1943 Edmonton municipal election

The 1943 municipal election was held November 10, 1943 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: Athelstan Bissett (SS), Sidney Bowcott, Frederick John Mitchell, James Ogilvie, and Sidney Parsons were all elected to two-year terms in 1942 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross, William McConachie, and Alex Gemeroy had been elected to two-year terms in 1942 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Adrien Crowe (SS), Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 10,442 ballots cast out of 58,406 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 17.8%.

Results

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
IndependentJohn Wesley Fry7,27070.25%
IndependentThomas Joseph Cairns3,07929.75%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeJames McCrie Douglas5,684SSY
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Harry Ainlay 5,216 SS Y
Citizens' CommitteeWinslow Hamilton4,910Y
Citizens' CommitteeCharles Gariepy4,777Y
Citizens' CommitteeMelvin Downey4,699SSY
     Civic Progressive Association Gwendolen Clarke 4,438
Citizens' CommitteeVerna Arthur Porter4,424
     Civic Progressive Association Guy Patterson 3,809
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Joseph Herbert Dowler 3,309
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Alfred Paramour Gregory 2,962
Labor–Progressive William Lambert Careless 1,836
     Civic Progressive Association John Guild 1,496

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeAlbert Ottewell6,466SSY
Citizens' CommitteeBertram F. Robertson4,875Y
Citizens' CommitteeFrank Jost Newson4,958Y
Citizens' CommitteeRoy Leonard Sutherland4,770Y
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Mary Butterworth 4,380 SS
     Co-operative Commonwealth Federation William Henry Thornton 3,911
     Civic Progressive Association Wellesley Fraser 2,953

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

William Wilde (SS), Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon were acclaimed.

References

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