1944 Edmonton municipal election

The 1944 municipal election was held November 1, 1944 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. This was the first election to be held on the first Wednesday of November rather than the second Wednesday, in order to avoid future conflicts with the Armistice Day holiday, as happened in 1936 and 1942.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James McCrie Douglas (SS), Harry Ainlay (SS), Winslow Hamilton, Charles Gariepy, and Melvin Downey (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1943 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell (SS), Bertram Robertson, Frank Newson, and Roy Sutherland had been elected to two-year terms in 1943 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where William Wilde (SS), Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 9,948 ballots cast out of 61,033 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 16.4%.

Results

Mayor
Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentJohn Wesley Fry7,01771.12%
IndependentRice Sheppard2,85028.88%

Aldermen
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeSidney Bowcott6,597Y
Citizens' CommitteeAthelstan Bissett6,317SSY
Citizens' CommitteeSidney Parsons6,094Y
Citizens' CommitteeJames Ogilvie5,916Y
Citizens' CommitteeFrederick John Mitchell5,532Y
IndependentGwendolen Clarke3,420
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Margaret Thompson 2,311
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Edith Rogers 2,298
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alfred Gregory 2,273
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Howard Smith 2,015
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Robert Haskins 1,944
IndependentJan Lakeman1,585

Public school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeIzena Ross5,593Y
Citizens' CommitteeGeorge Cormie5,255Y
Citizens' CommitteeAlex Gemeroy5,143Y
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mary Butterworth 3,371 SS
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation William Thornton 2,994
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Archibald Richardson 2,888

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrian Crowe (SS), Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were acclaimed.

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