1925 Edmonton municipal election

The 1925 municipal election was held December 14, 1925 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. In the election's only plebiscite, the voters also rejected a proposal to increase the mayor's term from one year to two.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: Will Werner, Charles Gibbs, and Daniel Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1924 and were still in office. James Collisson and Joseph Clarke had also been elected in 1924, but both resigned to run for mayor. Accordingly, Charles Robson and Alfred Farmilo were elected to one-year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Adair, Thyrza Bishop, and T J Johnston had all been elected to two-year terms in 1924 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where C E Barry, E A Carrigan, and P M Dunne were continuing.

The election was conducted using the single transferable vote system.

Voter turnout

There were 15304 ballots cast out of 35343 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 43.3%.

Results

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes % Elected
IndependentKenneth Alexander Blatchford8,46355.36%Y
IndependentJames Collisson2,30115.05%
IndependentJoseph Clarke2,09813.72%
IndependentRice Sheppard1,4459.45%
IndependentJoseph Adair9486.20%
IndependentGertrude McBain310.20%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Initial Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationJames McCrie Douglas3,587SSY
LabourJames East2,839Y
Civic Government AssociationA C Sloane1,541Y
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Keillor1,273SSY
LabourJames Findlay1,071Y
Civic Government AssociationRobert Dolphin Tighe1,028
Civic Government AssociationCharles Robson988Y
LabourAlfred Farmilo855Y
Civic Government AssociationC. W. Gimby728
LabourJames Herlihy552
LabourEdward James Thompson380

Because of the single transferable vote system, Tighe received more initial votes, but Farmilo won (and Robson held) based on votes subsequently transferred from other candidates.

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationRalph Bellamy3,478Y
LabourFrank Crang2,832SSY
Civic Government AssociationF. S. McPherson2,825Y
LabourElmer Roper2,658Y
LabourSophie N. Bell1,503
Civic Government AssociationW. W. McBain1,147

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
IndependentThomas Magee371Y
IndependentCharles Gariepy365Y
IndependentA J Ryan336Y
IndependentPaul Jenvrin141
IndependentRobert Crossland133SSY

Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Crossland was elected over Jenvrin.

Mayoral Term Plebiscite

Are you in favour of the Mayor holding office for the term of two years?

  • Yes - 7251
  • No - 8945

References

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