1930 Edmonton municipal election

Municipal election in Alberta, Canada September 2023 The 1930 municipal election was held November 12, 1930 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. This was the first election to be held in November; where elections had previously been held on the second Monday of December, beginning in 1930 they were held on the (presumably milder) second Wednesday of November to encourage voter turnout. There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Herbert Baker, Ralph Bellamy, Arthur Gainer, Dan Knott, and Rice Sheppard (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1929 and were still in office. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Frank Crang (SS), Arthur Cushing, and Albert Ottewell (SS) had all been elected to two-year terms in 1929 and were still in office. S T Bigelow had also been elected in 1929, but had resigned; accordingly, S A Dickson was elected to a one-year term. Similarly, there were only three vacancies on the seven member separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, A J Ryan, and J Tansey (SS) were continuing. The acclamation of James McCrie Douglas as mayor marked the first mayoral acclamation since 1915. Voter turnout There were 13,869 ballots cast out of 41,962 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.0%. 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 James McCrie Douglas was acclaimed for a second term as mayor. Aldermen Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Civic Government Association Frederick Keillor 7,136 SS yes EDM Labour Charles Gibbs 6,889 yes EDM Civic Government Association James Collisson 6,814 yes EDM Civic Government Association Donald Lake 6,307 yes EDM Civic Government Association Charles Gerald O'Connor 6,303 yes EDM Labour James East 5,996 EDM Civic Government Association F. R. Lovette 5,343 EDM Labour James Findlay 5,242 EDM Labour Harry Ainlay 4,864 SS EDM Labour Alfred Farmilo 4,692 EDM Independent Joseph Clarke 2,514 EDM Communist Jan Lakeman 1,001 Public school trustees Four trustees were elected. Party Candidate Votes Elected EDM Civic Government Association Mrs. W. D. Ferris 6,654 yes EDM Civic Government Association Frederick Casselman 6,370 yes EDM Labour Samuel Barnes 6,243 yes EDM Civic Government Association S.A. Dickson 6,190 yes EDM Civic Government Association L. Y. Cairns 6,119 EDM Labour Robert McCreath 5,007 EDM Labour Mrs. S. N. Bell 4,728 EDM Labour Sidney Bowcott 4,184 Separate (Catholic) school trustees Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed. References Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office 1930 Category:1930 elections in Canada Category:1930 in Alberta Category:November 1930 in Canada Category:1930s in Edmonton