1938 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1938 municipal election was held November 9, 1938 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. Voters also rejected two proposals to borrow money from other levels of government for the construction of new housing. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Edward Brown, Frederick Casselman, Douglas Grout (SS), George Campbell, and Dan Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1937 and were still in office. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell (SS), Walter Morrish, Sidney Bowcott, and Bruce Smith had been elected to two-year terms in 1937 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate school board, where Hugh Currie, Charles Gariepy, William Wilde (SS), and John Whelihan were continuing. Voter turnout There were 23,599 ballots cast out of 53,848 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 43.8%. Results bold or indicates elected italics indicate incumbent "SS", where data is available, indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912. Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Citizens' Committee John Wesley Fry 12,491 53.34% EDM Independent Joseph Clarke 5,922 25.29% EDM Labour rowCanadian Labour Party/Co-operative Commonwealth FederationCharles Gould4,80720.53% EDM CCF row EDM Independent Frederick Speed 198 0.85% Aldermen Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee Hugh Macdonald 13,424 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Mack McColl 10,695 yes EDM Citizens' Committee James Ogilvie 11,893 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Sidney Parsons 11,354 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Blair Paterson 11,231 SS yes EDM Labour rowCanadian Labour Party/Co-operative Commonwealth FederationHarry Ainlay9,876SS EDM CCF row CA Progressive Margaret Crang 8,664 SS EDM Labour rowCanadian Labour Party/Co-operative Commonwealth FederationJames Findlay8,561 EDM CCF row EDM Labour rowCanadian Labour Party/Co-operative Commonwealth FederationWilliam Miller6,387 EDM CCF row CA Progressive Elisha East 6,000 EDM Independent Sidney Bowcott 5,083 EDM Independent M. M. Downey 2,619 SS EDM Independent Raymond C. Ghostley 2,065 The civic Progressive party, with candidates for alderman and public school trustee, represented a "united front" of the Communist Party, the Social Credit movement and other leftist reformers.Tom Monto, Protest and Progress Three Labour Radicals in Early Edmonton (2012), p. 300 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee Izena Ross 11,716 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Armour Ford 11,189 yes EDM Citizens' Committee W. G. McConachie 10,520 yes CA Progressive Frank Crang 8,171 SS EDM Labour rowCanadian Labour Party/Co-operative Commonwealth FederationW. H. Thornton6,264 EDM CCF row CA Progressive Mary Ann Gilchrist 5,141 EDM Labour rowCanadian Labour Party/Co-operative Commonwealth FederationA. Richardson3,559 EDM CCF row Separate (Catholic) school trustees Adrien Crowe (SS), James O'Hara, and J O Pilon were acclaimed. Plebiscites Low Income Housing Are you in favour of the city borrowing from the Dominion or Provincial governments, to construct low cost dwelling houses in Edmonton, for rental purposes only, a sum not exceeding $250,000, repayable in from 20 to 35 years, with interest not exceeding two per cent per annum? Yes - 2,687 No - 3,593 Regular Housing Are you in favour of the city borrowing from the Dominion or Provincial governments, for the purpose of loaning to individuals to construct dwelling houses in Edmonton, a sum not exceeding $250,000, repayable in from 20 to 35 years at a rate of interest not exceeding five percent per annum? Yes - 2,430 No - 3,578 References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1938 Category:1938 elections in Canada Category:1938 in Alberta Category:November 1938 in Canada Category:1930s in Edmonton