1907 Calgary municipal election

Election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 1907 Calgary municipal election Calgary Municipal no 1906 Calgary municipal election 1906 1908 Calgary municipal election 1908 1907 12 09 160x180px Arthur Leslie Cameron.jpg Arthur Leslie Cameron 1,120 Simon John Clarke NA-5640-38.jpg Simon John Clarke 755 350px Mayor Arthur Leslie Cameron Arthur Leslie Cameron The 1907 Calgary municipal election was held on December 9, 1907, to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-fourth Calgary City Council from January 2, 1908, to January 2, 1909.Cameron Again Our Mayor Calgary Herald 7026 December 10, 1907 1 https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/63660 March 15, 2021Cameron Again Our Mayor (Continued) https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/63661 March 15, 2021 Calgary Herald 7026 December 10, 1907 2 Background The 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 with a voter's designated ward. The election became a bitter affair with the Calgary Herald supporting Mayor Cameron and the Morning Albertan supporting Alderman Simon John Clarke. The Morning Albertan called Clarke "a man who does things" and claimed the city's financial position would have been better under his stewardship, while criticizing Cameron for closed council meetings and "autocratic rule".Election Campaign Notes https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll18/id/87664 March 15, 2021 The Morning Albertan December 5, 1907 1 The Morning Albertan charged Mayor Cameron with engineering the bylaw to form a commission in order to provide himself a well paying job. The Morning Albertan claimed the commission bylaw was crafted in a in camera City Council meeting was held to form the commission with three members each paid $2,500: Mayor Cameron, Alderman Harry William White and Alderman Arthur Garnet Graves. The charge was contrasted with the City Council decision to lay off 250 public works employees.Election Campaign Notes https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll18/id/87674 March 15, 2021 Morning Albertan December 6, 1907 Calgary 1 Alderman White refuted the charges against Mayor Cameron in the Morning Albertan, going so far as to offer $1,000 if the writer (whom the Morning Albertan acknowledged as publisher William McCartney Davidson) could provide evidence for his claims.White W.H. Challenge to Writer https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/63622 March 15, 2021 Calgary Herald 7023 December 6, 1907 1 Claims also surfaced in the Calgary Herald that as Alderman, Simon John Clarke paved numerous sidewalks throughout the city without authorization or report from City Council or the relevant committees.Irregularities of Public Works https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/63622 March 15, 2021 Calgary Herald 7023 December 6, 1907 1 The Calgary Herald claimed that Clarke and his agents paid for the article in the Morning Albertan, which the Morning Albertan refuted by publishing affidavits of Clarke and his agent J.Y. Byers the next day.A word of Explanation https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll18/id/87684 March 15, 2021 Morning Albertan December 7, 1907 Calgary 1 Clarke campaigned on record as alderman including his role as chairman on the Public Works Committee, the election of a commission, municipal meetings open to the public, and financial restraint during difficult times,Clarke Simon John To the Electors of Calgary https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll18/id/87665 March 15, 2021 Morning Albertan December 5, 1907 Calgary 2 while Cameron ran on his record extending the waterworks system, improvements to St. George's Island, and missing only one City Council meeting in the previous year.Cameron Arthur Leslie Mayoralty, 1908 -- To the Electors of Calgary https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll18/id/87667 March 15, 2021 Morning Albertan December 5, 1907 Calgary 4 Results Election results as reported by the Calgary Herald and Morning Albertan.Mayor Cameron Gets A Large Majority https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll18/id/87702 March 15, 2021 The Morning Albertan December 10, 1907 Calgary 1 Mayor Candidate Votes Percent Arthur Leslie Cameron 1,220 Simon John Clarke 755 Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Votes Percent Robert Suitor 480 Adoniram Judson Samis 407 Alfred Moodie 361 Thomas Alfred Presswood Frost 323 Isaac Gideon Ruttle 306 T.A. Wiggins 140 Thomas Hart 109 Ward 2 Candidate Votes Percent Alfred Marmaduke Terrill 550 William Henry Manarey 441 George Thomas Callender Robinson 433 Arthur Bennett 229 J.R. Hunter 107 Ward 3 Candidate Votes Percent John William Mitchell 348 James Abel Hornby 338 Arthur Garnet Graves 320 A.D. Fidler 208 Ward 4 Candidate Votes Percent John Goodwin Watson 460 Robert James Stuart 363 William Mahon Parslow 309 Marwood 243 Clifford Bernard Reilly 227 W.H. Lee 223 See also List of Calgary municipal elections References 1 Category:Municipal elections in Calgary Category:1907 elections in Canada Category:1900s in Calgary Category:December 1907 in Canada