Edmonton municipal election, 1937
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The 1937 municipal election was held November 10, 1937 to elect a mayor and six 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 five trustees to sit on the public school board (Hugh Currie, Charles Gariepy
Charles Gariepy
Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...

, William Wilde, and John Welihan were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board). Voters also decided three plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Hugh MacDonald, James Ogilvie, John McCreath, and Athelstan Bissett were all elected to two year terms in 1936
Edmonton municipal election, 1936
The 1936 municipal election was held November 12, 1936 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board . Voters also rejected a proposal to extend the mayor's term to two years...

 and were still in office. 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...

 was also elected to a two year term in 1936, but resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Blair Paterson was elected to a one year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but two of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross and Armour Ford had been elected to two year terms in 1936 and were still in office. 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:...

 had also been elected to a two year term in 1936, but had resigned; accordingly, George Gleave was elected to a one year term. On the separate school board there were four vacancies, as A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 24279 ballots cast out of 51599 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 47.0%.

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
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...

10,487 43.63%
Edmonton First 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...

7,340 30.53%
Progressive Civic Association Guy Patterson 3,419 14.22%
Independent John Sedgewick Cowper 2,730 11.36%
Independent Frederick Speed 62 0.26%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
Citizens' Committee Edward Brown 12,677
Citizens' Committee 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:...

12,386
Citizens' Committee Douglas Grout 12,252
Citizens' Committee George Campbell 11,709
Citizens' Committee 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...

11,655
Citizens' Committee Blair Paterson 10,980
Progressive Civic Association Harry 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....

10,103
Progressive Civic Association James Findlay 8,501
Independent Margaret Crang 7,608
Progressive Civic Association Charles Gould 7,190
Progressive Civic Association Elisha East 5,323
Independent Walter Clevely 4,884
Progressive Civic Association William Miller 4,551
Progressive Civic Association Charles Lee 4,447
Independent Raymond C. Ghostley 2,308
New Deal John James Allen 2,036
Independent Peter Glassman 1,779
Independent Ernest Holub 1,072
Independent Charles Keily 734

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
Citizens' Committee Albert Ottewell 10,297
Citizens' Committee Walter Morrish 8,829
Progressive Civic Association 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...

8,391
Citizens' Committee C. Bruce Smith 7,330
Citizens' Committee George Gleave 7,034
Independent Frank Crang 6,770
Progressive Civic Association Mary Ann Gilchrist 5,950
Progressive Civic Association Adam Bruce 5,384
Progressive Civic Association Thomas Housley 3,959

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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

, William Wilde, and John Welihan were acclaimed.

Mayoral Election

Are you in favour of the Mayor being elected annually by the members of the City Council from their number?
  • Yes - 4444
  • No - 18383
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