1928 Edmonton municipal election

The 1928 municipal election was held December 10, 1928 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to join Edmonton City Council and three trustees to join the public school board during the year of 1929 and 1930. Three trustees were elected by acclamation to join the separate school board for 1929 and 1930.

There were also six bylaws put to a citywide vote.

10 aldermen sat on city council at any one time. Four of the positions were already filled: Ralph Bellamy, A C Sloane, James East, and L S C Dineen were all elected to two-year terms in 1927 and were still in office. John C. Bowen had also been elected to a two-year term, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Rice Sheppard (SS) was elected in the 1928 election to finish his term.

Labour did well in this election, electing four new alderman (counting farmer activist Sheppard) to add to East and Dineen who were continue to serve in 1929. These six out of 11 seats would give Labour a majority position in 1929.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Frank Crang (SS), Arthur Cushing, Albert Ottewell (SS), and Elmer Roper had all been elected to two-year terms in 1927 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Crossland (SS), Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, and B J Tansey (SS) were continuing.

This election marked Edmonton's return to the at-large block voting first past the post electoral system, under which each voter had as many votes as there were seats to fill and there were no wards to divide the city voters, after five elections of using single transferable vote/PR.

Voter turnout

14,971 voters cast ballots, out of 37,915 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 39.4%. (The vote count is much more than the number of ballots cast due to the block-voting system in use for election of councillors and school trustees.)

Results

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentAmbrose Bury8,97059.92%
IndependentJohn C. Bowen6,00140.08%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourCharles Gibbs7,841Y
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Keillor6,881SSY
LabourAlfred Farmilo6,294Y
LabourJames Findlay6,273Y
IndependentRice Sheppard6,262SSY
Civic Government AssociationJames Collisson6,255Y
Civic Government AssociationGeorge Hazlett6,107
Civic Government AssociationHerbert Baker5,978
Civic Government AssociationGeorge Wilkinson4,908
LabourJames Herlihy4,561
IndependentG. V. Pelton4,417
LabourJ. A. Thompson4,623
IndependentJoseph Clarke4,130
IndependentCharles Robson4,026

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourSamuel Barnes7,022Y
Civic Government AssociationThyrza Bishop6,300Y
Civic Government AssociationFrederick Casselman5,641Y
Civic Government AssociationR. Colwill5,340
LabourE. E. Owen5,300
LabourMrs. D. T. Bell5,267
IndependentS. T. Lawrie2,469

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

A J Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.

Money Bylaws

  • Money items required a minimum two-thirds "Yes" majority to approve the expenditure

$86,525 for paving

  • Yes - 4,305
  • No - 824

$50,000 for gravelling

  • Yes - 4,288
  • No - 802

$23,860 for airport improvements

  • Yes - 3,065
  • No - 1,692

$292,688 for a hospital

  • Yes - 4,362
  • No - 998

$50,000 for a firehall

  • Yes - 3,735
  • No - 1,169

$100,000 for fire equipment

  • Yes - 4,044
  • No - 935

References

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