The 1923 municipal election was held December 10, 1923 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. Robert Crossland, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Joseph Adair, James Collisson, Daniel Knott, and Rice Sheppard were all elected to two year terms in 1922 and were still in office. Kenneth Alexander Blatchford had also been elected to a two year term in 1922, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Accordingly, William Rea was elected to a one year term.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: W H Alexander, L T Barclay, and E T Bishop had all been elected to two year terms in 1922 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where P M Dunne, J J Murray, and Joseph Gariépy were continuing.
Pursuant to a plebiscite conducted during the 1922 election, the 1923 election was the first to make use of the single transferable vote style of voting.
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There were 13016 ballots cast out of 22077 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 58.9%.
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kenneth Alexander Blatchford | 8,314 | 65.28% | |
| Independent | James Ramsey | 4,421 | 34.72% | |
(Because of the single transferable vote system, the number of votes initially received by a candidate was not necessarily determinative; accordingly, some defeated candidates initially received more votes than some victorious candidates.)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James East | 3,004 | |
| Independent | Ambrose Bury | 1,993 | |
| Independent | William Rea | 1,150 | |
| Independent | James McCrie Douglas | 928 | |
| Independent | Thomas Ducey | 789 | |
| Labour | James Findlay | 707 | |
| Independent | Archie Rendall | 703 | |
| Independent | Joseph Duggan | 563 | |
| Independent | J. J. McKenzie | 420 | |
| Independent | Esther Saunders | 380 | |
| Independent | J. Boyd McBride | 317 | |
| Independent | A. K. Putland | 312 | |
| Labour | H. J. Pallot | 308 | |
| Labour | Jan Lakeman | 265 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Samuel Barnes | 3,239 | |
| Independent | F. S. McPherson | 1,769 | |
| Labour | Frank Crang | 1,740 | |
| Independent | Ralph Bellamy | 1,643 | |
| Independent | George Steer | 1,054 | |
| Labour | Robert McCreath | 1,015 | |
| Independent | George Massey | 442 | |
Robert Crossland, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed.
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections
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