Edmonton municipal election, 1932

The 1932 municipal election was held November 9, 1932 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board (Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed to the separate school board).

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Rice Sheppard, Harry Ainlay, James Findlay, Herbert Baker, and Arthur Gainer were all elected to two-year terms in 1931 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell, Frank Crang, L. Y. Cairns, and Arthur Cushing had all been elected to two-year terms in 1931 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, T Malone, Thomas Magee, and J Tansey were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22538 ballots cast out of 43523 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 51.7%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Labour	Charles Gibbs	11,161	Y
	United Citizens of Edmonton	John Wesley Fry	10,287
	United Citizens of Edmonton	James Ogilvie	10,052
	Labour	James East	9,529	Y
	United Citizens of Edmonton	John McCreath	9,119
	United Citizens of Edmonton	John Savage	8,318
	Independent	Raymond C. Ghostley	7,975
	Labour	Alfred Farmilo	7,837
	United Citizens of Edmonton	I. W. I. McEchern	7,799
	Communist	Mrs. I. G. Ringwood	6,604
	Labour	Sidney Parsons	6,229
	Communist	Jan Lakeman	2,978
	Independent	Peter Glassman	2,091
	Independent	F. S. Wright	1,852
	Communist	George H. Salter	1,376

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Citizens of Edmonton	Mrs. E G Ferris	11,941
	United Citizens of Edmonton	Frederick Casselman	10,329
	Labour	Samuel Barnes	9,782	Y
	United Citizens of Edmonton	W. G. Walford	7,719
	Labour	Daniel Powers	7,680
	Labour	L. E. Price	4,980
	Independent	Mrs. J. G. Stewart	2,376

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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