The 1950 municipal election was held November 1, 1950 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...

. The electorate also decided eleven plebiscite questions. There was no mayoral election, as 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:...

 was on 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: 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...

, Armour Ford, Rupert Clare, Kenneth Lawson, and 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:...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1949

Edmonton municipal election, 1949

The 1949 municipal election was held November 2, 1949 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. The electorate also decided eight plebiscite questions...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled:
George Brown, Mary Butterworth, J W K Shortreed, and John Thorogood had been acclaimed to two year terms in 1949 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Gallant, Lawrence Keylor, Ambrose O'Neill, and Joseph Pilon were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 27484 ballots cast out of 93406 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 29.4%.

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Edwin Clarke	17,421	Citizens' Committee	Duncan Innes	16,279	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....	16,112	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:...	15,307	Independent	Athelstan Bissett	14,089	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...	13,315	Citizens' Committee	Carl Berg	12,891	Independent	George Gleave	10,975	Independent	Thomas Graham	7,123	Independent	George Linney	5,789	Independent	Charles Simmonds	5,640	Independent	Frederick Speed	1,851

Public school trustees

Harry Fowler, Robert Rae, and Charles Cummins were acclaimed.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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

Civic Centre

Are you in favour of the City entering into the proposed agreement with the First New Amsterdam Corporation for development of the Civic Centre area as finally approved by City Council on September 29, 1950?

• Yes - 11843
• No - 7641

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,225,095.00 for City share of paving of arterial streets, bus routes and elsewhere?

• Yes - 16442
• No - 1478

High Level Bridge

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 to be applied toward the cost of providing a four lane vehicular traffic deck on the High Level Bridge to relieve serious traffic congestion?

• Yes - 9174
• No - 8588

Equipment for Engineers' Department

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 to purchase equipment for the Engineers’ Department including a flusher, a sweeper, mud pump and grader?

• Yes - 14432
• No - 2741

Fire Department

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $175,000.00 for the erection of Fire Department Buildings, namely, fire hall at Jasper Avenue and 92 Street, one drill tower and one drill school utility building for training firemen?

• Yes - 15147
• No - 2230

Fire Fighting Equipment

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $76,000.00 to purchase equipment for the Fire Department consisting of two pumpers and one aerial ladder?

• Yes - 15971
• No - 1499

Police Station

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 for additions to the main Police Station Building including one additional court room, increased office space, added prisoner cells and full sized gymnasium?

• Yes - 12804
• No - 4216

Renfrew Ball Park

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $50,000.00 to erect a concrete grandstand to seat 1,200 people at Renfrew Ball Park?

• Yes - 10877
• No - 6253

Royal Alexandra Maternity Ward

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,035,000.00 for the erection of new maternity building at the Royal Alexandra Hospital to relieve serious over-crowding of present facilities?

• Yes - 16218
• No - 1752

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,200,000.00 for additions and renovations to Royal Alexandra Hospital including improved operating rooms, laboratories, X-ray Department, cafeteria, plus renovation of plumbing in present main building?

• Yes - 15844
• No - 2,060

Outdoor Pool

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $150,000.00 for the construction of an out-door swimming pool in the City?

• Yes - 12865
• No - 4461