1918 Calgary municipal election

Election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 1918 Calgary municipal election Calgary Municipal no 1917 Calgary municipal election 1917 1919 Calgary municipal election 1919 1918 12 09 150x150px Robert Colin Marshall 3,428 51.46% 150x150px Michael Copps Costello 3,234 48.54% 350px Mayor Michael Copps Costello Robert Colin Marshall The 1918 Calgary municipal election was held on December 9, 1918, to a Mayor and six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Additionally a Commissioner, three members for the Public School Board were elected. There were twelve aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Samuel Hunter Adams, Andrew Graham Broatch, Frank Roy Freeze, Annie Gale, and Albert Mahaffy were all elected to two-year terms in 1917 and were still in office. Robert Colin Marshall was elected as an Alderman in 1917 for a two-year term, but resigned to run for mayor. A number of plebiscites were held, all requiring a majority to pass. The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for Alderman being two years and the Mayor being one year. The Alderman seat vacated by Marshall would be held by the 7th-place finisher in the election for a period of one year.MARSHALL WINS OVER COSTELLO BY 194 MAJORITY https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171929 March 19, 2020 The Calgary Daily Herald 4905 December 10, 1918 1 Background The election would take place during the 1918 influenza pandemic which was first reported in Calgary two months before the election on October 3, 1918, by 15 soldiers returning to Canada from the First World War. By November 30, 1918, the pandemic had effected almost every Alberta community with more than 26,000 cases.Zurowski Monica In 1918, Spanish flu pulled into Calgary on a train. Here's how the city coped https://calgaryherald.com/news/in-1918-spanish-flu-pulled-into-calgary-on-a-train-heres-how-the-city-coped/ March 19, 2020 Calgary Herald March 13, 2020 The Calgary Daily Herald would also set a "brilliant colored" flare above the Herald Building to announce the elected mayor, red should Marshall win and yellow should Costello be elected. This would be the second municipal election held with the proportional vote system in Calgary, and there was an expectation there would be several invalid ballots due to electors marking preference with an "x" rather than numerically by preference. However, there would be far fewer spoiled ballots in the 1918 election then the 1917 election. Following the election the editors of the Calgary Daily Herald would comment on "carelessness" in the preparation of voters' lists which left many people without the ability to vote, stating "An inaccurate voters' list is almost worse than none at all".Red Flare---Marshall Wins Yellow Flare---Costello Wins https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171913 March 19, 2020 The Calgary Daily Herald 4904 December 9, 1918 1VOTERS' LIST ERRORS https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171953 March 19, 2020 The Calgary Daily Herald 4906 December 11, 1918 6 Results Mayor Calgary municipal 1918 List of mayors of Calgary Mayor yes yes AB - Robert Colin Marshall 3,428 51.46% yes AB - Michael Copps Costello 3,234 48.54% Total valid votes 6,662 - MARSHALL WINS OVER COSTELLO BY 194 MAJORITY https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171929 March 19, 2020 The Calgary Daily Herald 4905 December 10, 1918 1 Council 1918 Calgary municipal election: Council Party Candidate 1st Preference % Count Term length Elected AB - David Ernest Black 1,542 23.99% 1st 2 years yes AB - Jack McCoubrey 844 13.13% 1st 2 years yes AB - Fred J. White 651 10.13% 8th 2 years yes AB - Issac G. Ruttle 496 7.72% 13th 1 years yes AB - Frederick Arthur Johnston 476 7.41% 7th 2 years yes AB - Frederick Ernest Osborne 455 7.08% 12th 2 years yes AB - Alexander McTaggart 424 6.60% 13th 2 years yes AB - Dr. Leslie Wright 354 5.51% AB - R. Jeff Lydiatt 307 4.78% AB - T. McLaughlin 260 4.05% AB - Wm. Groves 244 3.80% AB - Ed Geehan 222 3.45% AB - James Pettigrew 77 1.20% AB - J. W. McDonald 75 1.17% Total valid votes 8,427 - - MARSHALL WINS OVER COSTELLO BY 194 MAJORITY https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171929 March 19, 2020 The Calgary Daily Herald 4905 December 10, 1918 1 The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR).Totals above are first preference votes.The quota necessary to be elected was 804. Commissioner Calgary municipal 1918 List of commissioners of Calgary Commissioner yes yes AB - A. J. Samis 4,630 70.85% yes AB - A. W. E. Fawkes 1,905 29.15% Total valid votes 6,535 - Vote for Mayor and Commissioner in Detail https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171943 March 19, 2020 The Calgary Daily Herald 4905 December 10, 1918 15 Public School Board Quota necessary for election was 1,512. Party Candidate 1st Preference % Count Elected AB - Herbert Arthur Sinnott 1,467 X% 2nd yes AB - G. S. Corse 1,047 X% 2nd yes AB - L. L. Johnson 953 X% X yes AB - Melvin M. Downey 787 X% AB - T. Humphries X X% AB - D. J. Young X X% AB - Robert H. Parkyn X X% AB - Walter Smitten X X% Total valid votes X - Hospital Board The quota was 544 votes.Election for Hospital Board is Determined After Lengthy Count https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171947 March 19, 2020 The Calgary Daily Herald 4906 December 11, 1918 1 Party Candidate 1st Preference % Count Elected AB - C. F. Adams 930 24.95% 1st yes AB - S. S. Savage 528 14.17% 2nd yes AB - D. Ormond 313 8.40% 7th yes AB - Mrs. F. A. Davis 413 11.08% 7th yes AB - H. T. Whittemore 334 8.96% 9th yes AB - D. D. Davidson 248 6.65% 9th yes AB - G. T. C. Robinson 313 8.40% AB - J. R. Harris 248 6.65% AB - John Harrison 169 4.53% AB - W. C. McPhee 133 3.57% AB - James Petrie 98 2.63% Total valid votes 3,727 - - See also List of Calgary municipal elections References 1 Sources Frederick Hunter: THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY Archived March 3, 2020 Category:Politics of Calgary Category:Municipal elections in Calgary Category:1918 elections in Canada Category:1910s in Calgary