1903 Calgary municipal election

The 1903 Calgary municipal election took place on December 14, 1903 to elect a Mayor and nine Aldermen to sit on the twentieth Calgary City Council from January 5, 1904 to January 2, 1905.[1]

1903 Calgary municipal election
December 13, 1903 (1903-12-13)
 
Candidate Silas Alexander Ramsay
Mayor before election

Thomas Underwood

 Elected Mayor

Silas Alexander Ramsay

Background

The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors with a voter's designated ward.

1904 Calgary Land Sales

In March 1903, the City of Calgary Council hastily authorized the sale of 500 lots and sold quickly with little advertisement. Many of the high quality properties were purchased by a handful of businessmen, some represented by Alderman J. A. McKenzie. Residents demanded an investigation and on March 26, 1904 Council passed a resolution for Chief Justice Sifton to hold an investigation. Sifton found council had acted with "gross carelessness". Aldermen McKenzie and Macdonald in Ward 1 were found to have invalidated their office by entering into contracts with the city for land, while Aldermen Irwin and Hornby were able to retain their office as they never actually paid for their lots. A by-election was held on April 23, 1904 to replace the two disqualified aldermen.[2]

Results

Mayor

Ward 1
Candidate Votes Percent
John Thomas Macdonald 174
James Alexander McKenzie 152
John Emerson 117
Arthur Davies 99
Owen H. Bott 98
R. A. Janes 74
E. Matthews 43

Ward 2

Ward 3
Candidate Votes Percent
James Abel Hornby 188
Thomas Underwood 165
Simon John Clarke 140
William Charles Gordon Armstrong 139
Richard Addison Brocklebank 109

Also See

References
  1. "Changes in City Council for the Coming Year". The Daily Herald. December 15, 1903. p. 4.
  2. MacEwan, Grant (1975). Calgary cavalcade from Fort to fortune. Saskatoon, Canada: Western Producer Book Service. pp. 102–106. ISBN 0919306500. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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