Edmonton municipal election, 1940

The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. Elections for school trustees were not held, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: George Campbell, Edward Brown, and Dan Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. Frederick Casselman and Douglas Grout had also been elected to two-year terms in 1939, but had resigned; accordingly, Charles Gariepy and Blair Paterson were elected to one-year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: M Downey, Bruce Smith, R L Sutherland, and Albert Ottewell had been elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Romeo Bouchard, Hugh Currie, Robert Tighe, and William Wilde were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 14523 ballots cast out of 56225 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 25.8%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Citizens' Committee	John Wesley Fry	8,044	55.62%
	Independent	Douglas Grout	5,281	36.51%
	Independent	Lloyd Wood	1,138	7.87%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	8,790
	Citizens' Committee	Sidney Bowcott	8,553
	Citizens' Committee	Athelstan Bissett	8,294
	Citizens' Committee	Sidney Parsons	7,896
	Citizens' Committee	Blair Paterson	7,571
	Citizens' Committee	Frederick John Mitchell	7,152
	Citizens' Committee	Charles Gariepy	6,791
	Independent	Joseph Clarke	4,746
	Civic Progressive Association	Walter Clevely	4,044
	Civic Progressive Association	Rice Sheppard	4,040
	Civic Progressive Association	Guy Patterson	4,025
	Civic Progressive Association	E. C. Fisher	3,790
	Civic Progressive Association	Elisha East	3,743
	Civic Progressive Association	C. B. Willis	3,303
	Civic Progressive Association	A. A. Deacon	2,384
	Canadian Labour Party	William Miller	2,366
	Canadian Labour Party	W. H. O'Neill	2,069
	Independent	Peter Glassman	1,287
	Democrat	Ernest C. Holub	660

Public school trustees

Izena Ross, E M Gunderson, and W G McConachie were acclaimed.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe, James O’Hara, and J O Pilon were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections