1943 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1943 municipal election was held November 10, 1943 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Athelstan Bissett (SS), Sidney Bowcott, Frederick John Mitchell, James Ogilvie, and Sidney Parsons were all elected to two-year terms in 1942 and were still in office. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross, William McConachie, and Alex Gemeroy had been elected to two-year terms in 1942 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Adrien Crowe (SS), Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing. Voter turnout There were 10,442 ballots cast out of 58,406 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 17.8%. Results bold or indicates elected italics indicate incumbent "SS", where data is available, indicates 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 John Wesley Fry 7,270 70.25% EDM Independent Thomas Joseph Cairns 3,079 29.75% Aldermen Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee James McCrie Douglas 5,684 SS yes EDM CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationHarry Ainlay5,216SSEDM Citizens' Committee Winslow Hamilton 4,910 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Charles Gariepy 4,777 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Melvin Downey 4,699 SS yes EDM CPA rowCivic Progressive AssociationGwendolen Clarke4,438 EDM Citizens' Committee Verna Arthur Porter 4,424 EDM CPA rowCivic Progressive AssociationGuy Patterson3,809 EDM CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationJoseph Herbert Dowler3,309 EDM CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationAlfred Paramour Gregory2,962 EDM Labor-Progressive row-nameWilliam Lambert Careless1,836 EDM CPA rowCivic Progressive AssociationJohn Guild1,496 Public school trustees Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Citizens' Committee Albert Ottewell 6,466 SS yes EDM Citizens' Committee Bertram F. Robertson 4,875 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Frank Jost Newson 4,958 yes EDM Citizens' Committee Roy Leonard Sutherland 4,770 yes EDM CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationMary Butterworth4,380SS EDM CCF rowCo-operative Commonwealth FederationWilliam Henry Thornton3,911 EDM CPA rowCivic Progressive AssociationWellesley Fraser2,953 Separate (Catholic) school trustees William Wilde (SS), Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon were acclaimed. References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1943 Category:1943 elections in Canada Category:1943 in Alberta Category:November 1943 in Canada Category:1940s in Edmonton