Edmonton municipal election, 1931

The 1931 municipal election was held November 11, 1931 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, T Malone, and J Tansey were acclaimed to the separate school board).

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Charles Gibbs, Frederick Keillor, Donald Lake, and Charles Gerald O'Connor were all elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman, and Mrs. W D Ferris had all been elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22583 ballots cast out of 42753 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 52.8%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
LabourDaniel Kennedy Knott 13,014 57.63%
Civic Government AssociationJames McCrie Douglas 9,569 42.37%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourRice Sheppard 11,519 Green tick
LabourHarry Ainlay 10,316 Green tick
LabourJames Findlay 10,186 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationHerbert Baker 9,839 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationArthur Gainer 9,741 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationRalph Bellamy 8,780
LabourSidney Parsons 7,994
Civic Government AssociationThornton Graham 7,802
IndependentDick Foote 7,514
IndependentJoseph Clarke 4,944
IndependentWilliam Ross 3,888
IndependentLin S. Bell 3,222
IndependentFrank R. Lovette 2,540
     Communist Jan Lakeman 1,702
IndependentPeter Glassman 1,197

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationAlbert Ottewell 11,035 Green tick
LabourFrank Crang 10,919 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationL. Y. Cairns 9,222 Green tick
Civic Government AssociationArthur Cushing 9,009
LabourSidney Bowcott 9,005 Green tick
LabourDaniel Powers 8,970
Civic Government AssociationS. A. Dickson 8,327

(The figures above were those from the initial count. Upon completion of a recount, Bowcott was found to have received more votes than Cushing and was therefore elected.)

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, T Malone, and J Tansey were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections