Edmonton municipal election, 1933

The 1933 Edmonton municipal election was held November 8, 1933 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on City Council and four 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: Charles Gibbs, John Wesley Fry, James Ogilvie, James East, and John McCreath were all elected to two-year terms in 1932 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Mrs. E G Ferris, Frederick Casselman, and Samuel Barnes had all been elected to two-year terms in 1932 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 21730 ballots cast out of 44603 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 48.7%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
LabourDaniel Kennedy Knott 13,453 61.91%
     Independent Labour Joseph Clarke 7,657 35.24%
IndependentJ. A. Leonard 620 2.85%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourRice Sheppard 11,418 Green tickY
LabourMargaret Crang 10,858 Green tickY
LabourHarry Ainlay 10,195 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationRalph Bellamy 9,609 Green tickY
LabourJames Findlay 9,536 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationW. W. McBain 8,471
Civic Government AssociationRobert Dolphin Tighe 7,728
Civic Government AssociationT. A. Graham 7,647
Civic Government AssociationDick Foote 7,537
Independent LabourM. Ainslie 2,879
CommunistJan Lakeman 2,830
Independent LabourFrank R. Lovette 2,636
Independent LabourWalter Clevely 2,493
CommunistGeorge H. Salter 1,295
IndependentPeter Glassman 1,215
IndependentF. S. Wright 1,094
IndependentCharles Martin Keily 681

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationAlbert Ottewell 12,500 Green tickY
LabourFrank Crang 11,963 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationWalter Morrish 9,722 Green tickY
LabourSidney Bowcott 9,309 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationH. H. Dyde 8,762
Civic Government AssociationErnest Howard 7,909
LabourL. E. Price 6,911

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentCharles Gariepy 1,830 Green tickY
IndependentThomas Malone 1,812 Green tickY
IndependentThomas Magee 1,688 Green tickY
IndependentJ. Tansey 1,444 Green tickY
IndependentMrs. M. Conroy 1,683

(Conroy received more votes than Tansey but a South Side representative was needed.)

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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