1891 Calgary municipal election

The 1891 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for January 5, 1891 to elect a Mayor and six Councillors to sit on the seventh Calgary Town Council from January 5, 1891 to January 18, 1892.[1]

1891 Calgary municipal election
January 5, 1891 (1891-01-05)
 
Candidate James Reilly James Delamere Lafferty
Popular vote 198 183
Percentage 51.97% 48.03%
Mayor before election

James Delamere Lafferty

 Elected Mayor

James Reilly

Background

Voting rights were provided to any male, single woman, or widowed British subject over twenty-one years of age who are assessed on the last revised assessment roll with a minimum property value of $200.

The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to four ballots for separate councillors.[2]

Results

Mayor
1891 Calgary municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
-James Reilly19851.97%Y
-James Delamere Lafferty18348.03%
Total valid votes 381-
Source(s)
[3]

Councillors
1891 Calgary municipal election: Councillor
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
-George Clift King25266.14%Y
-James Bannerman23561.68%Y
-Alexander Lucas23361.15%Y
-William Henry Cushing22859.84%Y
-Howard Douglas18147.51%Y
-Frederick George Topp17545.93%Y
-Joseph Maw14437.80%
-Alexander McBride13334.91%
-Silas Alexander Ramsay11730.71%
-John William Costello11229.40%
-A. Parrish9524.93%
Source(s)

[4] Election was held under Multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to six ballots for separate councillors.

Full name of unsuccessful candidates is not known.

See also

References
  1. "The Votes Cast". The Calgary Daily Herald (202). January 6, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. Ordinances of the North-West Territories; An Ordinance Respecting Municipalities, R.O.N.W.T. 1888, c. 8. March 14, 2020.
  3. "The Votes Cast". The Calgary Daily Herald (202). January 6, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. "The Votes Cast". The Calgary Daily Herald (202). January 6, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

Sources
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