Edmonton municipal election, 1924

The 1924 municipal election was held December 8, 1924 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Ambrose Bury, James McCrie Douglas, Joseph Duggan, James East, and James Findlay were all elected to two-year terms in 1923 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Ralph Bellamy, Frank Crang, and F S McPherson had all been elected to two-year terms in 1923 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Crossland, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were continuing.

The election was conducted using the single transferable vote system.

Voter turnout

There were 9477 ballots cast out of 22298 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 42.5%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentKenneth Alexander Blatchford 5,664 60.31%
IndependentRice Sheppard 3,728 39.69%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentJoseph Clarke 2,296 Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeJames Collisson 2,009 Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeWill Werner 1,030 Green tickY
LabourCharles Gibbs 802 Green tickY
LabourDaniel Knott 707 Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeArchie Rendall 632
Citizens' CommitteeA. C. Grant 619
LabourJames Herlihy 480
LabourRobert McCreath 460
LabourH. J. Pallot 341
IndependentGertrude McBain 67

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeJoseph Adair 2,767 Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeThyrza Bishop 2,351 Green tickY
LabourT. J. Johnston 1,379 Green tickY
LabourElmer Roper 1,401
Citizens' CommitteeGeorge Young 955
IndependentJ. H. W. Williams 587
IndependentA. R. Lawrence 294

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentC. E. Barry 339 Green tickY
IndependentP. M. Dunne 193 Green tickY
IndependentE. H. Esch 133
IndependentHarry Carrigan 74 Green tickY

(Numbers provided are only for the first count; on subsequent counts, Harry Carrigan defeated E. H. Esch.)

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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