1897 Calgary municipal election

Election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 1897 Calgary municipal election Calgary Municipal no 1896 Calgary municipal election 1896 1898 Calgary municipal election 1898 1897 12 13 150x150px Arthur Leslie Cameron Acclaimed 350px Mayor Wesley Fletcher Orr Arthur Leslie Cameron The 1897 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for December 13, 1897 to elect a Mayor and nine Councillors to sit on the fourteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1898 to January 3, 1899. Arthur Leslie Cameron was acclaimed as mayor.O'Brien on Top http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1897/12/16/8/ 14 March 2020 The Calgary Weekly Herald 52 December 16, 1897 8 Results Mayor Arthur Leslie Cameron — Acclaimed Councillors Ward 1 Calgary municipal 1897 Calgary City Council Councillor Ward 1 yes yes CGY - William Hugh Kinnisten 78 30.23% yes CGY - Alexander McBride 67 25.97% yes CGY - Silas Alexander Ramsay 67 25.97% yes CGY - William Pitman 46 17.83% O'Brien on Top http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1897/12/16/8/ 14 March 2020 The Calgary Weekly Herald 52 December 16, 1897 8 Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors. Ward 2 Calgary municipal 1897 Calgary City Council Councillor Ward 2 yes yes CGY - Thomas O'Brien 106 32.52% yes CGY - James Stuart Mackie 77 23.62% yes CGY - Robert John Hutchings 77 23.62% yes CGY - William Henry Cushing 66 20.25% O'Brien on Top http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1897/12/16/8/ 14 March 2020 The Calgary Weekly Herald 52 December 16, 1897 8 Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors. Ward 3 Calgary municipal 1897 Calgary City Council Councillor Ward 3 yes yes CGY - Thomas Underwood 34 36.56% yes CGY - Walter Jarrett 26 27.96% yes CGY - Adam Robson McTavish 25 26.88% yes CGY - Thomas O'Brien 8 8.60% O'Brien on Top http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1897/12/16/8/ 14 March 2020 The Calgary Weekly Herald 52 December 16, 1897 8 Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors. School Trustee PartyCandidateVotes%Elected AB Independent McKenzie 144 40.22% yes AB Independent Parslow 114 31.84% yes AB Independent McNeill 100 27.93% Total valid votes 358 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:Municipal elections in Calgary Category:1897 elections in Canada Category:1890s in Calgary Category:December 1897 in Canada