1934 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1934 municipal election was held November 14, 1934 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Margaret Crang (SS), Harry Ainlay (SS), Ralph Bellamy, and James Findlay were all elected to two-year terms in 1933 and were still in office. Rice Sheppard (SS) was also elected to a two-year term in 1933, but had resigned in order to run for mayor; accordingly, Athelstan Bissett (SS) was elected to a one-year term. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell (SS), Frank Crang (SS), Walter Morrish, and Sidney Bowcott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1933 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, T Malone, Thomas Magee, and J Tansey (SS) were continuing. Voter turnout There were 27,683 ballots cast out of 45,589 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 60.7%. 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 Independent Labour rowIndependent LabourJoseph Clarke9,97736.35% EDM Civic Government Association James Harwood Ogilvie 9,575 34.89% EDM Labour Daniel Kennedy Knott 5,996 21.85% EDM Independent Rice Sheppard 1,849 6.74% EDM Independent Frederick Speed 50 0.18% Aldermen Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Civic Government Association Hugh MacDonald 14,116 yes EDM Civic Government Association John Wesley Fry 13,554 yes EDM Civic Government Association Dick Foote 12,436 yes EDM Civic Government Association John McCreath 11,990 yes EDM Civic Government Association Athelstan Bissett 11,576 SS yes EDM Labour James East 10,654 yes EDM Civic Government Association James Ponton 10,651 EDM Labour E. E. Hyde 9,127 EDM Labour Sidney Parsons 8,102 EDM Labour L. E. Price 6,991 EDM Labour W. H. Miller 6,453 EDM Independent Labour Walter Clevely 5,887 EDM Independent Labour C. W. Lee 4,922 EDM Independent Labour Charles Martin Keily 3,930 EDM Independent Labour R. H. Le Maitre 3,883 EDM Independent Labour E. C. Holub 3,410 EDM Independent Peter Glassman 3,247 EDM Communist George H. Salter 2,681 EDM Independent J. A. Leonard 1,731 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Civic Government Association Frederick Casselman 13,543 yes EDM Labour Samuel Barnes 12,681 yes EDM Civic Government Association Izena Ross 12,230 yes EDM Civic Government Association E. E. Howard 11,046 EDM Labour H. H. Owen 7,758 EDM Independent E. A. Roe 7,620 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Candidate Votes Elected J O Pilon 2,109 James O'Hara 1,886 Adrien Crowe 1,814 SS Names and vote totals of defeated candidates are no longer available. References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1934 Category:1934 elections in Canada Category:1934 in Alberta Category:November 1934 in Canada Category:1930s in Edmonton