1898 Calgary municipal election

The 1898 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for December 12, 1898 to elect a Mayor and nine Councillors to sit on the fifteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1899 to January 2, 1900.[1]

1898 Calgary municipal election

December 12, 1898 (1898-12-12)

Candidate James Reilly Silas Alexander Ramsay Popular vote 185 167 Percentage 52.56% 47.44%

Mayor before election Arthur Leslie Cameron Elected Mayor James Reilly

Background

Voting rights were provided to any male, single woman, or widowed British subject over twenty-one years of age who are assessed on the last revised assessment roll with a minimum property value of $200.

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.[2]

Results

Mayor

1898 Calgary municipal election: Mayor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	James Reilly	185	52.53%	Y
	-	Silas Alexander Ramsay	167	47.44%
Total valid votes			352	-
Source(s) [1]

Councillors

Ward 1

1898 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford	118	29.35%	Y
	-	Robert Wilson Begley	117	29.10%	Y
	-	James Alexander McKenzie	114	28.36%	Y
	-	H. Riddell	53	13.18%
Source(s) [1] 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.

Ward 2

1898 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	James Stuart Mackie	131	30.05%	Y
	-	Robert John Hutchings	117	26.83%	Y
	-	Thomas O'Brien	115	26.38%	Y
	-	William Mahon Parslow	73	16.74%
Source(s) [1] 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.

Ward 3

1898 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	Thomas Underwood	59	31.38%	Y
	-	George Albert Allen	57	30.32%	Y
	-	Isaac Stephen Gerow Van Wart	47	25.00%	Y
	-	Ralph Bell	25	13.30%
Source(s) [1] 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.

Also See

• List of Calgary municipal elections

References

1. "Reilly is Mayor". The Weekly Herald (51). December 15, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
2. Ordinances of the North-West Territories; An Ordinance Respecting Municipalities, R.O.N.W.T. 1888, c. 8. March 14, 2020.

Sources

• Frederick Hunter: THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY Archived March 3, 2020