The 1897 municipal election was held December 13, 1897. This was the last election to elect a full town council for a one year term, as the 1898 election

Edmonton municipal election, 1898

The 1898 municipal election was held December 12, 1898. In previous elections, an entire town council had been elected at once for a one year term; 1898 marked the beginning of staggered aldermanic terms, such that half of the six aldermen would be elected each year to two year terms...

 was conducted under a staggered system. The election was to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one year term), five trustees for the public school division and four trustees for the separate school division.

Aldermen

• Kenneth McLeod
  Kenneth McLeod
  Kenneth Archibald McLeod , was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. He was also the builder of the McLeod Building, the Edmonton's first skyscraper.-Early life and career:...
  
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• James Ross
  James Ross (Alberta politician)
  James Ross was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Ross was born August 14, 1851 in Toronto. He received his apprenticeship in tinsmithing and worked as a journeyman. He moved to Edmonton in 1878 and established a tinshop in 1882...
  
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• Joseph Henri Picard
  Joseph Henri Picard
  Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
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• Thomas Hourston
  Thomas Hourston
  Thomas Hourston was a politician from Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
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• Alfred Jackson - 75
• William Humberstone
  William Humberstone
  William Humberstone was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
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• Phillip Heiminck
  Phillip Heiminck
  Phillip Heimink was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
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• J V E Carpenter - 58
• Joseph Gariépy
  Joseph Gariépy
  Joseph Hormidas Gariépy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
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Public school trustees

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...

, R J W Mathers, A G Randall, James Ross

James Ross (Alberta politician)

James Ross was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Ross was born August 14, 1851 in Toronto. He received his apprenticeship in tinsmithing and worked as a journeyman. He moved to Edmonton in 1878 and established a tinshop in 1882...

, and Hedley C. Taylor

Hedley C. Taylor

Hedley Clarence Taylor was a Canadian politician and judge. Taylor was born in Sheffield, New Brunswick in 1964. He studied law at Mt. Alison University and the University of Michigan, in 1891. He partnered with John R. Boyle to form the firm of Taylor & Boyle, which later became Boyle, Parlee,...

were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

N D Beck, Sandy Larue, Antonio Prince, and Georges Roy were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.