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 (Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, T Malone, and J Tansey were acclaimed to the separate school board).
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There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Charles Gibbs, Frederick Keillor, 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, 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
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Public school trustees
(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 were acclaimed.