1935 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1935 municipal election was held November 13, 1935 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. Voters also approved a requirement that candidates for city council be required to own property. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Hugh MacDonald, John Wesley Fry, Dick Foote, John McCreath, and James East were all elected to two-year terms in 1934 and were still in office. This election saw emergence of two new civic political parties. Candidates for the first time ran in an Edmonton municipal election under the Social Credit label, excited after winning majority government in the 1935 provincial election. The Tax Reform League, an anti-Social Credit organization, also ran candidates. carrying on the anti-tax work that the Civic Government Association had conducted in previous elections.Tom Monto, Protest and Progress. Crang Publishing/Alhambra Books (2012), p.229 There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman, and Izena Ross had all been elected to two-year terms in 1934 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where A J Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were continuing. Electoral system Election of mayor and other single members conducted using First past the post. Election of aldermen and schoolboard trustees conducted using Plurality block voting. Voter turnout There were 19,984 voters voting out of 48,003 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 41.6%. 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 Canadian Youth Association rowCanadian Youth AssociationJoseph Clarke11,12056.06% EDM Tax Reform League rowTax Reform LeagueRalph Bellamy6,31331.83% EDM Independent Morris Baker 2,330 11.75% EDM Independent Frederick Speed 73 0.37% Aldermen Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Labour Margaret Crang 11,226 SS yes EDM Social Credit Elisha East 8,798 yes EDM Social Credit Guy Patterson 8,409 yes EDM Canadian Youth Association Walter Clevely 7,410 yes EDM Social Credit Charles Gould 7,378 SS yes EDM Tax Reform League Athelstan Bissett 7,095 SS EDM Labour Harry Ainlay 6,848 SS EDM Tax Reform League Ernest Edward Howard 6,717 EDM Tax Reform League George Patterson Ponton 6,403 EDM Tax Reform League John Henry Warren 5,918 EDM Labour James Findlay 5,598 EDM Labour William Henry Miller 2,832 EDM Independent Raymond C. Ghostley 1,226 EDM Independent Charles Martin Keily 683 Public school trustees {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2"| Party ! Candidate ! Votes ! ! Elected EDM Tax Reform League Walter Morrish 11,093 yes EDM Labour Frank Crang 9,347 SS yes EDM Independent Albert Ottewell 8,745 SS yes EDM Labour Sidney Bowcott 8,566 yes EDM Tax Reform League Armour Ford 7,039 EDM Social Credit Mary Ann Gilchrist 6,009 EDM Social Credit Adam Bruce 5,910 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Charles Gariepy, Thomas Malone, R D Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were acclaimed. Property Qualification Plebiscite Shall a candidate for Mayor or Alderman be required to have a property qualification? Yes - 14,478 No - 4,202 References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1935 Category:1935 elections in Canada Category:1935 in Alberta Category:November 1935 in Canada Category:1930s in Edmonton