1926 Calgary municipal election

The 1926 Calgary municipal election was held on December 15, 1926 to elect a Mayor seven Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Additionally three members for the Public School Board and two members for the Separate School Board.

1926 Calgary municipal election
December 15, 1926
 
Candidate Frederick Ernest Osborne Andrew Davison
Popular vote 5,501 5,280
Percentage 51.02% 48.98%
Mayor before election

George Harry Webster

 Elected Mayor

Frederick Ernest Osborne

There were twelve Aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Frank Roy Freeze, Robert Cadogan Thomas, Robert H. Parkyn, Thomas Alexander Hornibrook and Sam S. Savage were all elected to two-year terms in 1925 and were still in office.

The 1926 election had the second woman elected to Calgary City Council in Edith Patterson, the first being Annie Gale in 1917.

A number of plebiscites were held, all requiring a two-thirds majority to pass.

The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for candidates being two years.[1][2]

Results

Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Ernest Osborne5,50151.02%Y
LaborAndrew Davison5,28048.98%
Total valid votes 10,781

Council

Quota for election was 1,335.

Party Candidate Votes % Count Elected
LaborJohn Walker Russell2,20020.62%1stY
Civic Government AssociationReuben Weldon Ward1,83417.19%1stY
Civic Government AssociationPeter Turner Bone1,37512.89%1stY
Civic Government AssociationEneas Edward McCormick1,28612.05%2ndY
Civic Government AssociationHarold Wigmore McGill1,0459.79%6thY
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Charles Manning9619.01%9thY
LaborEdith Patterson7677.19%8thY
Independent LaborAndrew Graham Broatch6055.67%
LaborA. J. Boulter2892.71%
LaborJ. E. Worsley2542.38%
Independent LaborB. Wallace550.52%
Total valid votes 10,671

Public School Board

Quota for election was 2,491.

Party Candidate Votes % Count Elected
LaborW. E. Turner2,79728.08%1stY
Civic Government AssociationJ. T. Sutherland2,38823.97%2ndY
IndependentMrs. Norman Hindslay2,23122.40%3rdY
Civic Government AssociationD. S. Moffat1,82818.35%3rdY
IndependentM. A. Wright7187.21%
Total valid votes 9,962

Separate School Board

Quota for election was 202.

Party Candidate Votes % Count Elected
IndependentF. N. Sandgathe30850.91%1stY
IndependentFred Kenny18430.41%2ndY
IndependentT. L. Heney11318.68%
Total valid votes 605

Industries Assessment

City proposes to seek powers to grant reduced assessment from 50 to 25 per cent to new industries or extensions costing at least $25,000.

Industries Assessment Votes %
For X X%
Against X X%

Also See

References
  1. "Fred. Osborne Choice of Electorate as Mayor; Five C. G. A. Aldermen, Two Labor". The Calgary Daily Herald (4856). December 16, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. "Candidates, City Office". The Calgary Daily Herald (4854). December 14, 1921. p. 9. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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