 1935 was marked by incumbent mayor Herbert Wilton's election earlier that year to Parliament for the constituency of Hamilton West. Soon after his election, incumbent Controller Septimus DuMoulin and former Hamilton East MLA William Morrison, who had been unseated by Sam Lawrence a year earlier, both expressed an interest in contesting the mayoralty."Another Addition is Made To Contestants For Board," Hamilton Spectator, November 2, 1935, pp. 7.
The city's Cooperative Commonwealth Federation establishment, organized and energized by Sam Lawrence's election to the Ontario legislature, had originally entertained plans to run a candidate for mayor, though they opted to forego that strategy, instead aiming to put up at least one candidate for election to the Board of Control, city council, and the public school board."DuMoulin May Yet Be Given Mayor's Chair," Hamilton Spectator, November 5, 1935, pp. 7. The Liberal Party as well originally considered running local real estate agent F. Kent Hamilton for the office to challenge DuMoulin and Morrison, who were both heavily involved in local Conservative politics. They ultimately decided against this strategy."F. Kent Hamilton May Be Candidate," Hamilton Spectator, November 13, 1935, pp. 7.
On nomination day, DuMoulin and Morrison were nominated, along with Communist Party candidate John Hunter, local baker Ed Goodfellow, and lawyer William H.W. Wardrope. In their nomination speeches, each candidate outlined core planks in their platform, with DuMoulin emphasizing his experience and a desire to see water-rates lowered, Goodfellow outlining a plan to reduce the city's debt, Wardrope advocating increasing taxes on the wealthy, Hunter proposing a graduated property tax with exemptions for those making less than $3,000 a year, and Morrison calling for a continuation of Wilton's program of keeping taxes and spending low."Candidates Submit Their Platforms to Electors To-day", Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 1935, pp. 7,22.
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario mayoral election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | William Morrison
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |12,910
| style="text-align:right;" |34.7%
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Septimus DuMoulin
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |9,069
| style="text-align:right;" |24.4%
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | William Wardrope
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |7,883
| style="text-align:right;" |21.2%
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Edmund Goodfellow
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |5,106
| style="text-align:right;" |13.7%
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="background-color:#C41E3A;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | John Hunter
| style="text-align:right;" | Communist
| style="text-align:right;" |2,186
| style="text-align:right;" |6%
| style="text-align:right;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |37,154
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Morrison is Swept into Mayor's Chair," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 5.
|}
Board of Control
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario Board of Control election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Liberal row
| style="text-align:left;" | Freeman Treleaven (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Liberal
| style="text-align:right;" |15,406
| style="text-align:right;" |17.7%
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Samuel Nelson
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |14,939
| style="text-align:right;" |17.2%
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Reconstruction row
| style="text-align:left;" | Nora-Frances Henderson (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Reconstructionist
| style="text-align:right;" |14,088
| style="text-align:right;" |16.2%
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Donald McFarlane
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |12,747
| style="text-align:right;" |14.65%
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Andy Frame
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |11,628
| style="text-align:right;" |13.37%
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | John Mitchell
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |8,600
| style="text-align:right;" |9.89%
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Thomas Lewington
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |11,628
| style="text-align:right;" |9.4%
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Charles McCabe
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |7,197
| style="text-align:right;" |8.78%
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | George Jones
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |2,268
| style="text-align:right;" |2.6%
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Controllers' Recapitulation," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15."Conservative Majority in New City Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
|}
Plebiscites
|- style="text-align:center;background:#E9E9E9;"
! colspan="5" | Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election1935 plebiscites
|- style="text-align:center;background:#E9E9E9;"
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Question
! colspan="2" | 14px Yes
! colspan="2" | No
|- style="text-align:center;background:#E9E9E9;"
! Votes !! % !! Votes !! %
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Are you in favour of electing members of Hamilton City Council to a term of two years? || 10,028 || 32.13% || 21,182 || 67.87%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Are you in favour of the Board of Control and aldermen being electedso that one-half the number are elected for a term of two years, the mayorto be elected for a term of two years? || 7,973 || 28.2% || 20,289 || 71.8%
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Are you in favour of all the trustees of the Hamilton Board of Education being electedfor a term of two years? || 11,543 || 40.38% || 17,043 || 59.62%
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Plan to Change Voting System Junked," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15.
