Edmonton municipal election, 1954

The 1954 municipal election was held October 13, 1954 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided seven plebiscite questions. No election was held for mayor, as William Hawrelak was one year into a two-year term.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Harold Tanner, Rupert Clare, Abe Miller, Charles Simmonds, and Cliffard Roy were all elected to two-year terms in 1953 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Mary Butterworth, William Cowley, James Falconer, and John Thorogood had been acclaimed to two-year terms in 1953 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Andre Dechene, Amby Lenon, Catherine McGrath, and William Sereda were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 20866 ballots cast out of 123040 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 17.0%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Citizens' Committee	Edwin Clarke	14,258		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Ethel Wilson	10,774		Y
	Independent	Frederick John Mitchell	10,764		Y
	Independent	Giffard Main	9,607	SS	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Laurette Douglas	9,362		Y
	Independent	Duncan Innes	7,907	SS
	Independent	L. B. Nicholson	6,354	SS
	Independent	Thomas Graham	5,724
	Independent	Clifford Lee	5,686	SS
	Independent	Frank Cowles	4,554	SS
	Independent	Sidney Bowcott	4,409
	Citizens' Committee	Roy Jamha	2,749
	Independent	Tempest Aitken	2,507	SS
	Citizens' Committee	Alex Goruk	2,444
	Independent	Herbert Turner	2,187
	Independent	Julia Kiniski	1,758
	Civic Reform Committee	Rose Sarman	946	SS
	Civic Reform Committee	William Tuomi	707

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Citizens' Committee	William Roberts	12,723	Y
	Independent	Donald Bowen	11,828	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Rex Stevenson	10,529	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Henry Peterson	5,122
	Civic Reform Committee	Rebecca Stilwell	4,989
	Independent	Delmer Dreger	3,414

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Independent	James O'Hara	2,867	Y
	Independent	Louis Blain	2,761
	Independent	Adrian Crowe	2,575	Y	SS
	Independent	John Kane	2,526	Y
	Independent	Marcel Lambert	2,514
	Independent	Napolean Forcade	1,554

Plebiscites

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $550,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

• Yes - 10749
• No - 1670

Asphalt Surfacing I

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $450,000.00 for the City share of paving means of asphalt surfacing on gravel?

• Yes - 9809
• No - 2004

Asphalt Surfacing II

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $150,000.00 for the City share of paving by means of asphalt surfacing on gravel?

• Yes - 9345
• No - 2097

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 for the rehabilitation and development of parks including new trees, new roads, sewers, drains, fences and general rebuilding?

• Yes - 9859
• No - 2112

Neighbourhood Beautification

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $91,500.00 for the completion of neighborhood beautification areas in various parts of the City including the beautification of small parcels of land owned within the City?

• Yes - 8808
• No - 2898

Playgrounds

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $61,000.00 for the improvement of playgrounds and the construction of playground shelters and wading pools and the erection of fencing at various City playgrounds?

• Yes - 10623
• No - 1677

Health Clinic

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $60,000.00 for the purpose of a health clinic to look after inoculations, also the supervision of babies and pre-school children and preventative dental services?

• Yes - 10623
• No - 1677

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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