Edmonton municipal election, 1943

The 1943 municipal election was held November 10, 1943 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (William Wilde, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board).

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Athelstan Bissett, Sidney Bowcott, Frederick John Mitchell, James Ogilvie, and Sidney Parsons were all elected to two-year terms in 1942 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross, William McConachie, and Alex Gemeroy had been elected to two-year terms in 1942 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Adrien Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 10442 ballots cast out of 58406 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 17.8%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentJohn Wesley Fry 7,270 70.25%
IndependentThomas Joseph Cairns 3,079 29.75%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
     Citizens' Committee James McCrie Douglas 5,684
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harry Ainlay 5,216
     Citizens' Committee Winslow Hamilton 4,910
     Citizens' Committee Charles Gariepy 4,777
     Citizens' Committee Melvin Downey 4,699
     Civic Progressive Association Gwendolen Clarke 4,438
     Citizens' Committee Verna Arthur Porter 4,424
     Civic Progressive Association Guy Patterson 3,809
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Joseph Herbert Dowler 3,309
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alfred Paramour Gregory 2,962
     Labour Progressive William Lambert Careless 1,836
     Civic Progressive Association John Guild 1,496

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Citizens' Committee Albert Ottewell 6,466
     Citizens' Committee Bertram F. Robertson 4,875
     Citizens' Committee Frank Jost Newson 4,958
     Citizens' Committee Roy Leonard Sutherland 4,770
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mary Butterworth 4,380
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation William Henry Thornton 3,911
     Civic Progressive Association Wellesley Fraser 2,953

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

William Wilde, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections