1918 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1918 municipal election was held December 9, 1918 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board. City council held ten aldermen, but four of the positions were already filled: Matthew Esdale, James Kinney, Warren Prevey, and Orlando Bush had been elected to two-year terms in 1917 and were still in office for another year. Charles Wilson also had been elected to a two-year term in 1917, but had resigned to run for mayor. Accordingly, Charles Grant, the sixth most polar candidate in this election, was elected to finish the last year of Wilson's term. In this election, the candidates on the labour ticket were Farmilo, Fielde, Findlay and White, with Scott running as a labour candidate for school board."Labour candidates", Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 9, 1918, p. 9 Other candidates also appealed for the labour vote in 1918 included Wilson (running for mayor), Clarke, Martin, Joseph Duggan, Scott, and Mackenzie."Alderman Wilson is heart and soul in sympathy with the labour cause", Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 9, 1918, p. 1"Why-why-why", Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 9, 1918, p. 9 Many labour voters supported alderman McCoppen, who in 1917 had been elected for one year with endorsement of the Labour Representation League and now was running for re-election. The public school board held seven trustees, but four of the positions were already filled: Henry Douglas, J A McPherson, Arthur Cushing, and E T Bishop had been elected to two-year terms in 1917. On the eight member separate board, four of the positions were filled: M Kelly, F A French, Joseph Henri Picard, and H J Roche had been elected to two-year terms in 1917. To keep the terms properly staggered with half (four) elected each year, Paul Jenvrin was elected to a one-year term. Voter turnout There were 9046 ballots cast out of 10825 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 83.5%. 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 Labour rowLabourJoseph Clarke4,76252.71% EDM Independent rowIndependentCharles Wilson4,27347.29% Aldermen Party Candidate Votes EDM Independent rowIndependentCharles Hepburn4,861 EDM Independent rowIndependentSamuel McCoppen4,090 EDM Independent rowIndependentHenri Martin4,029 EDM Independent rowIndependentJohn McKenzie3,825 EDM Independent rowIndependentAndrew McLennan3,599 EDM Independent rowIndependentCharles Grant3,530 EDM Independent rowIndependentAbraham Cristall3,324 EDM Independent rowIndependentWilliam Martin3,277 EDM Labour rowLabourAlfred Farmilo3,119 EDM Labour rowLabourWilliam Spencer Fielde2,615 EDM Labour rowLabourJames Findlay2,591 EDM Labour rowLabourJ. E. White2,466 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes EDM Labour rowLabourJoseph Duggan5,153 EDM Independent rowIndependentWilliam Rea4,588 EDM Independent rowIndependentFrank Crang3,286 EDM Labour rowLabourFrank Scott2,217 EDM Independent rowIndependentC. Frost2,029 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Party Candidate VotesElected EDM Independent Joseph Driscoll 563 yes EDM Independent Joseph Gariépy 464 yes EDM Independent Paul Jenvrin 423 yes EDM Independent G. W. Curtis 302 EDM Independent J. J. Murray 203 SS yes Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Murray was elected over Curtis. References City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections 1918 Category:1918 elections in Canada Category:1918 in Alberta Category:1910s in Edmonton