1918 Edmonton municipal election explained

The 1918 municipal election was held December 9, 1918 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: Matthew Esdale, James Kinney, Warren Prevey, and Orlando Bush were all elected to two-year terms in 1917 and were still in office. Charles Wilson was also elected to a two-year term in 1917, but resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Charles Grant was elected to a one-year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Henry Douglas, J A McPherson, Arthur Cushing, and E T Bishop had all been elected to two-year terms in 1917. On the eight member separate board, four of the positions were filled: M Kelly, F A French, Joseph Henri Picard, and H J Roche had been elected to two-year terms in 1917. To keep the terms properly staggered, one trustee - Paul Jenvrin - was elected to a one-year term.

Voter turnout

There were 9046 ballots cast out of 10825 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 83.5%.

Results

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes%LabourJoseph Clarke4,76252.71%IndependentCharles Wilson4,27347.29%

Aldermen

PartyCandidateVotesIndependentCharles Hepburn4,861IndependentSamuel McCoppen4,090IndependentHenri Martin4,029IndependentJohn McKenzie3,825IndependentAndrew McLennan3,599IndependentCharles Grant3,530IndependentAbraham Cristall3,324IndependentWilliam Martin3,277LabourAlfred Farmilo3,119LabourWilliam Spencer Fielde2,615LabourJames Findlay2,591LabourJ. E. White2,466

Public school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesLabourJoseph Duggan5,153IndependentWilliam Rea4,588IndependentFrank Crang3,286LabourFrank Scott2,217IndependentC. Frost2,029

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

PartyCandidateVotesElected

Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Murray was elected over Curtis.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections