Edmonton municipal election, 1929

The 1929 municipal election was held December 9, 1929 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, A J Ryan, and J Tansey were acclaimed to the separate school board). In the election's only plebiscite, voters didn't endorse the extension of the half day Wednesday shopping holiday by the required two-thirds majority.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Alfred Farmilo, James Findlay, Charles Gibbs, and Frederick Keillor were all elected to two-year terms in 1928 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Thyrza Bishop, and Frederick Casselman had all been elected to two-year terms in 1928 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W B Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 18549 ballots cast out of 40993 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 45.2%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Civic Government Association	Ralph Bellamy	8,542	Y
	Civic Government Association	Arthur Gainer	7,979	Y
	Civic Government Association	Herbert Baker	7,681	Y
	Labour	Dan Knott	7,419	Y
	Labour	Rice Sheppard	7,032	Y
	Civic Government Association	Thomas Shaftoe Thompson	6,643
	Labour	Edward James Thompson	5,612
	Labour	George Latham	5,482
	Independent	Hugh MacDonald	5,287
	Labour	James Herlihy	4,834
	Independent	Joseph Clarke	4,139
	Independent	Joseph Adair	3,670
	Communist	Jan Lakeman	1,283
	Communist	Herbert John Pallot	590
	Independent	Wilfred Rose	418

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Civic Government Association	Albert Ottewell	9,779	Y
	Civic Government Association	Arthur Cushing	8,742	Y
	Labour	Frank Crang	8,321	Y
	Civic Government Association	Shurburne Tupper Bigelow	7,900	Y
	Civic Government Association	Robert Muir	7,860
	Labour	Thomas John Johnston	7,124
	Labour	Sophie N. Bell	6,788
	Labour	Sidney Bowcott	4,744

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, A J Ryan, and J Tansey were acclaimed to the separate school board.

Wednesday Holiday Plebiscite

In favour of having Wednesday half-holiday extended to cover all the year except the month of December?

• Yes - 1097
• No - 654

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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