Edmonton municipal election, 1948
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The 1948 municipal election was held November 3, 1948 to elect 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...

. There was no mayoral election, as 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....

 was in the second year of a two year term. There were no elections for school trustees, as candidates for both the public and private boards were acclaimed.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled:
Armour Ford, Harold Tanner
Harold E. Tanner
Harold E. Tanner was a service man, teacher and Canadian politician. He served as an elected representative on both the civic and provincial levels of government in the province of Alberta. He served as an Alderman on Edmonton City Council from 1946 to 1955...

, 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:...

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

, and George Gleave were all elected to two year terms in 1947
Edmonton municipal election, 1947
The 1947 municipal election was held November 5, 1947 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board . Voters also voted on two plebiscites, one of which approved two year mayoral terms...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled:
Mary Butterworth, George Brown, Stewart Graham, and William Morrow had been elected to two year terms in 1947 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Weldon Bateman, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and Joseph Pilon were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 11665 ballots cast out of 80369 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 14.5%.

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
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:...

7,533
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:...

7,514
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...

6,313
Independent Athelstan Bissett 6,189
Citizens' Committee Richmond Francis Hanna
Richmond Francis Hanna
Richmond Francis Lionel Hanna was an insurance salesman, a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Airforce, a member of Edmonton Municipal Council and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1953 to 1957....

5,729
Citizens' Committee W. E. Briggs 5,647
Citizens' Committee William Hawrelak
William Hawrelak
William Hawrelak was a politician in Alberta, Canada, the longest-serving mayor in Edmonton's history, and a candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...

4,209
Independent Percy Gwynne 4,100
Independent Reta Rowan 2,422
Independent Julia Kiniski
Julia Kiniski
Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...

1,783
Independent William Chmiliar 1,723
Independent Frederick Speed 928

Public school trustees

Harry Fowler, James MacDonald, and Robert Rae were acclaimed.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrian Crowe, Joseph O'Hara, and Francis Killeen were acclaimed.
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