1940 Edmonton municipal election

The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. Elections for school trustees were not held, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: George Campbell (SS), Edward Brown, and Dan Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. Frederick Casselman and Douglas Grout (SS) had also been elected to two-year terms in 1939, but had resigned; accordingly, Charles Gariepy and Blair Paterson (SS) were elected to one-year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: M Downey (SS), Bruce Smith, R L Sutherland, and Albert Ottewell (SS) had been elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Romeo Bouchard, Hugh Currie, Robert Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 14,523 ballots cast out of 56,225 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 25.8%.

Results

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Citizens' CommitteeJohn Wesley Fry8,04455.62%
IndependentDouglas Grout5,28136.51%
IndependentLloyd Wood1,1387.87%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeJames Ogilvie8,790Y
Citizens' CommitteeSidney Bowcott8,553Y
Citizens' CommitteeAthelstan Bissett8,294SSY
Citizens' CommitteeSidney Parsons7,896Y
Citizens' CommitteeBlair Paterson7,571SSY
Citizens' CommitteeFrederick John Mitchell7,152Y
Citizens' CommitteeCharles Gariepy6,791Y
IndependentJoseph Clarke4,746
     Civic Progressive Association Walter Clevely 4,044
     Civic Progressive Association Rice Sheppard 4,040 SS
     Civic Progressive Association Guy Patterson 4,025
     Civic Progressive Association E. C. Fisher 3,790
     Civic Progressive Association Elisha East 3,743
     Civic Progressive Association C. B. Willis 3,303
     Civic Progressive Association A. A. Deacon 2,384
     Canadian Labour Party William Miller 2,366
     Canadian Labour Party W. H. O'Neill 2,069
IndependentPeter Glassman1,287
Democrat Ernest C. Holub 660

Public school trustees

Izena Ross, E M Gunderson, and W G McConachie were acclaimed.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe (SS), James O’Hara, and J O Pilon were acclaimed.

References

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