1940 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. Elections for school trustees were not held, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed. There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: George Campbell (SS), Edward Brown, and Dan Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. Frederick Casselman and Douglas Grout (SS) had also been elected to two-year terms in 1939, but had resigned; accordingly, Charles Gariepy and Blair Paterson (SS) were elected to one-year terms. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: M Downey (SS), Bruce Smith, R L Sutherland, and Albert Ottewell (SS) had been elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Romeo Bouchard, Hugh Currie, Robert Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were continuing. Voter turnout There were 14,523 ballots cast out of 56,225 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 25.8%. Results bold or 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 Party Candidate Votes % EDM Citizens' Committee John Wesley Fry 8,044 55.62% EDM Independent Douglas Grout 5,281 36.51% EDM Independent Lloyd Wood 1,138 7.87% Aldermen Party Candidate VotesElected EDM Citizens' Committee James Ogilvie 8,790 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Sidney Bowcott 8,553 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Athelstan Bissett 8,294 SS yes EDM Citizens' Committee Sidney Parsons 7,896 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Blair Paterson 7,571 SS yes EDM Citizens' Committee Frederick John Mitchell 7,152 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Charles Gariepy 6,791 yes EDM Independent Joseph Clarke 4,746 EDM Civic Progressive Association rowCivic Progressive AssociationWalter Clevely4,044 EDM Civic Progressive Association rowCivic Progressive AssociationRice Sheppard4,040SS EDM Civic Progressive Association rowCivic Progressive AssociationGuy Patterson4,025 EDM Civic Progressive Association rowCivic Progressive AssociationE. C. Fisher3,790 EDM Civic Progressive Association rowCivic Progressive AssociationElisha East3,743 EDM Civic Progressive Association rowCivic Progressive AssociationC. B. Willis3,303 EDM Civic Progressive Association rowCivic Progressive AssociationA. A. Deacon2,384 EDM Labour Party row-nameWilliam Miller2,366 EDM Labour Party row-nameW. H. O'Neill2,069 EDM Independent Peter Glassman 1,287 EDM Independent rowDemocratErnest C. Holub660 Public school trustees Izena Ross, E M Gunderson, and W G McConachie were acclaimed. Separate (Catholic) school trustees Adrien Crowe (SS), James O’Hara, and J O Pilon were acclaimed. References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1940 Category:1940 elections in Canada Category:1940 in Alberta Category:November 1940 in Canada Category:1940s in Edmonton