1927 Edmonton municipal election

The 1927 municipal election was held December 12, 1927 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. There were also two plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Gibbs, Alfred Farmilo, Charles Robson, George Hazlett, and Herbert Baker were all elected to two-year terms in 1926 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Thyrza Bishop, and J A Herlihy (SS) had all been elected to two-year terms in 1926 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

This election was the last to be conducted using the single transferable vote system, as a plebiscite held concurrently with the election resulted in Edmontonians voting to return to a first past the post system.

Voter turnout

There were 12,907 ballots cast out of 37,106 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 34.7%.

Results

Mayor
Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentAmbrose Bury7,48357.89%
LabourDan Knott4,406 34.08%
IndependentJoseph Clarke958 7.41%
IndependentJ. Pfeim80 0.62%

Aldermen
Party Candidate Initial Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationRalph Bellamy2,195Y
Civic Government AssociationAllan Sloane1,951Y
LabourJames East1,922Y
Civic Government AssociationJohn C. Bowen1,514Y
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Keillor1,227SS
LabourJames Findlay914
LabourLionel Shurley Crawford Dineen798SSY
IndependentG. V. Pelton784
Civic Government AssociationA. M. Rehwinkel550
LabourJames Herlihy485
LabourE. J. Thompson375

Because of the single transferable vote system, Keillor received more initial votes, but Dineen won based on votes subsequently transferred from other candidates.

Public school trustees
Party Candidate Initial Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationArthur Cushing2,458Y
Civic Government AssociationAlbert Ottewell2,457SSY
LabourFrank Crang2,020SSY
LabourElmer Roper2,005Y
LabourSophie N. Bell1,416
Civic Government AssociationJames Harwood Ogilvie1,123

Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentRobert Crossland330SSY
IndependentCharles Gariepy323Y
IndependentThomas Magee315Y
IndependentB J Tansey218SSY
IndependentJ R Naubert90

Plebiscites

Assessing Improvements on Industrial Establishments

To authorize the Council to fix the Assessment of improvements for industrial establishments.

  • Yes - 2,224
  • No - 1,038

Abolition of Single Transferable Vote

To abolish the Proportional Representation System of electing mayor and aldermen.

  • Yes - 6,695
  • No - 5,473
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