1920 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 October 2019 The 1920 municipal election was held December 13, 1920, to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board. J Cormack, Joseph Gariépy and J J Murray were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In a plebiscite held at the same time, Edmontonians repeated their previous year's rejection of a proposal to pay aldermen. Ratepayers also voted down the various money bylaws that were up for discussion."D.M. Duggan elected mayor... in Monday's election", Edmonton Bulletin, December 15, 1920, p. 1 https://archive.org/details/EDI_1920121401/mode/2up?view=theater accessed September 5, 2025 There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Percy Abbott, John Bowen, James East and Rice Sheppard were all elected to two-year terms in 1919 and were still in office. J. A. Kinney had also been elected to a two-year term in 1919, but had resigned. Accordingly, Samuel McCoppen, who came in in sixth place, was elected to a one-year term. Five candidates of a new party, the business-oriented Citizens Progressive League AKA the Citizens Committee or Citizens ticket, were elected to most of the open seats. McCoppen was the sole Labour Party candidate to be elected."Civic Elections Monday Dec. 13", Edmonton Bulletin, December 14, 1920, p. 1 A third party, the Independent Labor Party, ran two candidates but did not elect anyone."D.M. Duggan elected mayor", Edmonton Bulletin, December 14, 1920, p. 1 There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, J. W. H. Williams, J A McPherson, and Frank Scott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1919 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Henri Picard, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Thomas Malone were continuing. Voter turnout There were 14,710 ballots cast out of 26,903 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 54.6%. Results bold 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 Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueDavid Duggan7,53751.78% EDM Labour rowLabourJoseph Clarke6,97447.90% EDM Independent rowIndependentAlbert Stimmel470.32% Aldermen Block voting was used - each voter cast up to six votes. Party Candidate Votes EDM Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueJoseph Adair7,023 EDM Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueAndrew McLennan6,996 EDM Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueValentine Richards(South Side)6,385 EDM Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueJames Collisson6,280 EDM Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueWilliam Campbell McArthur5,679 EDM Labour rowDominion Labour PartySamuel McCoppen5,478 EDM Labour rowDominion Labour PartyA. Boileau5,133 EDM Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueW. H. Speer5,111 EDM Labour rowDominion Labour PartyAlfred Farmilo4,638 EDM Labour rowDominion Labour PartyDaniel Kennedy Knott4,625 EDM Labour rowDominion Labour PartyJ. J. Murray4,574 EDM Labour rowDominion Labour PartyG. Latham4,312 EDM Independent rowIndependentJohn McKenzie3,040 EDM Independent rowIndependent Labor PartyGeorge L. Ritchie1,610 EDM Independent rowIndependent Labor PartyJoseph WhiteEdmonton Bulletin, Dec. 7, 1921, p.1957 EDM Independent rowIndependentHyman KingEdmonton Bulletin, Dec. 7, 1921, p.1760 Public school trustees Block voting was used - each voter cast up to three votes. Party Candidate Votes EDM Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueMrs. E. T. (Thryza) Bishop6,988 EDM Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueWilliam Hardy Alexander6,711 EDM Civic Government Association rowCitizens' Progressive LeagueWilliam Rea6,667 EDM Labour rowLabourJ. W. B. Williams5,599 EDM Labour rowLabourFrank Crang5,444 EDM Labour rowLabourJ. Heron4,137 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Party Candidate Votes EDM Independent rowIndependentJ. Cormackacclaimed EDM Independent rowIndependentJoseph Gariépyacclaimed EDM Independent rowIndependentJ. J. Murray(South Side)acclaimed Plebiscite Should Aldermen be paid? Votes %Yes4,23432.46%No8,81167.54% Ratepayers voted down the various money bylaws that were up for discussion."D.M. Duggan elected mayor... in Monday's election", Edmonton Bulletin, December 15, 1920, p. 1 https://archive.org/details/EDI_1920121401/mode/2up?view=theater accessed September 5, 2025 References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1920 Category:1920 elections in Canada Category:1920 in Alberta Category:December 1920 in Canada Category:1920s in Edmonton