The 1924 municipal election was held December 8, 1924 to elect a mayor and five 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 three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: 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:...

, James McCrie Douglas

James McCrie Douglas

James McCrie Douglas was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...

, Joseph Duggan, 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...

, and James Findlay were all elected to two year terms in 1923

Edmonton municipal election, 1923

The 1923 municipal election was held December 10, 1923 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Ralph Bellamy, Frank Crang, and F S McPherson had all been elected to two year terms in 1923 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Crossland, 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 continuing.

The election was conducted using the single transferable vote

Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

 system.

Voter turnout

There were 9477 ballots cast out of 22298 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 42.5%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	Kenneth Alexander Blatchford	5,664	60.31%	Independent	Rice Sheppard Rice Sheppard Rice Sheppard was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta, Canada. He served on Edmonton City Council for many years, ran for mayoral, provincial, and federal office, and was an executive member of the United Farmers of Alberta.-Early life:Sheppard was born April 2, 1861 in Lambourn,...	3,728	39.69%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent	Joseph Clarke Joseph Clarke Joseph Andrew Clarke was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served twice as mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, was a candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council .-Early life:Clarke was born in...	2,296	Citizens' Committee	James Collisson James Collisson James Thomas Joseph Collisson was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a long-time municipal councillor in Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	2,009	Citizens' Committee	Will Werner	1,030	Labour	Charles Gibbs Charles Gibbs (Alberta politician) Charles Lionel Gibbs was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton from 1924 until his death and, concurrently, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 until his death.-Early life:Gibbs was born November 11, 1877, in Newport, Monmouthshire,...	802	Labour	Daniel Knott Daniel Kennedy Knott Daniel Kennedy Knott was a labour activist and politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Early life:Dan Knott was born in Collingwood, Ontario on July 1, 1879 to Hugh Knott and Margaret Wright...	707	Citizens' Committee	Archie Rendall	632	Citizens' Committee	A. C. Grant	619	Labour	James Herlihy	480	Labour	Robert McCreath	460	Labour	H. J. Pallot	341	Independent	Gertrude McBain	67

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	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:...	2,767	Citizens' Committee	Thyrza Bishop	2,351	Labour	T. J. Johnston	1,379	Labour	Elmer Roper Elmer Ernest Roper Elmer Ernest Roper was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as leader of the Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was also a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:Roper was born in...	1,401	Citizens' Committee	George Young	955	Independent	J. H. W. Williams	587	Independent	A. R. Lawrence	294

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent	C. E. Barry	339	Independent	P. M. Dunne	193	Independent	E. H. Esch	133	Independent	Harry Carrigan	74

(Numbers provided are only for the first count; on subsequent counts, Harry Carrigan defeated E. H. Esch.)