Edmonton municipal election, 1929

The 1929 municipal election was held December 9, 1929 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, A J Ryan, and J Tansey were acclaimed to the separate school board). In the election's only plebiscite, voters didn't endorse the extension of the half day Wednesday shopping holiday by the required two-thirds majority.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Alfred Farmilo, James Findlay, Charles Gibbs, and Frederick Keillor were all elected to two-year terms in 1928 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Thyrza Bishop, and Frederick Casselman had all been elected to two-year terms in 1928 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W B Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 18549 ballots cast out of 40993 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 45.2%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Government AssociationJames McCrie Douglas 9,754 53.06%
LabourJames East 6,898 37.52%
IndependentGerald Pelton 1,602 8.71%
IndependentWilliam Gunn 130 0.71%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationRalph Bellamy 8,542 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationArthur Gainer 7,979 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationHerbert Baker 7,681 Green tickY
LabourDan Knott 7,419 Green tickY
LabourRice Sheppard 7,032 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationThomas Shaftoe Thompson 6,643
LabourEdward James Thompson 5,612
LabourGeorge Latham 5,482
IndependentHugh MacDonald 5,287
LabourJames Herlihy 4,834
IndependentJoseph Clarke 4,139
IndependentJoseph Adair 3,670
CommunistJan Lakeman 1,283
CommunistHerbert John Pallot 590
IndependentWilfred Rose 418

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationAlbert Ottewell 9,779 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationArthur Cushing 8,742 Green tickY
LabourFrank Crang 8,321 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationShurburne Tupper Bigelow 7,900 Green tickY
Civic Government AssociationRobert Muir 7,860
LabourThomas John Johnston 7,124
LabourSophie N. Bell 6,788
LabourSidney Bowcott 4,744

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, A J Ryan, and J Tansey were acclaimed to the separate school board.

Wednesday Holiday Plebiscite

In favour of having Wednesday half-holiday extended to cover all the year except the month of December?

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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