The 1943 municipal election was held November 10, 1943 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, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon 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: Athelstan Bissett, 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...

, 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:...

, James Ogilvie, and 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:...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1942

Edmonton municipal election, 1942

The 1942 municipal election was held November 12, 1942 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and five trustees to sit on the separate school board. Voters also approved an eight hour day for firefighters...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross, William McConachie, and Alex Gemeroy had been elected to two year terms in 1942 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Adrien Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 10442 ballots cast out of 58406 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 17.8%.

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...	7,270	70.25%	Independent	Thomas Joseph Cairns	3,079	29.75%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	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:...	5,684	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	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....	5,216	Citizens' Committee	Winslow Hamilton	4,910	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...	4,777	Citizens' Committee	Melvin Downey	4,699	Civic Progressive Association	Gwendolen Clarke	4,438	Citizens' Committee	Verna Arthur Porter	4,424	Civic Progressive Association	Guy Patterson	3,809	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Joseph Herbert Dowler	3,309	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Alfred Paramour Gregory	2,962	Labour Progressive	William Lambert Careless	1,836	Civic Progressive Association	John Guild	1,496

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Albert Ottewell	6,466	Citizens' Committee	Bertram F. Robertson	4,875	Citizens' Committee	Frank Jost Newson	4,958	Citizens' Committee	Roy Leonard Sutherland	4,770	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Mary Butterworth	4,380	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	William Henry Thornton	3,911	Civic Progressive Association	Wellesley Fraser	2,953

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

William Wilde, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon were acclaimed.