Edmonton municipal election, 1916

The 1916 municipal election was held December 11, 1916 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Orlando Bush, Robert Douglas, William Campbell McArthur, and Charles Wilson were all elected to two-year terms in 1915 and were still in office. James Macfie MacDonald was also elected to a two-year term in 1915, but resigned; accordingly, J. A. Kinney was elected to a one-year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Walter Ramsey, Samuel Barnes, Henry Douglas, and J. A. McPherson had all been elected to two-year terms in 1915. There were also seven positions on the separate board, with three of them filled. Because one was vacant by reason of a resignation, O Derome was elected to a one-year term.

Voter turnout

There were 7745 ballots cast out of 11717 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 66.1%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Thomas Henry	6,186	79.88%
	Independent	Joseph Clarke	1,558	20.12%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Independent	Thomas Bellamy	4,219
	Independent	George Pheasey	4,126
	Independent	William Martin	3,837
	Independent	James Macfie MacDonald	3,730
	Labour	J. A. Kinney	3,666
	Independent	Joseph Henri Picard	3,617
	Independent	Charles Grant	3,345
	Independent	James Collisson	2,686
	Independent	Andrew McLennan	2,535
	Independent	R. L. Carter	2,018
	Independent	P. D. McGrath	1,040

(Grant was elected over Picard, despite having received fewer votes, because a representative from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River was required.)

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	William Rea	4,075
	Independent	Joseph Duggan	2,665
	Independent	Charles Frost	2,634
	Independent	L. T. Barclay	2,258
	Independent	D. H. MacKinnon	1,912
	Independent	Samuel McCoppen	1,837
	Independent	James Findlay	1,091
	Independent	Charles Sandles	971

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Joseph Gariépy	407
	Independent	M. J. O'Farrell	400
	Independent	G. W. Curtis	299
	Independent	O. Derome	264
	Independent	J. A. Trudeau	229
	Independent	Richard Crossland	183

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections