The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 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...

. Elections for school trustees were not held, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: George Campbell, Edward Brown, 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 1939

Edmonton municipal election, 1939

The 1939 municipal election was held November 8, 1939 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. Elections for school trustees were not held, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed....

 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:...

 and Douglas Grout had also been elected to two year terms in 1939, but had resigned; accordingly, Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

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

 and Blair Paterson were elected to one year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: M Downey, Bruce Smith, R L Sutherland, and Albert Ottewell had been elected to two year terms in 1939 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Romeo Bouchard, Hugh Currie, Robert Tighe, and William Wilde were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 14523 ballots cast out of 56225 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 25.8%.

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...	8,044	55.62%	Independent	Douglas Grout	5,281	36.51%	Independent	Lloyd Wood	1,138	7.87%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	8,790	Citizens' Committee	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...	8,553	Citizens' Committee	Athelstan Bissett	8,294	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:...	7,896	Citizens' Committee	Blair Paterson	7,571	Citizens' Committee	Frederick John Mitchell Frederick John Mitchell Frederick John Mitchell was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	7,152	Citizens' Committee	Charles Gariepy Charles Gariepy Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...	6,791	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...	4,746	Civic Progressive Association	Walter Clevely	4,044	Civic Progressive Association	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,...	4,040	Civic Progressive Association	Guy Patterson	4,025	Civic Progressive Association	E. C. Fisher	3,790	Civic Progressive Association	Elisha East	3,743	Civic Progressive Association	C. B. Willis	3,303	Civic Progressive Association	A. A. Deacon	2,384	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...	William Miller	2,366	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...	W. H. O'Neill	2,069	Independent	Peter Glassman	1,287	Democrat	Ernest C. Holub	660

Public school trustees

Izena Ross, E M Gunderson, and W G McConachie were acclaimed.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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