Edmonton municipal election, 1946
The 1946 municipal election was held November 6, 1946 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, four trustees to sit on the public school board, and three trustees to sit on the separate school board.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: James McCrie Douglas, John Munro, John Gillies, and Charles Gariepy were all elected to two year terms in 1945 and were still in office. Ethel Browne had also been elected to a two-year term in 1945, but had resigned due to ill health; accordingly, Harold Tanner was elected to a one-year term.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Mary Butterworth, E S Haynes, and Armour Ford had been elected to two year terms in 1945 and were still in office. Albert Ottewell had also been elected to a two-year term in 1945, but had died; accordingly, Andrew Stewart was elected to a one-year term.
On the separate board, there were four vacancies out of seven seats, as Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and Joseph Pilon were continuing. William Wilde had been elected to a two-year term in 1945, but had resigned; accordingly, Weldon Bateman was elected to a one-year term.
Voter turnout
There were 24919 ballots cast out of 73852 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.7%.
Results
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Civic Democratic Alliance | Harry Ainlay | 22,839 | 92.44% | |
Independent | Thomas Cairns | 1,868 | 7.56% |
Aldermen
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Citizens' Committee | Sidney Bowcott | 14,161 | |
Citizens' Committee | Athelstan Bissett | 13,867 | |
Citizens' Committee | Harold Tanner | 13,799 | |
Citizens' Committee | Sidney Parsons | 13,065 | |
Citizens' Committee | James Ogilvie | 12,067 | |
Citizens' Committee | Frederick John Mitchell | 12,287 | |
Civic Democratic Alliance | Percy Gwynne | 10,682 | |
Civic Democratic Alliance | Charles Willis | 9,586 | |
Civic Democratic Alliance | Edith Rogers | 9,439 | |
Civic Democratic Alliance | Norman Finnemore | 8,829 | |
Civic Democratic Alliance | Williston Haszard | 8,412 | |
Civic Democratic Alliance | Charles Gilbert | 8,192 | |
Independent | Julia Kiniski | 2,635 |
Public school trustees
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Citizens' Committee | Andrew Stewart | 13,830 | |
Citizens' Committee | James MacDonald | 12,779 | |
Civic Democratic Alliance | John Morrison | 11,739 | |
Citizens' Committee | Robert Rae | 11,106 | |
Citizens' Committee | Carl W. Clement | 10,590 | |
Civic Democratic Alliance | William W. R. Boyes | 9,636 | |
Civic Democratic Alliance | John Moon | 8,650 |
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, James O'Hara, and Weldon Bateman were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
References
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections