1924 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1924 municipal election was held December 8, 1924, to elect a mayor and five 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 five of the positions were already filled: Ambrose Bury, James McCrie Douglas, Joseph Duggan, James East, and James Findlay were all elected to two-year terms in 1923 and were still in office. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Ralph Bellamy, Frank Crang (SS), and FS McPherson had all been elected to two-year terms in 1923 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Crossland (SS), Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were continuing. The aldermanic election was conducted using the single transferable vote system to elect five members in a city-wide district; the mayor was elected through Instant-runoff voting. Voter turnout There were 9,477 ballots cast out of 22,298 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 42.5%. Results bold or indicates elected italics indicate incumbent "SS", where data is available, indicates candidate living on Edmonton's Southside, important because of the minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated with Edmonton on February 1, 1912. Mayor Party Candidate Votes % EDM Independent Kenneth Alexander Blatchford 5,664 60.31% EDM Independent Rice Sheppard 3,728 39.69% Aldermen Quota approximately 1580. This was the number of votes that guaranteed election. Party Candidate Initial Votes Elected EDM Independent Joseph Clarke 2,296 yes EDM Citizens' Committee James Collisson 2,009 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Will Werner 1,030 yes EDM Labour Charles Gibbs 802 yes EDM Labour Daniel Knott 707 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Archie Rendall 632 EDM Citizens' Committee A. C. Grant 619 EDM Labour James Herlihy 480 EDM Labour Robert McCreath 460 EDM Labour H. J. Pallot 341 EDM Independent Gertrude McBain 67 Public school trustees Party Candidate Initial Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee Joseph Adair 2,767 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Thyrza Bishop 2,351 yes EDM Labour Elmer Roper 1,401 EDM Labour T. J. Johnston 1,379 yes EDM Citizens' Committee George Young 955 EDM Independent J. H. W. Williams 587 EDM Independent A. R. Lawrence 294 Because of the single transferable vote system, Roper received more initial votes, but Johnston won based on votes subsequently transferred from other candidates. Separate (Catholic) school trustees Party Candidate Initial Votes Elected EDM Independent C. E. Barry 339 yes EDM Independent P. M. Dunne 193 yes EDM Independent E. H. Esch 133 EDM Independent Harry Carrigan 74 yes Because of the single transferable vote system, Esch received more initial votes, but Carrigan won based on votes subsequently transferred from other candidates. References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1924 Category:1924 elections in Canada Category:1924 in Alberta Category:1920s in Edmonton