The 1953 municipal election was held October 14, 1953 to elect six 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...

 (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:...

 was acclaimed for a second term as mayor) and four trustees to sit on the separate school board (Mary Butterworth, William Cowley, James Falconer, and John Thorogood were acclaimed to two year terms on the public board). The electorate also decided five plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled:
Edwin Clarke, James MacDonald, 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 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...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1952

Edmonton municipal election, 1952

The 1952 municipal election was held October 15, 1952 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the separate school board . There was no election for mayor, as William Hawrelak was halfway through his two year term...

 and were still in office. 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....

 had also been elected to a two year term in 1952, but had been elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 and had resigned; consequently, Hu Harries

Hu Harries

Hu Harries was a Canadian economist and politician.Born in Strathmore, Alberta, he received a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from the University of Alberta in 1945. He also received a Master’s degree in political science from the University of Toronto and a Doctorate in economics from Iowa...

 was elected alderman for a one year term to complete his term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Charles Cummins, Robert Rae, and Harry Fowler had been acclaimed to two year terms in 1952 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Francis Killeen, James O'Hara, and Adrian Crowe were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 12146 ballots cast out of 107687 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 11.2%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent, SS denotes candidate from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River

North Saskatchewan River

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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:...	Acclaimed

Aldermen

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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...	11,267	SS	Citizens' Committee	Rupert Clare	10,936		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...	9,845		Citizens' Committee	Charles Simmonds	8,362		Citizens' Committee	Cliffard Roy	8,334	SS	Citizens' Committee	Hu Harries Hu Harries Hu Harries was a Canadian economist and politician.Born in Strathmore, Alberta, he received a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from the University of Alberta in 1945. He also received a Master’s degree in political science from the University of Toronto and a Doctorate in economics from Iowa...	7,889	SS	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...	7,395		Independent	Phoebe McCullough	5,377		Independent	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	3,471

Public school trustees

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Party		Candidate	Votes
Citizens' Committee	Mary Butterworth	Acclaimed	Citizens' Committee	William Cowley	Acclaimed	Citizens' Committee	James Falconer James Falconer James Falconer was a Scottish solicitor and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:Falconer was born in Carmyllie, Forfarshire, the son of Donald Falconer. He was educated at Arbroath High School and Edinburgh University where he obtained his MA degree. He married Ada Kennedy. ...	Acclaimed	Citizens' Committee	John Thorogood	Acclaimed

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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Party		Candidate	Votes
Independent	Andre Dechene	2,305		Independent	William Sereda	1,869		Independent	Amby Lenon	1,680	SS	Independent	Catherine McGrath	1,662		Independent	John Kane	1,401

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,250,000.00 for the City share of paving arterial and residential streets?

• Yes - 8271
• No - 757

Engineering Equipment

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $200,000.00 for the purpose of buying Engineers Department Equipment, consisting of scavenging equipment, oil distributor, front end loaders, oil and gas tenders, sweepers and other construction equipment?

• Yes - 7720
• No - 1090

Swimming Pool Renovations

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $75,000.00 for providing new filtration system and reconstructing dressing rooms and sun deck area in Borden Park Swimming Pool?

• Yes - 6413
• No - 2067

Playgrounds

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $50,000.00 to develop public playgrounds, playground shelters, wading pools and to provide other public recreation facilities?

• Yes - 7410
• No - 1270

New Building at the Royal Alexandra Hospital

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $355,000.00 being part of the cost of construction of a building to contain kitchen and dining room, storage and other facilities, at the Royal Alexandra Hospital?

• Yes - 7299
• No - 1439