1889 Calgary municipal election

The 1889 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for January 7, 1889 to elect a Mayor and six Councillors to sit on the fifth Calgary Town Council from January 21, 1889 to January 20, 1890.

1889 Calgary municipal election

January 7, 1889 (1889-01-07)
 
Candidate Daniel Webster Marsh
Popular vote Acclaimed

Mayor before election

Arthur Edwin Shelton

Elected Mayor

Daniel Webster Marsh

Acclamation were declared in all seats upon close of nominations on December 31, 1888 so no election was held. The Calgary Weekly Herald praised the acclamation as evidence the town has reached a point where "citizens can bring themselves to forget past differences and rise superior to those bitter factional prejudices which have prevailed in the past"[1]

Results

Mayor

Councillors

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gollark: I have to say that an easily manipulated poll may not be the best way to decide which cult survives.
gollark: I will not submit to your tyrannous cult. At least a transistor means something. What even is a ceramic wobble? WHAT?!
gollark: Unless you make yourself immortal.
gollark: Please help the Cult of Transistor. The Ceramic Wobblers appear to be able to vote faster than we can.

See also

References

  1. "The New Council". Calgary Weekly Herald (19). January 9, 1889. p. 4. ISSN 0839-0479. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

Sources

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