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1934 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1934 municipal election was held November 14, 1934 to elect a mayor and six 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 four of the positions were already filled: Margaret Crang (SS), Harry Ainlay (SS), Ralph Bellamy, and James Findlay were all elected to two-year terms in 1933 and were still in office. Rice Sheppard (SS) was also elected to a two-year term in 1933, but had resigned in order to run for mayor; accordingly, Athelstan Bissett (SS) was elected to a one-year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell (SS), Frank Crang (SS), Walter Morrish, and Sidney Bowcott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1933 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, T Malone, Thomas Magee, and J Tansey (SS) were continuing.

Voter turnout

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There were 27,683 ballots cast out of 45,589 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 60.7%.

Results

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Mayor

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Party Candidate Votes %
  Independent Labour Joseph Clarke 9,977 36.35%
Civic Government Association James Harwood Ogilvie 9,575 34.89%
Labour Daniel Kennedy Knott 5,996 21.85%
Independent Rice Sheppard 1,849 6.74%
Independent Frederick Speed 50 0.18%

Aldermen

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Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government Association Hugh MacDonald 14,116 Green tickY
Civic Government Association John Wesley Fry 13,554 Green tickY
Civic Government Association Dick Foote 12,436 Green tickY
Civic Government Association John McCreath 11,990 Green tickY
Civic Government Association Athelstan Bissett 11,576 SS Green tickY
Labour James East 10,654 Green tickY
Civic Government Association James Ponton 10,651
Labour E. E. Hyde 9,127
Labour Sidney Parsons 8,102
Labour L. E. Price 6,991
Labour W. H. Miller 6,453
Independent Labour Walter Clevely 5,887
Independent Labour C. W. Lee 4,922
Independent Labour Charles Martin Keily 3,930
Independent Labour R. H. Le Maitre 3,883
Independent Labour E. C. Holub 3,410
Independent Peter Glassman 3,247
Communist George H. Salter 2,681
Independent J. A. Leonard 1,731

Public school trustees

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Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government Association Frederick Casselman 13,543 Green tickY
Labour Samuel Barnes 12,681 Green tickY
Civic Government Association Izena Ross 12,230 Green tickY
Civic Government Association E. E. Howard 11,046
Labour H. H. Owen 7,758
Independent E. A. Roe 7,620

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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Candidate Votes Elected
J O Pilon 2,109 Green tickY
James O'Hara 1,886 Green tickY
Adrien Crowe 1,814 SS Green tickY

Names and vote totals of defeated candidates are no longer available.

References

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