1935 Edmonton municipal election

The 1935 municipal election was held November 13, 1935 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. Voters also approved a requirement that candidates for city council be required to own property.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Hugh MacDonald, John Wesley Fry, Dick Foote, John McCreath, and James East were all elected to two-year terms in 1934 and were still in office.

This election saw emergence of a new civic political party, the Tax Reform League, an anti-Social Credit organization carrying on the anti-tax, anti-Premier Aberhart work that the Civic Government Association had conducted in previous elections.[1]

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman, and Izena Ross had all been elected to two-year terms in 1934 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where A J Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 19,984 ballots cast out of 48,003 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 41.6%.

Results

Mayor
Party Candidate Votes %
     Canadian Youth Association Joseph Clarke 11,120 56.06%
     Tax Reform League Ralph Bellamy 6,313 31.83%
IndependentMorris Baker2,33011.75%
IndependentFrederick Speed730.37%

Aldermen
Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourMargaret Crang11,226SSY
     Social Credit Elisha East 8,798 Y
     Social Credit Guy Patterson 8,409 Y
     Canadian Youth Association Walter Clevely 7,410 Y
     Social Credit Charles Gould 7,378 SS Y
     Tax Reform League Athelstan Bissett 7,095 SS
LabourHarry Ainlay6,848SS
     Tax Reform League Ernest Edward Howard 6,717
     Tax Reform League George Patterson Ponton 6,403
     Tax Reform League John Henry Warren 5,918
LabourJames Findlay5,598
LabourWilliam Henry Miller2,832
IndependentRaymond C. Ghostley1,226
IndependentCharles Martin Keily683

Public school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
     Tax Reform League Walter Morrish 11,093 Y
LabourFrank Crang9,347SSY
IndependentAlbert Ottewell8,745SSY
LabourSidney Bowcott8,566Y
     Tax Reform League Armour Ford 7,039
     Social Credit Mary Ann Gilchrist 6,009
     Social Credit Adam Bruce 5,910

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Charles Gariepy, Thomas Malone, R D Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were acclaimed.

Property Qualification Plebiscite

Shall a candidate for Mayor or Alderman be required to have a property qualification?

  • Yes - 14,478
  • No - 4,202
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References
  1. Tom Monto, Protest and Progress. Crang Publishing/Alhambra Books (2012), p.229
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