1900 Calgary municipal election

Election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 1900 Calgary municipal election Calgary Municipal no 1899 Calgary municipal election 1899 1901 Calgary municipal election 1901 1900 12 10 150x150px James Stuart Mackie 217 50.12% 150x150px Silas Alexander Ramsay 216 49.88% 350px Mayor William Henry Cushing James Stuart Mackie The 1900 Calgary municipal election took place on December 10, 1900, to elect a Mayor and nine Aldermen to sit on the seventeenth Calgary City Council from January 7, 1901, to January 6, 1902. The election for Mayor was very close, with the Calgary Herald reporting James Stuart Mackie defeating his opponent Silas Alexander Ramsay by a single vote.The Civic Elections: A very large vote polled in all wards. - Mackie only one vote ahead of Ramsay The Daily Herald 4976 December 11, 1900 Calgary, AB 1 Results Mayor James Stuart Mackie - 217 votes Silas Alexander Ramsay - 216 votes Councillors Ward 1 James Alexander McKenzie - 124 votes Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford - 111 votes Thomas Alexander Hatfield - 106 votes William Pittman Jr. - 65 votes Spoiled - 5 votes Ward 2 John Jackson Young - 163 votes Richard Benjamin O'Sullivan - 105 votes John Creighton - 86 votes Robert Cadogan Thomas - 82 votes Spoiled - 1 vote Ward 3 Thomas Underwood - 91 votes John Emerson - 78 votes Joseph Edward Eckersley - 74 votes William Charles Gordon Armstrong - 65 votes Spoiled - 0 votes School trustees Arthur Leslie Cameron - 232 votes Robert John Hutchings - 207 votes Richard Benjamin O'Sullivan - 182 votes See also List of Calgary municipal elections References 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:1900 elections in Canada Category:1900s in Calgary Category:December 1900 in Canada