The 1895 Edmonton municipal election was held on January 14, 1895 in Edmonton, Alberta to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one-year term) and four trustees for each of the public and separate school divisions. This was the first election in Edmonton history in which there was a contested race for mayor, and also the first during which school trustee elections were held concurrently with those for town council.[1]
Wilson, the successful mayoral candidate, was an opponent of Matthew McCauley and although he won against McDougall (McDougall was put up as a last-minute candidate by council members who supported McCauley, even though they expected Wilson to win), the majority of the elected town council were McCauley supporters.[2]
Voter turnout figures for the 1895 municipal election are no longer available.
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Charles Wilson | 129 | 58.64% | |
| John Alexander McDougall | 91 | 41.36% |
| Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| William S. Edmiston | 175 | |
| John Kelly | 120 | |
| Colin Strang | 119 | |
| John Cameron | 114 | |
| Thomas Bellamy | 111 | |
| Joseph Henri Picard | 110 | |
| Charles Sutter | 108 | |
| George Hutton | 105 | |
| A. D. Osborne | 68 |
| Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew McCauley | 103 | |
| John Cameron | 99 | |
| Thomas Bellamy | 93 | |
| James Lauder | 87 | |
| George Sanderson | 82 | |
| John Alexander McDougall | 79 | |
| Henry Goodridge | 73 |
| Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| N. D. Beck | Acclaimed | |
| J. G. Fairbanks | Acclaimed | |
| John Kelly | Acclaimed | |
| Sandy Larue | Acclaimed |