Edmonton municipal election, 1951

The 1951 municipal election was held November 7, 1951 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council 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, Frederick John Mitchell, and Athelstan Bissett were all elected to two-year terms in 1950 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%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Citizens' Committee	Harold Tanner	27,067	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Abe Miller	22,035	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Rupert Clare	21,565	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Violet Field	21,061	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Al Larson	16,648	Y
	Independent	Sidney Bowcott	12,332
	Independent	Thomas Andrew Graham	10,389
	Independent	Charles Simmonds	9,147
	Independent	Mack Lyle	8,827
	Labour	Ethel Wilson	8,516
	Independent labour	Tom Steele	7,126
	Labour	Daniel Smith	6,705
	Independent	Julia Kiniski	5,045

Public school trustees

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

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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

Plebiscites

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

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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