1933 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1933 Edmonton municipal election was held November 8, 1933 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on City Council and four trustees each to sit on the public and separate school boards. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled. James East, Charles Gibbs, John Wesley Fry, John McCreath and James Ogilvie had been elected to two-year terms in 1932 and were still in office. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled. Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman and Mrs. E G Ferris had been elected to two-year terms in 1932 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing. Voter turnout In this election, 21,730 of 44,603 eligible voters cast votes, for a voter turnout of 48.7%. Results bold or indicates elected italics indicate incumbent South Side, 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 Labour Daniel Kennedy Knott 13,453 61.91% EDM Labour rowIndependent LabourJoseph Clarke7,65735.24% EDM Independent J. A. Leonard 620 2.85% Aldermen Councillors were elected through Plurality block voting in a city-wide district. The Labour Party took four of the five seats up for election. Margaret Crang was among them. She was the second woman elected to the Edmonton city council. Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Labour Party Rice Sheppard 11,418 SS yes EDM Labour Party Miss M. (Margaret) Crang 10,858 SS yes EDM Labour Party Harry Ainlay 10,195 SS yes EDM Civic Government Association Ralph Bellamy 9,609 yes EDM Labour Party James Findlay 9,536 yes EDM Civic Government Association W. W. McBain 8,471 EDM Civic Government Association Robert Dolphin Tighe 7,728 EDM Civic Government Association T. A. Graham 7,647 EDM Civic Government Association Dick Foote 7,537 EDM Independent Labour Party M. Ainslie 2,879 EDM Communist Party Jan Lakeman 2,830 EDM Independent Labour Party Frank R. Lovette 2,636 EDM Independent Labour Party Walter Clevely 2,493 EDM Communist Party George H. Salter 1,295 EDM Independent Peter Glassman 1,215 EDM Independent F. S. Wright 1,094 EDM Independent Charles Martin Keily 681 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Civic Government Association Albert Ottewell 12,500 SS yes EDM Labour Frank Crang 11,963 SS yes EDM Civic Government Association Walter Morrish 9,722 yes EDM Labour Sidney Bowcott 9,309 yes EDM Civic Government Association H. H. Dyde 8,762 EDM Civic Government Association Ernest Howard 7,909 EDM Labour L. E. Price 6,911 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Independent Charles Gariepy 1,830 yes EDM Independent Thomas Malone 1,812 yes EDM Independent Thomas Magee 1,688 yes EDM Independent Mrs. M. Conroy 1,683 EDM Independent J. Tansey 1,444 SS yes Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Tansey was elected over Conroy. Board of Health Plebiscite Are you in favor of the health services at present administered by the local Board of Health of the City of Edmonton and the Public and Separate School Boards being amalgamated and placed under the control of the local Board of Health? Yes - 11,660 No - 7,971 References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1933 Category:1933 elections in Canada Category:1933 in Alberta Category:November 1933 in Canada Category:1930s in Edmonton