Edmonton municipal election, 1923

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.

Voter turnout

There were 13016 ballots cast out of 22077 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 58.9%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentKenneth Alexander Blatchford 8,314 65.28%
IndependentJames Ramsey 4,421 34.72%

Aldermen

(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 Elected
LabourJames East 3,004 Green tick
IndependentAmbrose Bury 1,993 Green tick
IndependentWilliam Rea 1,150 Green tick
IndependentJames McCrie Douglas 928 Green tick
IndependentThomas Ducey 789
LabourJames Findlay 707 Green tick
IndependentArchie Rendall 703
IndependentJoseph Duggan 563 Green tick
IndependentJ. J. McKenzie 420
IndependentEsther Saunders 380
IndependentJ. Boyd McBride 317
IndependentA. K. Putland 312
LabourH. J. Pallot 308
LabourJan Lakeman 265

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourSamuel Barnes 3,239 Green tick
IndependentF. S. McPherson 1,769 Green tick
LabourFrank Crang 1,740 Green tick
IndependentRalph Bellamy 1,643 Green tick
IndependentGeorge Steer 1,054
LabourRobert McCreath 1,015
IndependentGeorge Massey 442

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Robert Crossland, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections