1901 Calgary municipal election

Election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 1901 Calgary municipal election Calgary Municipal no 1900 Calgary municipal election 1900 1902 Calgary municipal election 1902 1901 12 09 150x150px Thomas Underwood 350px Mayor James Stuart Mackie Thomas Underwood The 1901 Calgary municipal election was held on December 9, 1901 to elect a mayor and nine aldermen to sit on the eighteenth Calgary City Council from January 6, 1902 to January 5, 1903.Civic Elections http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1901/12/12/4/ 22 March 2020 The Weekly Herald 1035 December 12, 1901 4 Background Voting rights were provided to any male, single woman, or widowed British subject over twenty-one years of age who are assessed on the last revised assessment roll with a minimum property value of $200. The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors with a voter's designated ward. Key issues for the election included the levying of a municipal income tax recently provided by changes to the City Charter. The Calgary Daily Herald speculated that John Emerson's loss of council seat was attributed to the public's association of his name with the income tax, when he merely read the resolution proposed by the City Clerk. Results Mayor Thomas Underwood Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Votes Percent William Mahon Parslow 151 65.65% Silas Alexander Ramsay 140 60.87% Thomas Alexander Hatfield 138 60.00% Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford 118 51.30% Total 230 - Ward 2 John Creighton - Acclaimed William Henry Cushing - Acclaimed John Jackson Young - Acclaimed Ward 3 Candidate Votes Percent Isacc Stephen Gerow Van Wart 128 56.89% William Charles Gordon Armstrong 117 52.00% James Abel Hornby 113 50.22% John Emerson 94 41.78% Clarke 35 15.56% Hooper 29 12.89% Total 516 - September 1902 by-election Following John Creighton's death on July 29, 1902,John Creighton Dead http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/100503 22 March 2020 The Daily Herald 5440 July 29, 1902 Calgary, Canada 4 the City of Calgary scheduled a by-election for the vacant seat in Ward 2 for September 8, 1902, however John Hamilton Kerr would be acclaimed upon the close of nominations on September 1, 1902.Local and General http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/100725 22 March 2020 The Daily Herald 5468 September 2, 1902 Calgary, Canada 5 See also List of Calgary municipal elections References 1 Category:Municipal elections in Calgary Category:1901 elections in Canada Category:1900s in Calgary Category:December 1901 in Canada