Edmonton municipal election, 1933

The 1933 Edmonton municipal election was held November 8, 1933 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Gibbs, John Wesley Fry, James Ogilvie, James East, and John McCreath were all elected to two year terms in 1932 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Mrs. E G Ferris, Frederick Casselman, and Samuel Barnes had all been elected to two year terms in 1932 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

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Voter turnout

There were 21730 ballots cast out of 44603 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 48.7%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes  %
     Labour Daniel Kennedy Knott 13,453 61.91%
     Independent Labour Joseph Clarke 7,657 35.24%
     Independent J. A. Leonard 620 2.85%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
     Labour Rice Sheppard 11,418
     Labour Margaret Crang 10,858
     Labour Harry Ainlay 10,195
     Civic Government Association Ralph Bellamy 9,609
     Labour James Findlay 9,536
     Civic Government Association W. W. McBain 8,471
     Civic Government Association Robert Dolphin Tighe 7,728
     Civic Government Association T. A. Graham 7,647
     Civic Government Association Dick Foote 7,537
     Independent Labour M. Ainslie 2,879
     Communist Jan Lakeman 2,830
     Independent Labour Frank R. Lovette 2,636
     Independent Labour Walter Clevely 2,493
     Communist George H. Salter 1,295
     Independent Peter Glassman 1,215
     Independent F. S. Wright 1,094
     Independent Charles Martin Keily 681

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Civic Government Association Albert Ottewell 12,500
     Labour Frank Crang 11,963
     Civic Government Association Walter Morrish 9,722
     Labour Sidney Bowcott 9,309
     Civic Government Association H. H. Dyde 8,762
     Civic Government Association Ernest Howard 7,909
     Labour L. E. Price 6,911

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Independent Charles Gariepy 1,830
     Independent Thomas Malone 1,812
     Independent Thomas Magee 1,688
     Independent J. Tansey 1,444
     Independent Mrs. M. Conroy 1,683

(Conroy received more votes than Tansey but a South Side representative was needed.)

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections