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 Association | James McCrie Douglas | 9,754 | 53.06% | |
Labour | James East | 6,898 | 37.52% | |
Independent | Gerald Pelton | 1,602 | 8.71% | |
Independent | William Gunn | 130 | 0.71% |
Aldermen
Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Civic Government Association | Ralph Bellamy | 8,542 | ||
Civic Government Association | Arthur Gainer | 7,979 | ||
Civic Government Association | Herbert Baker | 7,681 | ||
Labour | Dan Knott | 7,419 | ||
Labour | Rice Sheppard | 7,032 | ||
Civic Government Association | Thomas Shaftoe Thompson | 6,643 | ||
Labour | Edward James Thompson | 5,612 | ||
Labour | George Latham | 5,482 | ||
Independent | Hugh MacDonald | 5,287 | ||
Labour | James Herlihy | 4,834 | ||
Independent | Joseph Clarke | 4,139 | ||
Independent | Joseph Adair | 3,670 | ||
Communist | Jan Lakeman | 1,283 | ||
Communist | Herbert John Pallot | 590 | ||
Independent | Wilfred Rose | 418 |
Public school trustees
Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Civic Government Association | Albert Ottewell | 9,779 | ||
Civic Government Association | Arthur Cushing | 8,742 | ||
Labour | Frank Crang | 8,321 | ||
Civic Government Association | Shurburne Tupper Bigelow | 7,900 | ||
Civic Government Association | Robert Muir | 7,860 | ||
Labour | Thomas John Johnston | 7,124 | ||
Labour | Sophie N. Bell | 6,788 | ||
Labour | Sidney 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?
- Yes - 1097
- No - 654
References
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections