1932 Edmonton municipal election

The 1932 municipal election was held November 9, 1932 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Rice Sheppard (SS), Harry Ainlay (SS), James Findlay, Herbert Baker, and Arthur Gainer were all elected to two-year terms in 1931 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell (SS), Frank Crang (SS), L. Y. Cairns, and Arthur Cushing had all been elected to two-year terms in 1931 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, T Malone, Thomas Magee, and J Tansey (SS) were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22,538 ballots cast out of 43,523 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 51.7%.

Results

Mayor
Party Candidate Votes %
LabourDaniel Kennedy Knott13,68260.71%
IndependentJoseph Clarke6,43428.55%
IndependentKenneth Alexander Blatchford2,42210.75%

Aldermen
Party Candidate Votes Elected
LabourCharles Gibbs11,161Y
     United Citizens of Edmonton John Wesley Fry 10,287 Y
     United Citizens of Edmonton James Ogilvie 10,052 Y
LabourJames East9,529Y
     United Citizens of Edmonton John McCreath 9,119 Y
     United Citizens of Edmonton John Savage 8,318
IndependentRaymond C. Ghostley7,975
LabourAlfred Farmilo7,837
     United Citizens of Edmonton I. W. I. McEchern 7,799
CommunistMrs. I. G. Ringwood6,604
LabourSidney Parsons6,229
CommunistJan Lakeman2,978
IndependentPeter Glassman2,091
IndependentF. S. Wright1,852
CommunistGeorge H. Salter1,376

Public school trustees
Party Candidate Votes Elected
     United Citizens of Edmonton Mrs. E G Ferris 11,941 Y
     United Citizens of Edmonton Frederick Casselman 10,329 Y
LabourSamuel Barnes9,782Y
     United Citizens of Edmonton W. G. Walford 7,719
LabourDaniel Powers7,680
LabourL. E. Price4,980
IndependentMrs. J. G. Stewart2,376

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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

References
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