1913 Calgary municipal election

Election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 March 2021 1913 Calgary municipal election Calgary Municipal no 1912 Calgary municipal election 1912 1914 Calgary municipal election 1914 1913 12 08 150x150px Herbert Arthur Sinnott Acclaimed 350px Mayor Herbert Arthur Sinnott Herbert Arthur Sinnott The 1913 Calgary municipal election took place on December 8, 1913 to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-ninth Calgary City Council from January 2, 1914 to January 2, 1915.Graves Elected Commissioner --- Mewata Park Carries Calgary Daily Herald December 9, 1913 1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lQlkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uXoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1617%2C4601401 March 2, 2021 Additionally a Commissioner, two trustees for the Public School Board, three trustees for the Separate School Board, two bylaws regarding the term and remuneration of Aldermen and a plebislicte on whether to donate the Mewata Park to the Dominion Government for the site of the Mewata Armouries was included on the ballot.Candidates Who Haven't Spoken To Be Heard Tonight https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jwlkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uXoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4866%2C3761220 April 2, 2021 Calgary Daily Herald December 2, 1913 1 Incumbent Mayor Herbert Arthur Sinnott was elected by acclimation on the close of nominations on December 1, 1913.Sinnott is Elected For Second Term https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jglkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uXoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1481%2C3631829 April 2, 2021 Calgary Daily Herald December 1, 1913 1 Background The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor, commissioner and 12 for Aldermen who were elected at-large with the city as one large district. Starting in the 1913 election Aldermen were elected to two year terms, with half of council's term expiring each year. To facilitate this change the six candidates with the most votes were elected to Council for a two-year term, and the next six candidates were elected to a one-year term. Mewata Armouries Mewata Armouries The 1911 Canadian federal election, the previous Liberal government under Wilfrid Laurier was toppled by Robert Borden's Conservative Party. Sam Hughes was appointed Minister of Militia and Defence and together Borden and Hughes sought to expand the role and prominence of militias in Canada. By December 1911, Borden had won over Hughes and Frederick Debartzch Monk Minister of Public Works to fund a $250,000 "Western Armoury". In January 1912, Hughes announced in Parliament "towns making offers of valuable sites were most likely to receive favorable consideration of the government." The City of Calgary's land offer valued at approximately $100,000, and in June 1912, the federal government approved $50,000 for the Calgary project.Lackenbauer P. Whitney Partisan Politics, Civic Priorities, and the Urban Militia: Situating the Calgary Armoury, 1907-1917 Urban History Review Spring 2005 33 2 45–60 https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1016384ar 13 May 2020 Mewata Park, originally a federal reserve which was transferred to the City of Calgary as a park in 1906 was chosen for the site. The area was between the city's downtown and growing residential neighbourhoods. Calgary officials expected the federal government to transfer the military's old Calgary Rifle Range in exchange for the Mewata land, however despite correspondence from the city to Borden about the trade, Borden did not press the issue in Ottawa. In 1913, Borden wrote the city, pressing the issue of the federal government obtaining the Mewata Park land stating: All Cities are now supplying sites for armories. Calgary offered a site near the old hospital building. It is very unsuitable. If Calgary wants a $50,000 building it can get it by not providing a decent site. If, on the other hand Mewata Park is available, Calgary will obtain an armory that will be second to none in Western Canada. By 1913 the Mewata Park land had become a civic issue in Calgary, opposed by labour groups which had previously seen the federal government use militia to crush strikes in Cape Breton and Vancouver Island. Calgary Mayor Herbert Arthur Sinnott was reluctant to give away the Mewata Park land, but still sought the construction of an armory. Compounding the issue was the 1902 Crown grant for the Mewata land which stipulated the property must be used for "purposes of a public park and for no other purpose". Eventually Calgary City Council passed a motion for administration to transfer the Mewata land to the federal government, which was strongly opposed by many Calgarians, and the City requested the Legislative Assembly pass a private bill for the purpose of enabling the transfer which was overwhelming defeated by the majority Liberal provincial government. Eventually a plebiscite was held alongside the 1913 Calgary municipal election in which the electorate was asked whether to transfer "a small portion of Mewata Park of approximately 90,000 square feet", in which more than 70% of ratepayers voted in favor of transferring the land. Bennett later respond to Sinnott and the plebiscite noting the total area provided was approximately 10,000 square feet too small, Bennett proposed a solution where the city transferred the full property as requested and the federal government issued an Order in Council absolving the city of any liability in regards to the letters patent.Lackenbauer Paul Whitney The politics of contested space: military property development in Calgary, 1907-1938 1999 University of Calgary Calgary, Canada http://hdl.handle.net/1880/25131 13 May 2020 Results Mayor Herbert Arthur Sinnott - Acclaimed Commissioner Candidate Votes Percent Arthur Garnet Graves 3,453 William Henry Manarey 1,642 Robert Knight 79 Councillors Candidate Votes Percent Stanley Gordon Freeze 4,424 Harold William Hounsfield Riley 4,100 Edward Henry Crandell 4,045 Michael Copps Costello 3,997 William Ross Sr. 3,755 Thomas Alfred Presswood Frost 3,471 George William Hunt 3,429 William John Tregillus 3,322 Isaac Gideon Ruttle 3,258 Herbert Bealey Adshead 3,242 Douglas Ralph Crichton 3,149 Donald Hope 2,489 Richard Addison Brocklebank 2,386 A.H. Living 2,373 J. Tait Hunter 2,179 Samuel Allen Carson 2,154 H.T. Jarrett 1,889 E.D. Benson 1,770 N.P.P. Pallesen 1,719 Stanley Brown Ramsey 1,546 P.J. McRohan 1,422 William McSpadden 977 Walter Hallett 975 School board trustee Public school board Candidate Votes Percent Annie G. Foote John C. McNeill James A. Walker A.C. Newcombe Separate school board Candidate Votes Percent John Burns James L. Tobin John Edward MacDonald George Demetrio Venini Plebiscite Mewata Park Bylaw To donate the Mewata Park to the Dominion Government for the site of the Mewata Armouries. For - 3,664 Against - 1,438 Payment of Aldermen bylaw For - 1,800 Against - 3,199 Two-Year term for Aldermen For - 2,921 Against - 2,117 See also List of Calgary municipal elections References 1 Category:Municipal elections in Calgary Category:1913 elections in Canada Category:1910s in Calgary Category:December 1913 in Canada