1888 Calgary municipal election

1888 Calgary municipal election
	January 3, 1888
	January 3, 1888
Mayor before election; George Clift King;	Elected Mayor ; Arthur Edwin Shelton;

The 1888 Calgary municipal election was held on January 3, 1888 to elect a Mayor and six Councillors to sit on the fourth Calgary Town Council from January 16, 1888 to January 21, 1889.

The 1888 election was the first after the Town Council had expanded from four councillors to six councillors.

Background

Nominations for council opened on December 27, 1887 and E. P. Davis was named returning officer, and the town fire hall was selected as the his headquarters. Former Mayors George Murdoch, George Clift King and Arthur Edwin Shelton were nominated for the position of mayor. A public meeting was called a 2 p.m. later in the day to give speeches, which became so pointed and personal that several of the Aldermanic candidates withdrew their nominations.[1]

Results

Mayor

Councillors

Alexander Allan
Henry Collins
Howard Douglas
James Campbell Linton
John Gillies McCallum
Wesley Fletcher Orr

References

Ward, Tom (1975). Cowtown: an Album of Early Calgary. Calgary: McClelland and Stewart West Limited. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-0-7712-1012-9. Retrieved November 19, 2020.

Sources

Frederick Hunter: THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY Archived March 3, 2020

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[1975King-1] Ward, Tom (1975). Cowtown: an Album of Early Calgary. Calgary: McClelland and Stewart West Limited. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-0-7712-1012-9. Retrieved November 19, 2020.