The 1951 municipal election was held November 7, 1951 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 separate school board (William Webber, Mary Butterworth, J W K Shortreed, and John Thorogoodwere were acclaimed to two year terms on the public board). The electorate also decided four plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Edwin Clarke, Duncan Innes, 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....

, 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:...

, and Athelstan Bissett were all elected to two year terms in 1950

Edmonton municipal election, 1950

The 1950 municipal election was held November 1, 1950 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. The electorate also decided eleven plebiscite questions. There was no mayoral election, as Sidney Parsons was on the second year of a two year term...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled:
Harry Fowler, Robert Rae, and Charles Cummins had been acclaimed to two year terms in 1950 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 41515 ballots cast out of 98882 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 41.0%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	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:...	26,858	65.03%	Independent	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:...	8,537	20.67%	Independent	George Gleave	5,909	14.31%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	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...	27,067	Citizens' Committee	Abe Miller Abe William Miller Abe William Miller was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served in office on both civic and provincial levels of government in the province of Alberta...	22,035	Citizens' Committee	Rupert Clare	21,565	Citizens' Committee	Violet Field	21,061	Citizens' Committee	Al Larson	16,648	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...	12,332	Independent	Thomas Andrew Graham	10,389	Independent	Charles Simmonds	9,147	Independent	Mack Lyle	8,827	Labour	Ethel Wilson Ethel Sylvia Wilson Ethel Sylvia Wilson was a seamstress, labour activist and a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of Edmonton City Council from 1952 to 1966 and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971...	8,516	Independent labour	Tom Steele	7,126	Labour	Daniel Smith	6,705	Independent	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	5,045

Public school trustees

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Party		Candidate	Votes
Citizens' Committee	William Webber	Acclaimed	Citizens' Committee	Mary Butterworth	Acclaimed	Citizens' Committee	J. W. K. Shortreed	Acclaimed	Citizens' Committee	John Thorogood	Acclaimed

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Andre Dechene	3,832	Independent	William Sereda	3,744	Independent	Catherine McGrath	3,343	Independent	Amby Lenon	3,008	Independent	Joseph Pilon	2,995	Independent	Robert Garneau	2,705	Independent	Terence Hughes	2,100

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,060,000 for the City share of paving of residential and arterial streets. Sinking fund debentures to be issued?

• Yes - 16027
• No - 3039

Incinerator Upgrades

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $300,000 for the purpose of modernization and enlarging the capacity of the present city incinerator?

• Yes - 13827
• No - 4217

Equipment for the City Engineers' Department

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $200,000 to purchase construction and scavenging equipment and traffic light equipment for the City Engineers’ Department?

• Yes - 15072
• No - 3248

Building Extensions

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $ 65,000 for extensions to Engineers’ yard and shop buildings?

• Yes - 10794
• No - 6553