Edmonton municipal election, 1927

The 1927 municipal election was held December 12, 1927 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. There were also two plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Gibbs, Alfred Farmilo, Charles Robson, George Hazlett, and Herbert Baker were all elected to two-year terms in 1926 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Thyrza Bishop, and J A Herlihy had all been elected to two-year terms in 1926 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

This election was the last to be conducted using the single transferable vote system, as a plebiscite held concurrently with the election resulted in Edmontonians voting to return to a first past the post system.

Voter turnout

There were 12907 ballots cast out of 37106 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 34.7%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentAmbrose Bury 7,483 57.89%
LabourDan Knott 4,406 34.08%
IndependentJoseph Clarke 958 7.41%
IndependentJ. Pfeim 80 0.62%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationRalph Bellamy 2,195 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationAllan Sloane 1,951 Green tick
LabourJames East 1,922 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationJohn C. Bowen 1,514 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Keillor 1,227
LabourJames Findlay 914
LabourLionel Shurley Crawford Dineen 798 Green tick
IndependentG. V. Pelton 784
Civic Government AssociationA. M. Rehwinkel 550
LabourJames Herlihy 485
LabourE. J. Thompson 375

The above reflects vote totals on the first count. Because of the single transferable vote voting system in effect at the time, candidates leading on the first ballot were not necessarily those elected.

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationArthur Cushing 2,458 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationAlbert Ottewell 2,457 Green tick
LabourFrank Crang 2,020 Green tick
LabourElmer Roper 2,005 Green tick
LabourSophie N. Bell 1,416
Civic Government AssociationJames Harwood Ogilvie 1,123

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
IndependentRobert Crossland 330 style="text-align:right;"-      Independent Charles Gariepy 323
IndependentThomas Magee 315 style="text-align:right;"-      Independent B J Tansey 218
IndependentJ R Naubert 90

Plebiscites

Assessing Improvements on Industrial Establishments

To authorize the Council to fix the Assessment of improvements for industrial establishments.

Abolition of Single Transferable Vote

To abolish the Proportional Representation System of electing mayor and aldermen.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections