Edmonton municipal election, 1941

The 1941 municipal election was held November 12, 1941 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (William Wilde, Robert Tighe, Thomas Malone, and Romeo Bouchard were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board).

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Ogilvie, Sidney Bowcott, Athelstan Bissett, Sidney Parsons, and Frederick John Mitchell were all elected to two-year terms in 1940 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross, E M Gunderson, and W G McConachie had been acclaimed to two-year terms in 1940 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Adrien Crowe, James O’Hara, and J O Pilon were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 17566 ballots cast out of 56808 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 30.9%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Wesley Fry	11,632	68.78%
	Citizens' Committee	George Campbell	5,281	31.22%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Labour	Harry Ainlay	9,134
	Citizens' Committee	James McCrie Douglas	8,113
	Civic Progressive Association	Gwendolen Clarke	7,369
	Citizens' Committee	Charles Gariepy	6,718
	Civic Progressive Association	Guy Patterson	6,378
	Civic Progressive Association	Frank Crang	6,082
	Independent	Dan Knott	6,070
	Citizens' Committee	John E. Sydie	5,251
	Citizens' Committee	Milo M. Case	4,921
	Citizens' Committee	Albert E. Knowler	4,485
	Independent	Joseph Adair	4,148
	Independent	Mack McColl	4,053
	Labour	W. H. O'Neill	3,928
	Independent	Rice Sheppard	3,691

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Citizens' Committee	Melvin Downey	10,993
	Citizens' Committee	Roy Sutherland	10,794
	Citizens' Committee	Albert Ottewell	10,532
	Citizens' Committee	James Hyndman	10,532
	Labour	William Tree	6,604

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

William Wilde, Robert Tighe, Thomas Malone, and Romeo Bouchard were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections