1927 Edmonton municipal election

The 1927 municipal election was held December 12, 1927 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. Voters also voted on two plebiscite questions. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Gibbs, Alfred Farmilo, Charles Robson, George Hazlett, and Herbert Baker were all elected to two-year terms in 1926 and were still in office. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Thyrza Bishop, and J A Herlihy (SS) had all been elected to two-year terms in 1926 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing. This election was the last to use the single transferable vote election system to elect city councillors and school trustees and the instant-runoff voting election system to elect the mayor, as a plebiscite held concurrently with the election saw a majority of Edmontonians voting to return to a mixed first past the post and block voting election system. Ranked votes had been used since 1923. == Voter turnout == A total of 12,907 votes were cast out of 37,106 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 34.7%. == Results == bold or Y 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 === === Aldermen === Five to be elected. Quota approx. 2151. This vote tally guaranteed election. Keillor and Findlay initially received more votes than Dineen, but Dineen, not them, won a seat, due to having more votes at the end (caused by votes transferred from other candidates under the Single Transferable Voting election system). === Public school trustees === === Separate (Catholic) school trustees === === Plebiscites === ==== Assessing Improvements on Industrial Establishments ==== To authorize the Council to fix the Assessment of improvements for industrial establishments. Yes - 2,224 No - 1,038 ==== Abolition of Single Transferable Vote ==== To abolish the Proportional Representation System of electing mayor and aldermen. Yes - 6,695 No - 5,473 == References == Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office