The 1936 municipal election was held November 12, 1936 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 the public school board (Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board). Voters also rejected a proposal to extend the mayor's term to two years. The election would normally have been held on November 11 (the rule at the time being that the municipal election would be held on the second Wednesday of November), but was delayed by a day owing to the Armistice Day

Armistice Day

Armistice Day is on 11 November and commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day...

 holiday.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled:
Margaret Crang, Elisha East, Guy Patterson, Walter Clevely, and Charles Gould were all elected to two year terms in 1935

Edmonton municipal election, 1935

The 1935 municipal election was held November 13, 1935 to elect a mayor and five 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:
Walter Morrish, Frank Crang, Albert Ottewell, and Sidney Bowcott

Sidney Bowcott

Sidney Bowcott Bowcott immigrated to Canada in 1905, and then moved to Edmonton in 1907. He spent 9 years on the Edmonton Public School Board, and then spent 10 years on the Edmonton council. He was president of the Montgomery Legion of the Royal Canadian Legion for a time as well...

 had all been elected to two year terms in 1935 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where
Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...

, Thomas Malone, R D Tighe, and William Wilde were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 29300 ballots cast out of 50670 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 57.8%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Civic Youth Association	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...	12,992	44.72%	Citizens' Committee	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:...	12,417	42.74%	United People's League	Harry Dean Ainlay Harry Dean Ainlay Harry Dean Ainlay was a Canadian educator, politician, mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and the Canadian House of Commons....	3,403	11.71%	Independent	Dick Foote	184	0.63%	Independent	Frederick Speed	54	0.19%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Hugh MacDonald	14,264	Citizens' Committee	John Wesley Fry John Wesley Fry John Wesley Fry was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Early life:John Fry was born in Woodstock, Ontario on December 5, 1876. He grew up in Woodstock and Owen Sound and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1897 to attend Normal School...	13,094	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	12,787	Citizens' Committee	John McCreath	12,054	Citizens' Committee	Athelstan Bissett	11,978	Social Credit	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,...	11,612	Social Credit	Daniel Powers	11,612	Social Credit	W. P. Bullock	9,549	Independent	George O'Leary	8,414	Civic Youth Association	Ernest Edward Howard	7,323	United People's League	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...	5,850	United People's League	James Findlay	5,134	Independent	Dan 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...	3,939	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:...	3,474	United People's League	Herbert John Pallot	3,011	Independent	Charles Martin Keily	727

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	Frederick Casselman Frederick Clayton Casselman Lieutenant Frederick Clayton Casselman was a soldier, barrister, teacher, as well as a Canadian municipal and federal level politician.-Military service:...	14,301	Citizens' Committee Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	Izena Ross	13,974	Citizens' Committee Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	Armour Ford	13,102	Social Credit	A. D. Bruce	9,452	Social Credit	Mary Ann Gilchrist	9,202	United People's League	A. Richardson	4,706	United People's League	Hugh Critchlow	2,858

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were acclaimed.

Mayoral Term Plebiscite

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

• Yes - 12511
• No - 15320