1957 Edmonton municipal election

The 1957 municipal election was held November 3, 1957 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Michael O'Byrne, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Joseph Moreau were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board). The electorate also decided seven plebiscite questions.

The election would normally have fallen on October 16 (the third Wednesday in October), but was delayed because of the provincial plebiscite on October 30.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Frederick John Mitchell, Ethel Wilson, Laurette Douglas, Giffard Main, and Donald Bowen were all elected to two-year terms in 1956 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: J. Percy Page, John Thorogood, and William Orobko were elected to two-year terms in 1956 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Vincent Dantzer, John Bernard Kane, and Leo Lemieux were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 49955 ballots cast out of 141532 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.3%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor
Party Candidate Votes %
Citizens' CommitteeWilliam Hawrelak32,31265.15%
IndependentEdwin Clarke13,00326.22%
Edmonton Voters AssociationCharles Simmonds4,2828.63%

Aldermen
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeCliffard Roy25,459SSY
Citizens' CommitteeWilliam Connelly25,100 Y
Citizens' CommitteeHu Harries24,833SSY
Citizens' CommitteeReginald Easton24,545 Y
Citizens' CommitteeJames Falconer23,101 Y
Edmonton Voters AssociationCharles Thompson13,001
IndependentIvor Dent12,503SS
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationEdith Rogers8,794
Edmonton Voters AssociationDavid Graham8,240
IndependentJulia Kiniski7,444
Edmonton Voters AssociationOrval Allen7,072SS
IndependentTempest Aitken6,744
IndependentThomas Graham6,333
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationVincent McMahon5,391SS
Edmonton Voters AssociationGeorge Rankel4,215
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationJames Bamber3,785
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationGustave Querengesser3,560
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationAlfred Kynnersley2,991SS
IndependentStan Rogalski2,483

Public school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeErnest Hanna20,477 Y
Citizens' CommitteeAngus MacDonald20,690 Y
Citizens' CommitteeRobert Johnson17,527SSY
Citizens' CommitteeDouglas Thomson16,861SSY
Edmonton Voters AssociationOscar Krueger14,200
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationElizabeth Scott9,913SS
Edmonton Voters AssociationFrances Shore8,751
Edmonton Voters AssociationJack Hennig8,607SS
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationClifford Hackett6,341
Edmonton Voters AssociationJohn Lyon6,123
Edmonton Property Owners AssociationHerbert Nichols5,528

Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentMichael O'ByrneAcclaimedY
IndependentOrest DemcoAcclaimedY
IndependentCatherine McGrathAcclaimedY
IndependentJoseph MoreauAcclaimedY

Plebiscites

Fluoridation of Water

Shall fluorides, for the prevention of tooth decay, be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?

  • Yes - 30420
  • No - 16626

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $965,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

  • Yes - 22182
  • No - 5022

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $200,000.00 for the improvement of City parks and the commencement of work on unsubdivided park land, circles, buffer zones, ravine side boulevards and similar works?

  • Yes - 20202
  • No - 6479

Traffic Lights

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to purchase and install additional traffic lights at various locations within the City?

  • Yes - 21048
  • No - 5692

Library

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to construct and equip a branch of the Edmonton Public Library in a location within the City?

  • Yes - 15287
  • No - 10521

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 to provide necessary renovations to the existing portion of the Royal Alexandra Hospital and equipment for the Hospital?

  • Yes - 21258
  • No - 5657

Fire Hall

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $245,000.00 in order to build and provide equipment for a Fire Hall at 98th Street and 101A Avenue?

  • Yes - 18418
  • No - 7696
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References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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