1906 Los Angeles mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1906 Los Angeles mayoral election presidential no 1904 Los Angeles mayoral election 1904 1909 Los Angeles mayoral special election March 1909 1906 12 04 ArthurCyprianHarper.jpg Arthur Cyprian Harper Democratic Party (United States) 11,064 33.63% Lee Gates 1909.png Lee C. Gates Independent (United States) 9,004 27.37% Walter Lindley.png Walter Lindley Republican Party (United States) 7,209 21.91% Stanley Wilson Crop.jpg Stanley B. Wilson Public Ownership Party FFDCC6 4,011 12.19% Mayor Owen McAleer Republican Party (United States) Arthur Cyprian Harper Democratic Party (United States) The 1906 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on December 4, 1906. Arthur Cyprian Harper was elected. It was the last partisan mayoral election held in the city. Campaign Public Ownership Party Stanley B. Wilson thumb|left|upright=1.2|The candidates as they appeared in the Los Angeles Examiner. On February 21, 1906, representatives of Los Angeles organized labor came together to form the Public Ownership Party, on the basis that anti-labor forces controlled city hall and private ownership of utilities was the source of political corruption.Stimson Grace Heilman 1955 Rise of the labor movement in Los Angeles https://archive.org/details/riseoflabormovem0000grac/page/306/mode/2up Berkeley and Los Angeles University of California Press 306 Stanley B. Wilson, president of the Los Angeles Typographical Union, took an early leadership role in the party, serving as chairman at the founding convention. 22 February 1906 New Party Formed https://www.newspapers.com/image/677900551/?terms=%22Stanley%20B.%20Wilson%22&match=1 Los Angeles Evening Post-Record Los Angeles 3 April 2024 In September the party announced its platform and ticket, with Wilson chosen unanimously as the candidate for mayor. 28 September 1906 Public Ownership Ticket Forecasted https://www.newspapers.com/image/677838681/?terms=%22Stanley%20B.%20Wilson%22&match=1 Los Angeles Evening Post-Record Los Angeles 3 April 2024 Wilson campaigned on a platform that included banishing corporate lobbyists from city hall, restricting the sale of liquor, and an eight-hour workday for city employees. 25 November 1906 Candidates for the mayoralty tell what they intend to do if elected https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/lsc/id/994/rec/33 The Los Angeles Examiner Los Angeles 13 April 2024 During the race, his opponents accused him of being a puppet of the San Francisco political boss Abe Ruef, charging that refugees of the 1906 earthquake would be sent south en masse to steal the election. 25 November 1906 Northern strikers will help Wilson. Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Wilson, for his part, denounced Ruef, comparing him to the Democratic and Republican bosses that ran Los Angeles. 11 November 1906 Wilson's Campaign. https://www.newspapers.com/image/380246941/?match=1&terms=%22stanley%20b%20wilson%22%20ruef Los Angeles Times Los Angeles 6 August 2024 Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesizekey Key:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersCV – certain votersV – unclear Marginof error LeeGates (I) WalterLindley (R) ArthurHarper (D) StanleyWilson (PO) Other /UndecidedLos Angeles ExpressLos Angeles Express November 1906 11,067 (CV) ± 4.3% 38% 28% 19% 14% 2% Results Los Angeles mayoral general election, December 4, 1906 6 December 1906 Machine rebuked at polls. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19061206.2.44&srpos=3&e=-------en--20-LAH-1--txt-txIN-machine+rebuked+at+polls------- The Los Angeles Herald Los Angeles 5 September 2023 Democratic Party (United States) Arthur Cyprian Harper 11,064 33.63 Independent (United States) Lee C. Gates 9,004 27.37 Republican Party (United States) Walter Lindley 7,209 21.91 #FFDCC6 Public Ownership Party Stanley B. Wilson 4,011 12.19 Socialist Party of America Frank A. Marek 959 2.91 Prohibition Party Wiley J. Phillips 655 1.99 32,902 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) Notes References Further reading Lindley, Walter. "The Lindley Scrapbook Collection." Claremont Colleges Digital Library (1861–1921). online External links Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles 1906 Category:1906 California elections Los Angeles Category:1900s in Los Angeles Category:December 1906 in the United States