1957 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1957 municipal election was held November 3, 1957 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Michael O'Byrne, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Joseph Moreau were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board). The electorate also decided seven plebiscite questions. The election would normally have fallen on October 16 (the third Wednesday in October), but was delayed because of the provincial plebiscite on October 30. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Frederick John Mitchell, Ethel Wilson, Laurette Douglas, Giffard Main, and Donald Bowen were all elected to two-year terms in 1956 and were still in office. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: J. Percy Page, John Thorogood, and William Orobko were elected to two-year terms in 1956 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Vincent Dantzer, John Bernard Kane, and Leo Lemieux were continuing. Voter turnout There were 49955 ballots cast out of 141532 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.3%. Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Citizens' Committee William Hawrelak 32,312 65.15% EDM Independent Edwin Clarke 13,003 26.22% EDM Edmonton Voters Association Charles Simmonds 4,282 8.63% Aldermen Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee Cliffard Roy 25,459 SS yes EDM Citizens' Committee William Connelly 25,100   yes EDM Citizens' Committee Hu Harries 24,833 SS yes EDM Citizens' Committee Reginald Easton 24,545   yes EDM Citizens' Committee James Falconer 23,101   yes EDM Edmonton Voters Association Charles Thompson 13,001 EDM Independent Ivor Dent 12,503 SS EDM Edmonton Property Owners Association Edith Rogers 8,794 EDM Edmonton Voters Association David Graham 8,240 EDM Independent Julia Kiniski 7,444 EDM Edmonton Voters Association Orval Allen 7,072 SS EDM Independent Tempest Aitken 6,744 EDM Independent Thomas Graham 6,333 EDM Edmonton Property Owners Association Vincent McMahon 5,391 SS EDM Edmonton Voters Association George Rankel 4,215 EDM Edmonton Property Owners Association James Bamber 3,785 EDM Edmonton Property Owners Association Gustave Querengesser 3,560 EDM Edmonton Property Owners Association Alfred Kynnersley 2,991 SS EDM Independent Stan Rogalski 2,483 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee Ernest Hanna 20,477   yes EDM Citizens' Committee Angus MacDonald 20,690   yes EDM Citizens' Committee Robert Johnson 17,527 SS yes EDM Citizens' Committee Douglas Thomson 16,861 SS yes EDM Edmonton Voters Association Oscar Krueger 14,200 EDM Edmonton Property Owners Association Elizabeth Scott 9,913 SS EDM Edmonton Voters Association Frances Shore 8,751 EDM Edmonton Voters Association Jack Hennig 8,607 SS EDM Edmonton Property Owners Association Clifford Hackett 6,341 EDM Edmonton Voters Association John Lyon 6,123 EDM Edmonton Property Owners Association Herbert Nichols 5,528 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Independent Michael O'Byrne Acclaimed yes EDM Independent Orest Demco Acclaimed yes EDM Independent Catherine McGrath Acclaimed yes EDM Independent Joseph Moreau Acclaimed yes Plebiscites Fluoridation of Water Shall fluorides, for the prevention of tooth decay, be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water? Yes - 30420 No - 16626 Paving Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $965,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets? Yes - 22182 No - 5022 Parks Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $200,000.00 for the improvement of City parks and the commencement of work on unsubdivided park land, circles, buffer zones, ravine side boulevards and similar works? Yes - 20202 No - 6479 Traffic Lights Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to purchase and install additional traffic lights at various locations within the City? Yes - 21048 No - 5692 Library Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to construct and equip a branch of the Edmonton Public Library in a location within the City? Yes - 15287 No - 10521 Royal Alexandra Hospital Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 to provide necessary renovations to the existing portion of the Royal Alexandra Hospital and equipment for the Hospital? Yes - 21258 No - 5657 Fire Hall Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $245,000.00 in order to build and provide equipment for a Fire Hall at 98th Street and 101A Avenue? Yes - 18418 No - 7696 References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1957 Category:1957 elections in Canada Category:1957 in Alberta Category:1950s in Edmonton Category:November 1957 in Canada