1930 Edmonton municipal election

The 1930 municipal election was held November 12, 1930 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four 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 in November; where elections had previously been held on the second Monday of December, beginning in 1930 they were held on the (presumably milder) second Wednesday of November to encourage voter turnout.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Herbert Baker, Ralph Bellamy, Arthur Gainer, Dan Knott, and Rice Sheppard (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1929 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Frank Crang (SS), Arthur Cushing, and Albert Ottewell (SS) had all been elected to two-year terms in 1929 and were still in office. S T Bigelow had also been elected in 1929, but had resigned; accordingly, S A Dickson was elected to a one-year term. Similarly, there were only three vacancies on the seven member separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, A J Ryan, and J Tansey (SS) were continuing.

The acclamation of James McCrie Douglas as mayor marked the first mayoral acclamation since 1915.

Voter turnout

There were 13,869 ballots cast out of 41,962 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.0%.

Results

Mayor

James McCrie Douglas was acclaimed for a second term as mayor.

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Keillor7,136SSY
LabourCharles Gibbs6,889Y
Civic Government AssociationJames Collisson6,814Y
Civic Government AssociationDonald Lake6,307Y
Civic Government AssociationCharles Gerald O'Connor6,303Y
LabourJames East5,996
Civic Government AssociationF. R. Lovette5,343
LabourJames Findlay5,242
LabourHarry Ainlay4,864SS
LabourAlfred Farmilo4,692
IndependentJoseph Clarke2,514
CommunistJan Lakeman1,001

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationMrs. W. D. Ferris6,654Y
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Casselman6,370Y
LabourSamuel Barnes6,243Y
Civic Government AssociationS.A. Dickson6,190Y
Civic Government AssociationL. Y. Cairns6,119
LabourRobert McCreath5,007
LabourMrs. S. N. Bell4,728
LabourSidney Bowcott4,184

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.

References

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