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. The mayor continued to be elected annually.

Because in the previous election

Edmonton municipal election, 1897

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 was conducted under a staggered system...

 all six aldermen had been elected to a one year term, it was still necessary to elect six aldermen. However, in order to set up the staggered terms, three were to be elected to one year terms and three to two year terms.

In addition to the city council, five public school trustees and four private school trustees were elected.

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
William S. Edmiston William S. Edmiston William Sommerville Edmiston was a politician in present day Alberta, Canada, and a mayor of Edmonton.-Biography:...	170	63.43%
Cornelius Gallagher Cornelius Gallagher (Canadian politician) Cornelius Gallagher was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor and the third mayor of Edmonton.-Biography:...	98	36.57%

Aldermen

Candidate	Votes
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:...	162
Kenneth W. MacKenzie Kenneth W. MacKenzie Kenneth W. MacKenzie was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a two-time mayor of Edmonton.-Biography:MacKenzie was born on a farm near Lucknow, Ontario on February 3, 1862. He left school during his early teens, but completed his schooling after losing the use of his left hand in an accident in...	157
Alfred Jackson	126
Joseph Henri Picard Joseph Henri Picard Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...	115
Alfred Brown	113
Richard Secord Richard Secord (Alberta politician) Richard Secord was a politician in western Canada, a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, a municipal councillor in Edmonton, and a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...	106
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...	101
N. White	98
Thomas Hourston Thomas Hourston Thomas Hourston was a politician from Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...	97
R. Hockley	80
Phillip Heiminck Phillip Heiminck Phillip Heimink was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...	78

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...

, 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...

, Colin Strang

Colin Strang

Colin Ferrie Strang was a politician in Alberta, Canada and an alderman on Edmonton Town Council.-Biography:...

, Alex Taylor

Alex Taylor (Edmonton)

Alexander Taylor was a Canadian entrepreneur, inventor and politician. He is credited as being one of the founders of the city of Edmonton. Taylor was born in on May 17, 1853 in Ottawa, Ontario, and came to Edmonton in 1877. Shortly after his arrival in Edmonton, Taylor established the first...

, 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.