The 1925 municipal election was held December 14, 1925 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 each of the public and separate school boards. In the election's only plebiscite, the voters also rejected a proposal to increase the mayor's term from one year to two.

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

, and 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...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1924

Edmonton municipal election, 1924

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

 and were still in office. 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:...

 and 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...

 had also been elected in 1924, but both resigned to run for mayor. Accordingly, Charles Robson and Alfred Farmilo were elected to one year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, 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:...

, Thyrza Bishop, and T J Johnston had all been elected to two year terms in 1924 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where C E Barry, E A Carrigan, and P M Dunne 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 15304 ballots cast out of 35343 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 43.3%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	Kenneth Alexander Blatchford	8,463	55.36%	Independent	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:...	2,301	15.05%	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...	2,098	13.72%	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,...	1,445	9.45%	Independent	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:...	948	6.20%	Independent	Gertrude McBain	31	0.20%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Civic Government Association	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:...	3,587	Labour	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...	2,839	Civic Government Association	A C Sloane	1,541	Civic Government Association	Frederick Keillor	1,273	Labour	James Findlay	1,071	Civic Government Association	Robert Dolphin Tighe	1,028	Civic Government Association	Charles Robson	988	Labour	Alfred Farmilo	855	Civic Government Association	C. W. Gimby	728	Labour	James Herlihy	552	Labour	Edward James Thompson	380

(While Tighe was in sixth on the first count, he fell on subsequent counts because of 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 in place.)

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Civic Government Association	Ralph Bellamy	3,478	Labour	Frank Crang	2,832	Civic Government Association	F. S. McPherson	2,825	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...	2,658	Labour	Sophie N. Bell	1,503	Civic Government Association	W. W. McBain	1,147

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent	Thomas Magee	371	Independent	Charles Gariepy Charles Gariepy Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...	365	Independent	A J Ryan	336	Independent	Paul Jenvrin	141	Independent	Robert Crossland	133

(Crossland was elected over Jenvrin despite having fewer votes because a representative from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River

North Saskatchewan River

The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows east from the Canadian Rockies to central Saskatchewan. It is one of two major rivers that join to make up the Saskatchewan River....

was needed.)

Mayoral Term Plebiscite

Are you in favour of the Mayor holding office for the term of two years?

• Yes - 7251
• No - 8945