Edmonton municipal election, 1948

The 1948 municipal election was held November 3, 1948 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. There was no mayoral election, as Harry Ainlay was in the second year of a two-year term. There were no elections for school trustees, as candidates for both the public and private boards were acclaimed.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Armour Ford, Harold Tanner, James McCrie Douglas, Charles Gariepy, and George Gleave were all elected to two-year terms in 1947 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Mary Butterworth, George Brown, Stewart Graham, and William Morrow had been elected to two-year terms in 1947 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Weldon Bateman, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and Joseph Pilon were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 11665 ballots cast out of 80369 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 14.5%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeSidney Parsons 7,533 Green tick
Citizens' CommitteeFrederick John Mitchell 7,514 Green tick
IndependentSidney Bowcott 6,313 Green tick
IndependentAthelstan Bissett 6,189 Green tick
Citizens' CommitteeRichmond Francis Hanna 5,729 Green tick
Citizens' CommitteeW. E. Briggs 5,647
Citizens' CommitteeWilliam Hawrelak 4,209
IndependentPercy Gwynne 4,100
IndependentReta Rowan 2,422
IndependentJulia Kiniski 1,783
IndependentWilliam Chmiliar 1,723
IndependentFrederick Speed 928

Public school trustees

Harry Fowler, James MacDonald, and Robert Rae were acclaimed.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrian Crowe, Joseph O'Hara, and Francis Killeen were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections