Edmonton municipal election, 1930

The 1930 municipal election was held November 12, 1930 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed to the separate school board).

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Herbert Baker, Ralph Bellamy, Arthur Gainer, Dan Knott, and Rice Sheppard were all elected to two-year terms in 1929 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Frank Crang, Arthur Cushing, and Albert Ottewell had all been elected to two-year terms in 1929 and were still in office. S T Bigelow had also been elected in 1929, but had resigned; accordingly, S A Dickson was elected to a one-year term. Similarly, there were only three vacancies on the seven member separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, A J Ryan, and J Tansey were continuing.

This was the first election to be held in November; where elections had previously been held on the second Monday of December, beginning in 1930 they were held on the (presumably milder) second Wednesday of November to encourage voter turnout.

The acclamation of James McCrie Douglas as mayor marked the first mayoral acclamation since 1915.

Voter turnout

There were 13869 ballots cast out of 41962 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.0%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

James McCrie Douglas was acclaimed for a second term as mayor.

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Keillor 7,136 Green tickY
LabourCharles Gibbs 6,889 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationJames Collisson 6,814 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationDonald Lake 6,307 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationCharles Gerald O'Connor 6,303 Green tickY
LabourJames East 5,996
Civic Government AssociationF. R. Lovette 5,343
LabourJames Findlay 5,242
LabourHarry Ainlay 4,864
LabourAlfred Farmilo 4,692
IndependentJoseph Clarke 2,514
CommunistJan Lakeman 1,001

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationMrs. W. D. Ferris 6,654 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Casselman 6,370 Green tickY
LabourSamuel Barnes 6,243 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationS.A. Dickson 6,190 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationL. Y. Cairns 6,119
LabourRobert McCreath 5,007
LabourMrs. S. N. Bell 4,728
LabourSidney Bowcott 4,184

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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