1917 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1917 municipal election was held December 10, 1917, to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. There were also two plebiscite questions asked. There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: George Pheasey, William Martin, and Charles Grant were all elected to two-year terms in 1916 and were still in office. Thomas Bellamy and James Macfie MacDonald were also elected to two-year terms in 1916, but both resigned to run for mayor. Two Southside candidates were guaranteed to win seats so to finish off Bellamy's and MacDonald's terms, the fourth-most-popular and fifth-most-popular northside candidates were elected to one year terms. Samuel McCoppen and Henri Martin were elected to one-year terms. Kinney and McCoppen belonged to the Labour slate put forward by the Labour Representation League and were elected.Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 11, 1917Edmonton Bulletin, Nov. 24, 1917 The Labour slate was filled out by candidates White, Field and Scott, all unsuccessful.Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 7, 1917 The Southside was guaranteed to elect two members and as only two southsiders - Orlando Bush and W.W. Prevey - were running, they were secured of victory. Their names were kept on the ballot anyway.Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 10, 1917Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 21, 1917 Hyman King announced that he would be running for an aldermanic seat but he withdrew his nomination before election day.Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 4, 1917 There was no Business slate but at least two candidates had a relationship. Esdale published a list of women and men who endorsed his candidacy. The list included fellow candidate W.W. Prevey. As each voter could cast multiple votes, there was no direct competition between Esdale and Prevey.Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 4, 1917 There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Duggan, C. Frost, and William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1915. The same was true of the separate board, where Joseph Gariépy, M. J. O'Farrell, and G. W. Curtis were all continuing. The five mayoral candidates were the most in Edmonton's history up to that point. But despite the potential vote splitting, Evans was elected with a majority of votes. Electoral System Mayor was elected through First-past-the-post voting. Councillors were elected through Plurality block voting, with each voter allowed to cast as many as seven votes. Voter turnout A total of 7895 ballots were cast out of 11,271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 70.0%. Results bold indicates elected italics indicate incumbent South Side indicates, where data is available, a 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 Independent rowIndependentHarry Marshall Erskine Evans3,79950.10% EDM Independent rowIndependentJoseph Clarke1,79123.62% EDM Independent rowIndependentSamuel Barnes78810.39% EDM Independent rowIndependentThomas Bellamy7579.98% EDM Independent rowIndependentJames Macfie MacDonald4485.91% EDM Independent rowTotal7583 Aldermen Labour = Labour Representation League Edmonton Bulletin, December 15, 1917 Party Candidate Votes EDM Independent rowIndependentMatthew Esdale4,199 EDM Labour rowLabourJames Kinney4,190 EDM Independent rowIndependentCharles Wilson4,000 EDM Labour rowLabourSamuel McCoppen3,578 (elected for one year EDM Independent rowIndependentHenri Martin3,327 (elected for one year) EDM Independent rowIndependentWarren Prevey(South Side)3,022 EDM Independent rowIndependentOrlando Bush(South Side)2,921 EDM Labour rowLabourT. Scott2,258 EDM Labour rowLabourS. W. Field2,068 EDM Labour rowLabourJ. E. White1,791 EDM Independent rowIndependentS. Freeman990 EDM Independent row Total32,344 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes EDM Independent rowIndependentHenry Douglas4,854 EDM Independent rowIndependentJ. A. McPherson3,815 EDM Independent rowIndependentArthur Cushing3,121 EDM Independent rowIndependentE. T. Bishop2,894 EDM Labour rowLabourAlfred Farmilo2,147 EDM Independent rowIndependentA. L. Marks1,916 EDM Independent rowIndependentJoseph Clarke1,502 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Party Candidate Votes EDM Independent rowIndependentM. Kelly497 EDM Independent rowIndependentF. A. French490 EDM Independent rowIndependentJoseph Henri Picard417 EDM Independent rowIndependentH. J. Roche387 EDM Independent rowIndependentRichard Crossland178 Plebiscites Votes %Are you in favour of the assessment of buildings and improvements at a percentage value not exceeding 25 percent?For1,55246.12%Against1,81353.88%Are you in favour of a business assessment equal to the full amount of rental value of the premises wherein business is carried?For3,55561.36%Against2,23938.64% References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1917 Category:1917 elections in Canada Category:1917 in Alberta Category:1910s in Edmonton