Edmonton municipal election, 1931

The 1931 municipal election was held November 11, 1931 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, T Malone, and J Tansey were acclaimed to the separate school board).

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Charles Gibbs, Frederick Keillor, Donald Lake, and Charles Gerald O'Connor were all elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman, and Mrs. W D Ferris had all been elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22,583 ballots cast out of 42,753 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 52.8%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Labour	Rice Sheppard	11,519	Y
	Labour	Harry Ainlay	10,316	Y
	Labour	James Findlay	10,186	Y
	Civic Government Association	Herbert Baker	9,839	Y
	Civic Government Association	Arthur Gainer	9,741	Y
	Civic Government Association	Ralph Bellamy	8,780
	Labour	Sidney Parsons	7,994
	Civic Government Association	Thornton Graham	7,802
	Independent	Dick Foote	7,514
	Independent	Joseph Clarke	4,944
	Independent	William Ross	3,888
	Independent	Lin S. Bell	3,222
	Independent	Frank R. Lovette	2,540
	Communist	Jan Lakeman	1,702
	Independent	Peter Glassman	1,197

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Civic Government Association	Albert Ottewell	11,035	Y
	Labour	Frank Crang	10,919	Y
	Civic Government Association	L. Y. Cairns	9,222	Y
	Civic Government Association	Arthur Cushing	9,009
	Labour	Sidney Bowcott	9,005	Y
	Labour	Daniel Powers	8,970
	Civic Government Association	S. A. Dickson	8,327

(The figures above were those from the initial count. Upon completion of a recount, Bowcott was found to have received more votes than Cushing and was therefore elected.)

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, T Malone, and J Tansey were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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