The 1941 municipal election was held November 12, 1941 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 four trustees to sit on the public school board (William Wilde, Robert Tighe, Thomas Malone, and Romeo Bouchard were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board).

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

, Athelstan Bissett, 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:...

, and 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:...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1940

Edmonton municipal election, 1940

The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 to elect a mayor and seven 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.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross, E M Gunderson, and W G McConachie had been acclaimed to two year terms in 1940 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Adrien Crowe, James O’Hara, and J O Pilon were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 17566 ballots cast out of 56808 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 30.9%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	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...	11,632	68.78%	Citizens' Committee	George Campbell	5,281	31.22%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Labour	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....	9,134	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:...	8,113	Civic Progressive Association	Gwendolen Clarke	7,369	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...	6,718	Civic Progressive Association	Guy Patterson	6,378	Civic Progressive Association	Frank Crang	6,082	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...	6,070	Citizens' Committee	John E. Sydie	5,251	Citizens' Committee	Milo M. Case	4,921	Citizens' Committee	Albert E. Knowler	4,485	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:...	4,148	Independent	Mack McColl	4,053	Labour	W. H. O'Neill	3,928	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,...	3,691

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Melvin Downey	10,993	Citizens' Committee	Roy Sutherland	10,794	Citizens' Committee	Albert Ottewell	10,532	Citizens' Committee	James Hyndman James Hyndman James Duncan Hyndman was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge. He served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta, and was the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court of Alberta.-Early life:...	10,532	Labour	William Tree	6,604

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

William Wilde, Robert Tighe, Thomas Malone, and Romeo Bouchard were acclaimed.