|}
Aldermen
Ward One
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario Ward 1 alderman election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | William McFarland (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |4,194
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Orville Walsh (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |2,951
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | Charles Turner
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |996
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Recapitulation for the aldermen", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15."Conservative Majority in New Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
|}
Ward Two
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario Ward 2 alderman election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Beamer Hopkins
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |2,184
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Liberal row
| style="text-align:left;" | William Ainslie (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Liberal
| style="text-align:right;" |1,271
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | James Phin
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |1,182
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Hugh Lennox
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |1,018
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Lawrence Gatenby
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |741
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Richard Griffith
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |583
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | William Shaw
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |232
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Recapitulation for the aldermen", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15."Conservative Majority in New Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
|}
Ward Three
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario Ward 3 alderman election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Robert Evans (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |2,219
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Herbert Smye
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |2,110
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | William Fick (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |1,740
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Austin MacAuley
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |1,633
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Recapitulation for the aldermen", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15."Conservative Majority in New Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
|}
Ward Four
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario Ward 4 alderman election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Liberal row
| style="text-align:left;" | John Marsh
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Liberal
| style="text-align:right;" |1,647
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Liberal row
| style="text-align:left;" | Peter McCulloch
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Liberal
| style="text-align:right;" |1,536
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | George Hancock (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |1,298
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | John Rowley
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |821
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Labour row
| style="text-align:left;" | Charles Pollicott
| style="text-align:right;" |Independent Labour Party
| style="text-align:right;" |647
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Recapitulation for the aldermen", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15."Conservative Majority in New Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
|}
Ward Five
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario Ward 5 alderman election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Thomas White (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |2,246
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Alexander Nelligan
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |1,163
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Charles Aitchison
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |1,114
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | John Sherring
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |693
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | William Ronald
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |479
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | John Rae
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |430
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="background-color:#C41E3A;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Michael Hutchison
| style="text-align:right;" | Communist Party
| style="text-align:right;" |330
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Herbert Savage
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |124
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Recapitulation for the aldermen", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15."Conservative Majority in New Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
|}
Ward Six
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario Ward 6 alderman election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | William Weir (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |2,774
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | John Hodgson (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |2,369
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Archie Pollock
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |2,058
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | Frank Thomson
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |915
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="background-color:#C41E3A;" |
| style="text-align:left;" | Bruce Smith
| style="text-align:right;" | Communist Party
| style="text-align:right;" |383
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Recapitulation for the aldermen", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15."Conservative Majority in New Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
|}
Ward Seven
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario Ward 7 alderman election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Reconstruction row
| style="text-align:left;" | Donald Clark
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Reconstructionist
| style="text-align:right;" |1,776
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Archie Burton (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |1,305
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Sam Clarke
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |1,256
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | James Morris
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |1,170
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | John Watson
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |628
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | John Doyle
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |462
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | James Newell
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |358
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Recapitulation for the aldermen", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15."Conservative Majority in New Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
|}
Ward Eight
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton, Ontario Ward 8 alderman election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | Agnes Sharpe (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |2,191
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | Robert Elliott
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |1,871
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | George Snyder
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |1,630
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | Roy Aindow
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |1,166
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Thomas Ellis
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |708
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Recapitulation for the aldermen", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15."Conservative Majority in New Council," Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 7.
|}
Board of education
Ward One
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton Board of Education Ward 1 trustee election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Russell William Treleaven (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
!colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" |Acclaimed
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Five School Trustees Are Not Opposed", Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 1935, pp. 7,17.
|}
Ward Two
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton Board of Education Ward 2 trustee election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | George Tweedle Inch (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
!colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" |Acclaimed
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Five School Trustees Are Not Opposed", Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 1935, pp. 7,17.
|}
Ward Three
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton Board of Education Ward 3 trustee election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | S.B. Russell (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
!colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" |Acclaimed
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Five School Trustees Are Not Opposed", Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 1935, pp. 7,17.
|}
Ward Four
Summary of the December 5, 1927 Hamilton Board of Education Ward 4 trustee election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | George R. Allan (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
!colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" |Acclaimed
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Five School Trustees Are Not Opposed", Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 1935, pp. 7,17.
|}
Ward Five
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton Board of Education Ward 5 trustee election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Labour row
| style="text-align:left;" | Humphrey Mitchell
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Liberal-Labour
!colspan="2" style="text-align:right;" |Acclaimed
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Five School Trustees Are Not Opposed", Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 1935, pp. 7,17.
|}
Ward Six
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton Board of Education Ward 6 trustee election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Conservative (historical) row
| style="text-align:left;" | George Henry Wild (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent Conservative
| style="text-align:right;" |2,920
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | John McGregor
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |1,739
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Five School Trustees Are Not Opposed", Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 1935, pp. 7,17."Recapitulation for School Trustees", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15.
|}
Ward Seven
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton Board of Education Ward 7 trustee election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Henry Bickel (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |1,981
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | Issac Armes
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |1,531
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Five School Trustees Are Not Opposed", Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 1935, pp. 7,17."Recapitulation for School Trustees", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15.
|}
Ward Eight
Summary of the December 2, 1935 Hamilton Board of Education Ward 8 trustee election
|-
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!rowspan="2" colspan="1"|Affiliation
!colspan="2"|Popular vote
!rowspan="2"|14px Elected?
|-
! Votes
! %
|-
HAM Independent row
| style="text-align:left;" | Goldwin Henry (incumbent)
| style="text-align:right;" | Independent
| style="text-align:right;" |2,050
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |14px
|-
HAM CCF row
| style="text-align:left;" | Sara Doyle
| style="text-align:right;" | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| style="text-align:right;" |1,552
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Total votes
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |
|-
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="3" |Registered voters
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |
| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
| style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="1" |
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="6" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are used as a visual differentiation between candidates and to indicate affiliation.
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Five School Trustees Are Not Opposed", Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 1935, pp. 7,17."Recapitulation for School Trustees", Hamilton Spectator, December 3, 1935, pp. 15.
|}
References
1935
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