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Edmonton municipal election, 1934

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The 1934 municipal election was held November 14, 1934 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.

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There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Margaret Crang, Harry Ainlay, Ralph Bellamy, and James Findlay were all elected to two-year terms in 1933 and were still in office. Rice Sheppard was also elected to a two-year term in 1933, but had resigned in order to run for mayor; accordingly, Athelstan Bissett was elected to a one-year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell, Frank Crang, Walter Morrish, and Sidney Bowcott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1933 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, T Malone, Thomas Magee, and J Tansey were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 27683 ballots cast out of 45589 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 60.7%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

  • Adrien Crowe - 1814
  • J O Pilon - 2109
  • J O’Hara - 1886
  • Names and vote totals of defeated candidates are no longer available.

    References

    Edmonton municipal election, 1934 Wikipedia