Edmonton municipal election, 1944

The 1944 municipal election was held November 1, 1944 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board (Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board). This was the first election to be held on the first Wednesday of November rather than the second Wednesday, as had previously been the rule.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James McCrie Douglas, Harry Ainlay, Winslow Hamilton, Charles Gariepy, and Melvin Downey were all elected to two-year terms in 1943 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell, Bertram Robertson, Frank Newson, and Roy Sutherland had been elected to two-year terms in 1943 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where William Wilde, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 9948 ballots cast out of 661033 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 16.4%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Wesley Fry	7,017	71.12%
	Independent	Rice Sheppard	2,850	28.88%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Citizens' Committee	Sidney Bowcott	6,597
	Citizens' Committee	Athelstan Bissett	6,317
	Citizens' Committee	Sidney Parsons	6,094
	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	5,916
	Citizens' Committee	Frederick John Mitchell	5,532
	Independent	Gwendolen Clarke	3,420
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Margaret Thompson	2,311
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Edith Rogers	2,298
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Alfred Gregory	2,273
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Howard Smith	2,015
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Robert Haskins	1,944
	Independent	Jan Lakeman	1,585

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Citizens' Committee	Izena Ross	5,593
	Citizens' Committee	George Cormie	5,255
	Citizens' Committee	Alex Gemeroy	5,143
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Mary Butterworth	3,371
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	William Thornton	2,994
	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Archibald Richardson	2,888

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections