The 1921 municipal election was held December 12, 1921 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council

Edmonton City Council

The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors. Until 2010, Edmonton was divided in six wards with two councillors representing citizens in each ward...

 and four trustees to sit on the public school board. F A French, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard

Joseph Henri Picard

Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

 were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Adair

Joseph Adair

Joseph Woods Adair was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a municipal councillor in Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Biography:...

, James Collisson

James Collisson

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, and Valentine Richards were all elected to two year terms in 1920

Edmonton municipal election, 1920

The 1920 municipal election was held December 13, 1920 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board. J Cormack, Joseph Gariépy, and J J Murray were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board...

 and were still in office. William Campbell McArthur had also been elected to a two year term, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Andrew McLennan

Andrew Robert McLennan

Andrew Robert McLennan was a business man and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of Edmonton City Council from 1918 to 1922 and also served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1925 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Municipal...

 had also been elected to a two year term only to resign. In order to fill these vacancies, Izena Ross and Kenneth Alexander Blatchford were elected to one year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: W H Alexander, E T Bishop, and William Rea had all been elected to two year terms in 1920 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where J Cormack, J J Murray, and Joseph Gariépy

Joseph Gariépy

Joseph Hormidas Gariépy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

 were continuing.

The 1921 election was the first in which a woman - Izena Ross - was elected to city council.

Voter turnout

There were 10943 ballots cast out of 33256 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 32.8%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Citizens' League	David Duggan	7,011	66.87%	Independent	William Campbell McArthur	3,227	30.78%	Independent	Albert Stimmel	246	2.35%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' League	Charles Weaver Charles Yardley Weaver Charles Yardley Weaver was a politician, barrister, justice of the peace and soldier from Alberta, Canada. He held office on both municipal and provincial levels of government...	5,814	Dominion Labour Party	James East James East James East was a politician and labour activist in Alberta, Canada. He was for a time and the longest-serving alderman in Edmonton's history, and was a defeated candidate at the provincial and federal levels. He was also an ardent monetary reformer.-Early life:East was born in Bolton, Ontario on...	4,968	Citizens' League	Thomas Malone	4,685	Citizens' League	Ambrose Bury Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...	4,673	Citizens' League	Kenneth Alexander Blatchford	4,277	Citizens' League	Izena Ross	3,341	Citizens' League	Bickerton Pratt	3,256	Independent	Lyman Theophilus Barclay	3,119	Dominion Labour Party	James Findlay	3,112	Dominion Labour Party	E. E. Hyde	2,991	Independent	Archie Rendell	2,562	Independent	A. Boileau	2,322	Independent	S. D. Walker	1,585	Independent labour	George L. Ritchie	1,501	Citizens' League	L. T. Murray	1,486	Independent	Mrs. A. S. Taylor	1,324	Independent labour	Mary Cantin	1,095	Independent labour	J. E. White	982	Independent	Hyman King	936

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Dominion Labour Party	Samuel Barnes	4,652	Citizens' League	Ralph Bellamy	4,512	Dominion Labour Party	Frank Scott	4,381	Citizens' League	Alex C. Grant	4,172	Dominion Labour Party	Frank Crang	3,951	Citizens' League	Oscar F. Strong	3,810	Citizens' League	W. H. Speer	3,523	Dominion Labour Party	Raymond C. Ghostley	3,215

(Frank Crang was elected over Alex C. Grant despite his lower number of votes by reason of there needing to be one candidate elected from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River

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.)

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

F A French, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard

Joseph Henri Picard

Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

were acclaimed.