Edmonton municipal election, 1895
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The 1895 municipal election was held January 14, 1895 to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one year term) and four trustees for each of the public and separate school divisions. This was the first election in Edmonton history in which there was a contested race for mayor, and also the first during which school trustee elections were held concurrently with those for town council.
Mayor
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Herbert Charles Wilson Herbert Charles Wilson Herbert Charles Wilson was a Canadian politician and physician. He served as mayor of the Town of Edmonton and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories.... |
129 | 58.64% |
John Alexander McDougall John Alexander McDougall John Alexander McDougall was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a municipal councillor and mayor in Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:... |
91 | 41.36% |
Aldermen
Candidate | Votes |
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William S. Edmiston William S. Edmiston William Sommerville Edmiston was a politician in present day Alberta, Canada, and a mayor of Edmonton.-Biography:... |
175 |
John Kelly John Kelly (Canadian politician) John Edmund Kelly was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Kelly was born in Glengarry County, Ontario July 2, 1852. He was trained as a marine and mechanical engineer... |
120 |
Colin Strang Colin Strang Colin Ferrie Strang was a politician in Alberta, Canada and an alderman on Edmonton Town Council.-Biography:... |
119 |
John Cameron John Cameron (Alberta politician) John A. Cameron was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Cameron moved from Winnipeg to Edmonton in 1881 by ox-cart, bringing with him of freight on a journey that took three months. Once in Edmonton, he used this freight as the initial inventory of a... |
114 |
Thomas Bellamy Thomas Bellamy Thomas Bellamy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Bellamy was born in Durham County, Ontario in 1853. He moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1881 after marrying Lora Davis in 1875... |
111 |
Joseph Henri Picard Joseph Henri Picard Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:... |
110 |
Charles Sutter Charles Sutter Charles William Sutter was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:... |
108 |
George Hutton | 105 |
A. D. Osborne | 68 |
Public school trustees
Candidate | Votes |
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Matthew McCauley Matthew McCauley (politician) Matthew "Matt" McCauley was the first mayor of the city of Edmonton, and a member of the legislative assemblies of both the Northwest Territories and Alberta.... |
103 |
John Cameron John Cameron (Alberta politician) John A. Cameron was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Cameron moved from Winnipeg to Edmonton in 1881 by ox-cart, bringing with him of freight on a journey that took three months. Once in Edmonton, he used this freight as the initial inventory of a... |
99 |
Thomas Bellamy Thomas Bellamy Thomas Bellamy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Bellamy was born in Durham County, Ontario in 1853. He moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1881 after marrying Lora Davis in 1875... |
93 |
James Lauder | 87 |
George Sanderson | 82 |
John Alexander McDougall John Alexander McDougall John Alexander McDougall was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a municipal councillor and mayor in Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:... |
79 |
Henry Goodridge Henry Goodridge (Alberta politician) Henry Goodridge was a politician and municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta.- Biography :Goodridge first came to Edmonton in 1874 with a troop of soldiers. He returned two years later to become the first white settler in the area that is now Jasper Place... |
73 |
St. Joachim Separate School District
Candidate | Votes |
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N. D. Beck | Acclaimed |
J. G. Fairbanks | Acclaimed |
John Kelly John Kelly (Canadian politician) John Edmund Kelly was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Kelly was born in Glengarry County, Ontario July 2, 1852. He was trained as a marine and mechanical engineer... |
Acclaimed |
Sandy Larue | Acclaimed |