1931 Edmonton municipal election

The 1931 municipal election was held November 11, 1931 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Charles Gibbs, Frederick Keillor (SS), Donald Lake, and Charles Gerald O'Connor were all elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman, and Mrs. W D Ferris had all been elected to two-year terms in 1930 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where A J Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22,583 ballots cast out of 42,753 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 52.8%.

Results

Mayor
Party Candidate Votes %
LabourDaniel Kennedy Knott13,01457.63%
Civic Government AssociationJames McCrie Douglas9,56942.37%

Aldermen
Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourRice Sheppard11,519SSY
LabourHarry Ainlay10,316SSY
LabourJames Findlay10,186Y
Civic Government AssociationHerbert Baker9,839Y
Civic Government AssociationArthur Gainer9,741Y
Civic Government AssociationRalph Bellamy8,780
LabourSidney Parsons7,994
Civic Government AssociationThornton Graham7,802
IndependentDick Foote7,514
IndependentJoseph Clarke4,944
IndependentWilliam Ross3,888
IndependentLin S. Bell3,222
IndependentFrank R. Lovette2,540
CommunistJan Lakeman1,702
IndependentPeter Glassman1,197

Public school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
Civic Government AssociationAlbert Ottewell11,035SSY
LabourFrank Crang10,919SSY
Civic Government AssociationL. Y. Cairns9,222Y
Civic Government AssociationArthur Cushing9,009
LabourSidney Bowcott9,005Y
LabourDaniel Powers8,970
Civic Government AssociationS. A. Dickson8,327

(The figures above were those from the initial count. Upon completion of a recount, Bowcott was found to have received more votes than Cushing and was therefore elected.)

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, T Malone, and J Tansey (SS) were acclaimed.

References
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