Edmonton municipal election, 1934

The 1934 municipal election was held November 14, 1934 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Margaret Crang, Harry Ainlay, Ralph Bellamy, and James Findlay were all elected to two year terms in 1933 and were still in office. Rice Sheppard was also elected to a two year term in 1933, but had resigned in order to run for mayor; accordingly, Athelstan Bissett was elected to a one year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell, Frank Crang, Walter Morrish, and Sidney Bowcott had all been elected to two year terms in 1933 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.

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Voter turnout

There were 27683 ballots cast out of 45589 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 60.7%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes  %
     Independent Labour Joseph Clarke 9,977 36.35%
     Civic Government Association James Harwood Ogilvie 9,575 34.89%
     Labour Daniel Kennedy Knott 5,996 21.85%
     Independent Rice Sheppard 1,849 6.74%
     Independent Frederick Speed 50 0.18%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
     Civic Government Association Hugh MacDonald 14,116
     Civic Government Association John Wesley Fry 13,554
     Civic Government Association Dick Foote 12,436
     Civic Government Association John McCreath 11,990
     Civic Government Association Athelstan Bissett 11,576
     Labour James East 10,654
     Civic Government Association James Ponton 10,651
     Labour E. E. Hyde 9,127
     Labour Sidney Parsons 8,102
     Labour L. E. Price 6,991
     Labour W. H. Miller 6,453
     Independent Labour Walter Clevely 5,887
     Independent Labour C. W. Lee 4,922
     Independent Labour Charles Martin Keily 3,930
     Independent Labour R. H. Le Maitre 3,883
     Independent Labour E. C. Holub 3,410
     Independent Peter Glassman 3,247
     Communist George H. Salter 2,681
     Independent J. A. Leonard 1,731

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Civic Government Association Frederick Casselman 13,543
     Labour Samuel Barnes 12,681
     Civic Government Association Izena Ross 12,230
     Civic Government Association E. E. Howard 11,046
     Labour H. H. Owen 7,758
     Independent E. A. Roe 7,620

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Names and vote totals of defeated candidates are no longer available.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections