Edmonton municipal election, 1937

The 1937 municipal election was held November 10, 1937 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and five trustees to sit on the public school board (Hugh Currie, Charles Gariepy, William Wilde, and John Welihan were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board). Voters also decided three plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Hugh MacDonald, James Ogilvie, John McCreath, and Athelstan Bissett had been elected to two-year terms in 1936 and were still in office. John Wesley Fry had also been elected to a two-year term in 1936, but he resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Blair Paterson, who polled sixth in this election, was elected to a one-year term to finish off his term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but two of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross and Armour Ford had been elected to two-year terms in 1936 and were still in office. Frederick Casselman had also been elected to a two-year term in 1936, but had resigned; accordingly, George Gleave was elected to a one-year term. On the separate school board there were four vacancies, as A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 24279 ballots cast out of 51599 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 47%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
     Citizens' Committee John Wesley Fry 10,487 43.63%
     Edmonton First Joseph Clarke 7,340 30.53%
     Progressive Civic Association Guy Patterson 3,419 14.22%
IndependentJohn Sedgewick Cowper 2,730 11.36%
IndependentFrederick Speed 62 0.26%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
     Citizens' Committee Edward Brown 12,677
     Citizens' Committee Frederick Casselman 12,386
     Citizens' Committee Douglas Grout 12,252
     Citizens' Committee George Campbell 11,709
     Citizens' Committee Dan Knott 11,655
     Citizens' Committee Blair Paterson 10,980
     Progressive Civic Association Harry Ainlay 10,103
     Progressive Civic Association James Findlay 8,501
IndependentMargaret Crang 7,608
     Progressive Civic Association Charles Gould 7,190
     Progressive Civic Association Elisha East 5,323
IndependentWalter Clevely 4,884
     Progressive Civic Association William Miller 4,551
     Progressive Civic Association Charles Lee 4,447
IndependentRaymond C. Ghostley 2,308
  New Deal John James Allen 2,036
IndependentPeter Glassman 1,779
IndependentErnest Holub 1,072
IndependentCharles Keily 734

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Citizens' Committee Albert Ottewell 10,297
     Citizens' Committee Walter Morrish 8,829
     Progressive Civic Association Sidney Bowcott 8,391
     Citizens' Committee C. Bruce Smith 7,330
     Citizens' Committee George Gleave 7,034
IndependentFrank Crang 6,770
     Progressive Civic Association Mary Ann Gilchrist 5,950
     Progressive Civic Association Adam Bruce 5,384
     Progressive Civic Association Thomas Housley 3,959

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Hugh Currie, Charles Gariepy, William Wilde, and John Welihan were acclaimed.

Plebiscites

Mayoral Election

Are you in favour of the Mayor being elected annually by the members of the City Council from their number?

Money Bylaw (Airport Hangar)

$35000 for an Airport Hangar

Money Bylaw (Police Signals)

$25000 for Police Signals

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections