Edmonton municipal election, 1928

The 1928 municipal election was held December 10, 1928 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board (A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed to the separate school board). There were also six bylaws put to a city-wide vote.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Ralph Bellamy, A C Sloane, James East, and L S C Dineen were all elected to two-year terms in 1927 and were still in office. John C. Bowen had also been elected to a two-year term, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Accordingly, Rice Sheppard was elected to a one-year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Frank Crang, Arthur Cushing, Albert Ottewell, and Elmer Roper had all been elected to two-year terms in 1927 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Crossland, Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, and B J Tansey were continuing.

This election marked Edmonton's return to the first past the post electoral system after four elections of using single transferable vote.

Voter turnout

There were 14971 ballots cast out of 37915 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 39.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentAmbrose Bury 8,970 59.92%
IndependentJohn C. Bowen 6,001 40.08%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourCharles Gibbs 7,841 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Keillor 6,881 Green tick
LabourAlfred Farmilo 6,294 Green tick
LabourJames Findlay 6,273 Green tick
     Independent labour Rice Sheppard 6,262
Civic Government AssociationJames Collisson 6,255 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationGeorge Hazlett 6,107
Civic Government AssociationHerbert Baker 5,978
Civic Government AssociationGeorge Wilkinson 4,908
LabourJames Herlihy 4,561
IndependentG. V. Pelton 4,417
LabourJ. A. Thompson 4,623
IndependentJoseph Clarke 4,130 style="text-align:right;"-      Independent Charles Robson 4,026

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourSamuel Barnes 7,022 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationThyrza Bishop 6,300 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Casselman 5,641 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationR. Colwill 5,340
LabourE. E. Owen 5,300
LabourMrs. D. T. Bell 5,267
IndependentS. T. Lawrie 2,469 }

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.

Bylaws

$86525 for paving

  • Yes - 4305
  • No - 824

$50000 for gravelling

  • Yes - 4288
  • No - 802

$23860 for airport improvements

  • Yes - 3065
  • No - 1692

$292688 for a hospital

  • Yes - 4362
  • No - 998

$50000 for a firehall

  • Yes - 3735
  • No - 1169

$100000 for fire equipment

  • Yes - 4044
  • No - 935

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections