1936 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1936 municipal election was held November 12, 1936 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. Voters also rejected a proposal to extend the mayor's term to two years. The election would normally have been held on November 11 (the rule at the time being that the municipal election would be held on the second Wednesday of November), but was delayed by a day owing to the Armistice Day holiday. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Margaret Crang (SS), Elisha East, Guy Patterson, Walter Clevely, and Charles Gould (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1935 and were still in office. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Walter Morrish, Frank Crang (SS), Albert Ottewell (SS), and Sidney Bowcott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1935 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, Thomas Malone, R D Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were continuing. Voter turnout There were 29,300 ballots cast out of 50,670 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 57.8%. 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 Civic Youth Association rowCivic Youth AssociationJoseph Clarke12,99244.72% EDM Citizens' Committee James McCrie Douglas 12,417 42.74% EDM United People's League rowUnited People's LeagueHarry Dean Ainlay3,40311.71% EDM Independent Dick Foote 184 0.63% EDM Independent Frederick Speed 54 0.19% Aldermen Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee Hugh MacDonald 14,264 yes EDM Citizens' Committee John Wesley Fry 13,094 yes EDM Citizens' Committee James Ogilvie 12,787 yes EDM Citizens' Committee John McCreath 12,054 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Athelstan Bissett 11,978 SS yes EDM Social Credit Rice Sheppard 11,612 SS EDM Social Credit Daniel Powers 10,246 EDM Social Credit W. P. Bullock 9,549 EDM Independent George O'Leary 8,414 EDM Civic Youth Association rowCivic Youth AssociationErnest Edward Howard7,323 EDM United People's League rowUnited People's LeagueJames East5,850 EDM United People's League rowUnited People's LeagueJames Findlay5,134 EDM Independent Dan Knott 3,939 EDM Independent Joseph Adair 3,474 EDM United People's League rowUnited People's LeagueHerbert John Pallot3,011 EDM Independent Charles Martin Keily 727 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee Frederick Casselman 14,301 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Izena Ross 13,974 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Armour Ford 13,102 yes EDM Social Credit A. D. Bruce 9,452 EDM Social Credit Mary Ann Gilchrist 9,202 EDM United People's League rowUnited People's LeagueA. Richardson4,706 EDM United People's League rowUnited People's LeagueHugh Critchlow2,858 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were acclaimed. Mayoral Term Plebiscite Are you in favour of the Mayor holding office for the term of two years? Yes - 12,511 No - 15,320 References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1936 Category:1936 elections in Canada Category:1936 in Alberta Category:1930s in Edmonton Category:November 1936 in Canada