The 1938 municipal election was held November 9, 1938 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, James O'Hara, and J O Pilon were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board). Voters also rejected two proposals to borrow money from other levels of government for the construction of new housing.

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

, Douglas Grout, George Campbell, and 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...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1937

Edmonton municipal election, 1937

The 1937 municipal election was held November 10, 1937 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and five 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: Albert Ottewell, Walter Morrish, 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...

, and Bruce Smith had been elected to two year terms in 1937 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate school board, where 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 continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 23599 ballots cast out of 53848 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 43.8%.

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...	12,491	53.34%	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...	5,922	25.29%	Canadian Labour Party Canadian Labour Party The Canadian Labour Party was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917, 1921, 1925 and 1926, it never succeeded in its goal of providing a national forum for the Canadian labour movement... / Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...	Charles Gould	4,807	20.53%	Independent	Frederick Speed	198	0.85%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Hugh MacDonald Hugh John MacDonald (Alberta politician) Hugh John MacDonald was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1948 to 1959.-Political career:...	13,424	Citizens' Committee	Mack McColl	10,695	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	11,893	Citizens' Committee	Sidney Parsons Sidney Parsons Sidney Parsons was a Canadian politician, mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	11,354	Citizens' Committee	Blair Paterson	11,231	Canadian Labour Party Canadian Labour Party The Canadian Labour Party was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917, 1921, 1925 and 1926, it never succeeded in its goal of providing a national forum for the Canadian labour movement... / Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...	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....	9,876	Progressive Progressive Party of Canada The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...	Margaret Crang	8,664	Canadian Labour Party Canadian Labour Party The Canadian Labour Party was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917, 1921, 1925 and 1926, it never succeeded in its goal of providing a national forum for the Canadian labour movement... / Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...	James Findlay	8,561	Canadian Labour Party Canadian Labour Party The Canadian Labour Party was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917, 1921, 1925 and 1926, it never succeeded in its goal of providing a national forum for the Canadian labour movement... / Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...	William Miller	6,387	Progressive Progressive Party of Canada The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...	Elisha East	6,000	Independent	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...	5,083	Independent	M. M. Downey	2,619	Independent	Raymond C. Ghostley	2,065

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Izena Ross	11,716	Citizens' Committee	Armour Ford	11,189	Citizens' Committee	W. G. McConachie	10,520	Progressive Progressive Party of Canada The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...	Frank Crang	8,171	Canadian Labour Party Canadian Labour Party The Canadian Labour Party was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917, 1921, 1925 and 1926, it never succeeded in its goal of providing a national forum for the Canadian labour movement... / Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...	W. H. Thornton	6,264	Progressive Progressive Party of Canada The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...	Mary Ann Gilchrist	5,141	Canadian Labour Party Canadian Labour Party The Canadian Labour Party was an early, unsuccessful attempt at creating a national labour party in Canada. Although it ran candidates in the federal elections of 1917, 1921, 1925 and 1926, it never succeeded in its goal of providing a national forum for the Canadian labour movement... / Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...	A. Richardson	3,559

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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

Low Income Housing

Are you in favour of the city borrowing from the Dominion or Provincial governments, to construct low cost dwelling houses in Edmonton, for rental purposes only, a sum not exceeding $250, 000, repayable in from 20 to 35 years, with interest not exceeding two per cent per annum?

• Yes - 2687
• No - 3593

Regular Housing

Are you in favour of the city borrowing from the Dominion or Provincial governments, for the purpose of loaning to individuals to construct dwelling houses in Edmonton, a sum not exceeding $250,000, repayable in from 20 to 35 years at a rate of interest not exceeding five percent per annum?

• Yes - 2,430
• No - 3,578