Edmonton municipal election, 1919

The 1919 municipal election was held December 8, 1919 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. T P Malone, Paul Janvrin, T S Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In the election's only plebiscite, Edmontonians rejected a proposal to pay their aldermen.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Hepburn, Samuel McCoppen, Henri Martin, John McKenzie, and Andrew McLennan were all elected to two-year terms in 1918 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Duggan, Frank Crang, and William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1918 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where J J Murray, Joseph Driscoll, and Joseph Gariépy were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 11213 ballots cast out of 15378 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 72.9%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Clarke	6,509	59.52%
	Citizens' Committee	Matthew Easdale	4,427	40.48%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Kinney	5,513
	Labour	James East	4,847
	Labour	Rice Sheppard	4,644
	Citizens' Committee	Percy Abbott	4,233
	Citizens' Committee	John Bowen	4,093
	Citizens' Committee	George H. Scott	3,835
	Labour	James Findlay	3,775
	Labour	J. J. Murray	3,696
	Citizens' Committee	Valentine Richards	3,524
	Citizens' Committee	Charles Grant	3,230
	Independent	Charles G. Davidson	2,982
	Independent	Joseph Adair	2,356

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	J. A. McPherson	5,682
	Labour	Samuel Barnes	5,669
	Labour	J. W. H. Williams	4,099
	Labour	Frank Scott	4,012
	Independent	Mrs. Howey	3,945
	Independent	Henry Douglas	3,944
	Independent	Walter Ramsey	3,829
	Independent	E. T. Bishop	3,278

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Malone	acclaimed
	Independent	Paul Janvrin	acclaimed
	Independent	T. S. Magee	acclaimed
	Independent	Joseph Henri Picard	acclaimed

Plebiscite

Are you in favour of paying each member of the Council the sum of $10.00 for each meeting of the Council attended by him during his term of office, and for each Committee meeting so attended $5.00. Provided that the total sum payable to any member shall not be greater than $1,000.00 during any year, nor more than $100.00 during any month.
	Votes	%
Yes	4,152	41.84%
No	5,771	58.16%

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections