Edmonton municipal election, 1946

The 1946 municipal election was held November 6, 1946 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, four trustees to sit on the public school board, and three trustees to sit on the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: James McCrie Douglas, John Munro, John Gillies, and Charles Gariepy were all elected to two year terms in 1945 and were still in office. Ethel Browne had also been elected to a two-year term in 1945, but had resigned due to ill health; accordingly, Harold Tanner was elected to a one-year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Mary Butterworth, E S Haynes, and Armour Ford had been elected to two year terms in 1945 and were still in office. Albert Ottewell had also been elected to a two-year term in 1945, but had died; accordingly, Andrew Stewart was elected to a one-year term.

On the separate board, there were four vacancies out of seven seats, as Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and Joseph Pilon were continuing. William Wilde had been elected to a two-year term in 1945, but had resigned; accordingly, Weldon Bateman was elected to a one-year term.

Voter turnout

There were 24919 ballots cast out of 73852 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.7%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Democratic Alliance Harry Ainlay 22,839 92.44%
IndependentThomas Cairns 1,868 7.56%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
     Citizens' Committee Sidney Bowcott 14,161
     Citizens' Committee Athelstan Bissett 13,867
     Citizens' Committee Harold Tanner 13,799
     Citizens' Committee Sidney Parsons 13,065
     Citizens' Committee James Ogilvie 12,067
     Citizens' Committee Frederick John Mitchell 12,287
Civic Democratic Alliance Percy Gwynne 10,682
Civic Democratic Alliance Charles Willis 9,586
Civic Democratic Alliance Edith Rogers 9,439
Civic Democratic Alliance Norman Finnemore 8,829
Civic Democratic Alliance Williston Haszard 8,412
Civic Democratic Alliance Charles Gilbert 8,192
IndependentJulia Kiniski 2,635

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Citizens' Committee Andrew Stewart 13,830
     Citizens' Committee James MacDonald 12,779
Civic Democratic Alliance John Morrison 11,739
     Citizens' Committee Robert Rae 11,106
     Citizens' Committee Carl W. Clement 10,590
Civic Democratic Alliance William W. R. Boyes 9,636
Civic Democratic Alliance John Moon 8,650

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, James O'Hara, and Weldon Bateman were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections