This is an incomplete list of Los Angeles municipal election returns. In general, they are the semiofficial returns as provided to the public by the city clerk's office. The list does not include Board of Education races, municipal judgeships, boards of freeholders nor propositions, which can be found in the sources cited.

1884

Citywide, 1884–89

Mayor Edward F. Spence (Republican) 2,073? (elected) / Cameron E. Thom (Democrat) 1,519? / Hamilton (Greenback) 108? / Greene (People's) 86 City attorney

James Wilfred McKinley James Wilfred McKinley (April 24, 1857 – May 11, 1918) was city attorney of Los Angeles, California, and a judge of the Superior Court in that state as well as a regent of the University of California. Personal McKinley was born on April 24 ...

(Republican) 1,947 (elected) / H.K.S. O'Melveny (Democrat) 1,778 / Blanchard (People's) 96 Assessor, tax collector and treasurer,

Common Council, 1884–86

lst Yelsir (Democrat) 422 (elected) / Gherkins (Democrat) 305 / Hanly (People's) 24 / Cuyas (Independent) 24 2nd Holbrook (Republican) 573 (elected) / Northcraft (Democrat) 476 (elected) / Bonebrake (Republican) 458 / and three others 3rd Brown (Republican) 514 (elected) / Mesmer (Democrat) 384 / Palmer (People's) 38 4th

Milton Santee Milton Santee (1835–1901), was a 19th-century civil engineer, surveyor, miner, real estate developer, and entrepreneur in Missouri and Southern California. He developed the town of Ramona, California, and served several terms on the Los Angeles ...

(Republican) 326 (elected) / James D. Bullis (Republican) 305 (elected) / Woodworth (Democrat) 243 / and two others 5th Hiram Sinsabaugh (Republican) 268 (elected) / Rickenback (Democrat) 140 / McArthur (People's) 14

1885

Common Council, 1885–87

1st G.L. Stearns 342 (elected) / J. Goss 336 (elected) / J. Baldwin 291 / and four others 2nd J. Kuhrtz 576 (elected) / S. Rees 387 3rd J. Bryson 384 (elected) / A.F. Mackay 369 (elected) / L.N. Breed 496 / and one other 4th S.M. Perry, 300 (elected) / B. Cohn, 272 5th Willard 266 (elected) / Frankenfeld 258 (elected) / Barrett 164 / and three others

1904

Citywide 1904-08

Mayor

Owen McAleer Owen McAleer (February 3, 1858 – March 7, 1944) was a Los Angeles, California, businessman who was mayor of the city between 1904 and 1906. His brother Jimmy McAleer played in Major League Baseball. Personal McAleer was born on February 3, 1 ...

(Rep) 14,293 (elected) / Meredith Snyder (Dem) 10,949 City Clerk Harry J. Lelande (Rep) 16,426 (elected) / Murphy (Dem) 7,544 Treasurer Myers (Rep) 11,273 (elected) / Workman (Dem) 13,613 Auditor Schwaebe (Rep) 13,409 (elected) / Plant (Dem) 7.907 Engineer Stafford (Rep) 16,634 (elected) / Viole (Dem) 7,234 Street superintendent Hanley (Dem) 17,461 (elected) / Werdin (Rep) 7.379 Assessor Evan Lewis (Rep) 13,109 (elected) / Barham (Dem) 10,518 City attorney Mathews (Rep) (unopposed and elected) Tax and license collector Johnson (Rep) (unopposed and elected)

City Council 1904–06

1st Fred L. Ford (Rep) 1,220 (elected) / Nickel (Dem) 881 2nd Vernon Hammon (Rep) 1,435 (elected) / Falconer (Dem) 1,126 3rd Sidney W. Hiller (Rep) 1,520 (elected) / Foy (Dem) 991 4th

Theodore Summerland __NOTOC__ Theodore Summerland (September 6, 1853 – December 5, 1919) was the Los Angeles County Assessor in 1894–1903 when the California Supreme Court decided that the assessor was not entitled to commissions on the taxes that he collected. H ...

(Rep) 2,191 (elected) / Irvine (Dem) 1,841 5th George A. Smith (Rep)1,598? (elected) / No opponent 6th Arthur D. Houghton (Ind) 2,143 (elected) / Scholl (Rep) 1,621 / Weber (Dem) 802 7th

Edward Kern Edward Meyer Kern (October 26, 1822 or 1823 – November 25, 1863) was an American artist, topographer, and explorer of California, the Southwestern United States, and East Asia. He is the namesake of the Kern River and Kern County, California. ...

(Dem) 1.821 (elected) / Fullway (Rep) 1,272 8th Bernard Healy (Rep) 640 (elected) / Savage (Dem) 599 9th Evert L. Blanchard (Rep) 1,301 (elected) / No opponent

City Council 1904–06

1st Ford (Rep) 1,220 (elected) / Nickel (Dem) 881 2nd Hammon (Rep) 1,435 (elected) / Falconer (Dem) 1,126 3rd Hilier (Rep) 1,520 (elected) / Foy (Dem) 991 4th Summerland (Rep) 2,191 (elected) / Irvine (Dem) 1,841 5th Smith (Rep)1,598? (elected) / No opponent 6th Howton (Ind) 2,143 (elected) / Scholl (Rep) 1,621 / Weber (Dem) 802 7th Kern (Dem) 1.821 (elected) / Fullway (Rep) 1,272 8th Healy (Rep) 640 (elected) / Savage (Dem) 599 9th Blanchard (Rep) 1,301 (elected) / No opponent

1909

December 8 election 1909 Los Angeles precinct map

Citywide 1909-11

Mayor George Alexander 20,291 (elected) / George A. Smith 16,964 City Clerk

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30,305 (elected) / Louis C. Haller 5,712 City attorney

Leslie R. Hewitt Leslie Randall Hewitt (September 12, 1867 – December 17, 1936) was an American journalist, lawyer, judge and politician. He wrote for the '' Los Angeles Express'' before reading law. From 1906 to 1910, Hewitt was Los Angeles City Attorney. He la ...

31,118 (elected) / George Edwards 4,688 Tax collector Clarence M. Taggart 18,465 (elected / E.E. Johnson 17,241 Auditor John S. Myers 21,724 (elected) / E.E, Bostwick, 14,064

City Council 1909-11

All elected: John D. Works, 22,557;

Martin F. Betkouski Martin Francis Betkouski (1860 – 1942) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council between 1910 and 1918. Public service In 1906 Betkouski was a member of the Los Angeles Fire Commission. A Los Angeles County grand jury in 1917 accused him as ...

, 21,070;

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, 20,761; Robert M. Lusk, 20,235; Josias J. Andrews, 20,020; Miles S. Gregory, 19,984;

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, 19,195; George Williams, 18,933;

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, 17,725. All defeated: Henry H. Lyon, 17,044; Bernard Healy, 16,577; Charles J. Letts, 15,617; Henry H. Yonkin, 14,854; Robert E. Wirsching, 14,040; William E. McKee, 13,033; W.H. O'Connell, 12,841; Percy W. Ross, 12,778; Arthur D. Houghton, 12,078

1911

1911 primary

1911 final

First municipal election in which women voted. Mayor George Alexander 85,492 (elected) /

Job Harriman Job Harriman (January 15, 1861 – October 26, 1925) was an ordained minister who later became an agnostic and a socialist. In 1900, he ran for vice president of the United States along with Eugene Debs on the ticket of the Socialist Party of ...

51,423 City Attorney John W. Shenk 84,370 (elected) / Edward W. Tuttle 49,773 City Auditor John S. Meyers 83,842 (elected) / George W. Downing 49,176 City Assessor Walter Mallard 83,102 (elected) / A.M. Salyer 50,119 Council members J.J. Andrews 82,834 (elected, 4 years) / M.F. Betkouski 83,076 (elected, 4 years / R.M. Lusk 82,958 (elected, 4 years) / F.C. Langdon 81,210 (elected, 4 years) / Charles McKenzie 79,323 (elected, 2 years) / H.W. Reed 78,107 (elected 2 years) / John Topham 73,540 (elected, 2 years) / F.J. Whiffen 78,383 (elected, 2 years) / George Williams 78,784 (elected, 2 years). Unelected runners-up not shown here; see source for details.

1915

1915 primary

1915 final

Mayor Charles Edward Sebastian 46,498 (elected) / Whiffen 41,989 City Council Eight men and one woman were elected: Fred C. Wheeler 57,232 / M.F. Betkouski 50,552 /

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49,667 /

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45,915 / Robert T. Brain 43,392 / Estelle Lawton Lindsey 41,437 / Foster C. Wright 37,029 / W.A. Roberts 36,536 / John Topham 31,339

1917

1917 primary

One precinct did not report. Mayor Frederick T. Woodman (elected) / Meredith P. Snyder / Charles E. Sebastian Auditor John S. Myers (reelected) / C.H. Knapp / Louise Auerbach City attorney Albert Lee Stephens (reelected) / Warren L. Williams City Council Sixty-four men and four women were in the May primary: Seventeen men and one woman were chosen for the final vote in June. They were Estelle Lawton Lindsey 19,214 / Fred C. Wheeler 18,024 / J.S Conwell 17,877 / Neal P. Olsen 16,776 / Walter Mallard 15,096 / Frederick C. Langdon 15,212 / Henry H. Lyon 14,452 / John B . Powell 12,845 / Foster C. Wright 13,085 /

Ralph Luther Criswell Ralph Luther Criswell (October 12, 1861 – November 17, 1947) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for ten years in the early 20th century. He then became a special agent, or lobbyist, for the Colorado River Project that brought water to ...

11,930 / Albert B. Conrad 11,755 / John B. Reeves 11,282 / Martin F. Betkouski 11,093 / W.A. Roberts 10,977 / O.P. Conway 10,991 / Frank L. Cleaveland 10,914 / A.D. Houghton 10,807 / Bert L. Farmer 10,458. Otto J. Zahn, with 7,417 votes, was a future City Council member who did not make the cut.

1917 final

City Council Seventeen men and one woman were in the June final election. Nine men were elected. They were Walter Mallard 60,617 / Neal P. Olsen 60,009 / O.P. Conaway 50,863 / J.S. Conwell 49,980 / Albert B. Conrad 49,970 / Bert L. Farmer 49,075 / Frank L. Cleaveland 48,247 /

45,356 / John B. Reeves 44,962. The runners-up were John B. Powell 42,709 / Henry H. Lyon 41,127 / A.D. Houghton 40,699 / Foster C. Wright 31,547 / Frederick C. Langdon 31,264 / Martin Betkouski 31,222 / Estelle Lawton Lindsey 28,891 / Fred C. Wheeler 28,487 / W.A. Roberts 27,270.

1919

1919 primary

Mayor Meredith P. Snyder 23,368 (nominated) / Frederick T. Woodman 19,504 (nominated) / Weaver 13,864 / Williams 4,316 / Irene Smith 1,516 / Small 116 Auditor John S. Myers 42,815 (reelected) 42,815 / Morehouse 10,288 City attorney Burnell 21,791 (nominated) / James 11,511 (nominated) / Metcalf 10,163 / Burks 7,194 / Layng 1,887 City Council The following eighteen people were nominated to run in the June election: Bert L. Farmer 31,114 / Boyle Workman 26,503 / Langdon 22,679 / Fred C. Wheeler 22,023 / (W.J.?) Sanborn 20,811 / Fleming 19,923 /

19,068 / Mallard 18,295 / Cleaveland 16,326 / Conaway 16,210 / Braunton 16,001 / Seward 15,098 / Conrad 14,739 / Purcell 13,499 / Reeves 13,094 / Olsen 13,092 / True 12,886 / Houghton 11,406.

1919 final

Incomplete returns. Mayor Meredith P. Snyder (elected) / Frederick T. Woodman City attorney Burnell (elected) / James City Council The following nine men were elected: Boyle Workman / Bert L. Farmer /

/ Sanborn / Langdon / Fleming / Mallard / Wheeler / Conaway.

1921

1921 primary

Mayor Meredith P. Snyder 33,378 (nominated) /

George E. Cryer George Edward Cryer (May 13, 1875 – May 24, 1961) was an American lawyer and politician. A Republican, Cryer served as the 32nd Mayor of Los Angeles from 1921 to 1929, a period of rapid growth in the city's population. During his administ ...

(nominated) 30,854 / Boyle Workman 12,982 / William L. Smith 1,469 / Alfred A. Wright 512 / Hayden Morgan 325 Auditor John S. Myers 40,301 (elected) / Chester C. Ashley 13,027 / B.E. Morehouse 9,082 / Michael Weisz 2,570 City attorney Jess E. Stephens 61,619 (elected) City Council Walter Mullard 34,595 (nominated) / O.P. Conaway 29,653 (nominated) / Ralph L. Criswell 28,778 (nominated) / F.C. Langdon 28,113 (nominated) / F.C. Wheeler 27,801 (nominated) / E.J. Delorey 25,123 (nominated) / F.L. Cleaveland 24,576 (nominated) / Benjamin Bogardus 22,485 (nominated) / W.J. Sanborn 22,197 (nominated) / W.C. Mushet 20,699 (nominated) / Robert M. Allan 20,218 (nominated) / A.B. Conrad 19,750 (nominated) / F.H. True 18,930 (nominated) / Ida W. Darling 18,946 (nominated) /

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18,296 (nominated) / Edward Roberts 12,312 (nominated) / W.A. Roberts 11,210 (nominated) / W.C. Steele 10,628 (nominated) / Frank Purcell 10,010 / Emma B. Swindell 9,526 / Henry A. Hart 9,495 / J.M. Edwards 8,616 / George P. Mills 8,512 / Titus Alexander 8,487 / James Shackleford 7,993 / J.W. Toms 7,929 / Thomas M. Coughlin 7,548 / John B. Franklin 7,635 / Frank Blair 6,949 / Rosa Smith 6,407 / Harry Loomis 6,179 / Oscar C. Zahn 5,869 / C.M. O'Leary 5,742 / L..J. Wright 5,489 / Frank Shannon 5,423 / Cassius E. Bly 5,222 / W.H. Sanders 5,108 / J.L Seamans 4,471 / W.J. Thompson 4,182 / E.B. Harris 3,563 / J.E. Parish 3,187 / Irving A. Mandell 3,137 / Harry S. Fish 3,003 / Julius Levitt 2,787

1921 final

Mayor

37,510 (elected) / Meredith P. Snyder 33,411 City Council

27,215 (elected) /

26,854 (elected) / Walter Mallard 26,374 (elected) / W.C. Mushet 24,690 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 24,682 (elected) / F.C. Langdon 24,605 (elected) / Robert M. Allan 24,469 (elected) / O.P. Conaway 24,331 (elected) / F.C. Wheeler 23,975 (elected) / E.J. Delorey 23,334 / F.L. Cleaveland 22,875 / Benjamin Bogardus 22,452 / Ida Works Darling 21,306 / A.B. Conrad 20,024 / F.H True 19,285 / W.C. Steele 15,421 / Edward Roberts 14,353 / W.A. Roberts 14,247

1923

1923 primary

Mayor

61,766 (reelected) / Bert L. Farmer 17,672 /

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7,175 / Hancock 3,306 / Knapp 725 Auditor Myers 60,977 (elected) / Wright 16,061 City attorney Stephens 73,860 (elected) City Council Criswell 11,583 (nominated) / Mallard 10,120 (nominated) / Allan 38,918 (nominated) / Sanborn 36,191 (nominated) / Mushet 35,137 (nominated) / Boyle Workman 34,526 (nominated) /

26,971 (nominated) / Edwin Baker 26,615 (nominated) / Miles S. Gregory 23,695 (nominated) / Wheeler 22,418 (nominated) / Charles J. Colden 24,217 (nominated) / Wardlaw 19,959 (nominated) / Wallace G. Oaks 165,659 (nominated) / Robert T. Brain 14,119 (nominated) / Isaac F. Hughes 12,698 (nominated) / Glen MacWilliams 12,327 (nominated) / C.W. Clegg 10,806 (nominated) / Irwin W. Camp 10,330 (nominated) / A.L. Colby 9,883 / Marian Tracie Whiting 9,779 / Titus Alexander 9,637 / Eugene W. Brown 9,244 / Greely Kolts 8,660 / Fred Frank 8,648 / Coughlin 8,483? / Wright 8,412? / William Edwards 8,280 / Charles H. Wood 7,466? / Bernard Goss 7,452 / James G. King 7,431? / Lewis E. Bishop 7,2?5 / Booker T. Washington Jr. 6,752 / William Charlton 6,522 / Charles G. Weickman 6,431 / George T. Jeffers 6,401 / Philip Jacobson 6,350 / Arthur V. Tyler 6,318 / Beaumont 5,746 / M.A. Shuster 5,642 / James Brown 5,545 / C.B. Conlin 4,866 / L.C. Dodelan 3,918 / Harris 3,899 / George E. Killmer 3,683 / J.D. Huddle 2,482 / Anson B. Edgerly 2,158 / Edward C. Primus 1,934

1923 final

City Council Robert M. Allan 50,909 (elected) / Boyle Workman 50,356 (elected) / Mallard 49,880 (elected) / Criswell 49,661 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 45,745 (elected) / Mushet 40,898 (elected) / Gregory 37,089 (elected) / Wheeler 35,500 (elected) / Baker 34,942 (elected) / Charles J. Colden 34,670 /

34,458 / Wardlaw 33,411 / Isaac F. Hughes 24,013 / Oaks 23,550 / Brain 21,331 / Clegg 17,313 / Camp 16,309 / MacWilliams 15,954

1925

1925 primary

Citywide 1925–29

Mayor

82,188 (reelected) / Benjamin F. Bledsoe 67,722 / Miles S. Gregory 9,540 / Edgar McKee 300 / E.J. Rindler 332 / Ralph L. Knapp 229 Controller John S. Myers 64,049 (nominated) / W.C. Mushet 47,447 (nominated) / Arthur Eldridge 26,913 City attorney Jess E. Stephens 129,461 (reelected)

City Council 1925–27

1st Charles T. Wardlaw 3,106 (nominated) / Charles H. Randall 2,851 (nominated) / Edgar Lampton 1,593 / Arthur M. Fellows 627 / Clara L. McDonald 328 2nd Robert M. Allan 6,262 (reelected) / Harry D. Brown 3,179 / Milton L. Garrigus 1,426 / Victor M. Clark 1,070 3rd Edwin O. Loucks 2,945 (nominated) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,729 (nominated) / Irwin W. Camp 1,373 / William La Plante 1,140 / Fred H. Leavitt 972 / Arthur O. Parker 883 / Arthur St. Claire Perry 735 / Frank Shannon 651 / H. Bernard Abbott 637 / William Vinson McCoy 510 4th Boyle Workman 5,489 (reelected) / Henry Kraemer 2,817 / Charles D. Ray 2,275 5th R.S. Sparks 3,282 (nominated) / John Topham 2,324 (nominated) / Willard E. Badham 2,239 / Robert P. Sheldon 1,148 / Charles C. Weickman 898 / G.W. James 652 / W.H. Elliott 252 / Frederick G. Topp 63 6th C.W. Clegg 3,555 (nominated) /

, 3,061 (nominated) / Bert L. Farmer, 3,045 / B.A. Byrne 784 / Sarah Hawley 703 / H.J. Grimes 552 / Harry B. Lady 278 / Nathan Nagel 271 / E.A. Crandall 270 / Paul Lade 97 7th

3,436 (nominated) / Howard W. Davis 2,216 (nominated) / George F. Ryan 925 / S.B.W. May 657 / Edgard J. Nagle 467 / Eldon C. Rookledge 236 8th Evan Lewis 1,445 (nominated) / Frank L. Shaw 1,383 (nominated); Greely Kolts 1,136 / George F. Gillett 1,100 / Harry F. Burke 1,014 / Bruce A. Nelson 731 / James M. Alexander 567 / Arne A. Nordskog 539 / W. F. Vellage 491 / Herbert J. Raymond 391 / George D. McClellan 358 / Edward R. Kerns 258 / James R. Gentry 211 / Benjamin S. Lauder 194 / David S. Reynolds 185 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 4,578 (reelected) / Thomas L. Dodge 2,119 / Bruce M. John 751 / W.G. Browning 656 / Fred W. Kahlert 290 / W.S. Maharg 114 10th Mark A. Pierce 2,302 (nominated) / Charles E. Downs 1,722 (nominated) / Joseph J. Meyers 1,394 / P.M. Abbott 1,131 / George A. Bell 712 / A.B. Jamison 236 11th F.C. Langdon 2,172 (nominated) / Peirson M. Hall 1,636 (nominated) / George W. Rochester 912 / Frank H. Mouser 886 / Sidney W. Neighbors 573 / Marcus S. Casenave 468 / Alfred A. Wright 382 / Arch L. Mitchell 307 12th

A.J. Barnes A. J. Barnes was the first person to represent the 12th district of the Los Angeles City Council under the new charter in 1925. He served until 1927. Barnes, a contractor and real-estate man who had lived in Los Angeles since 1904, was elected ...

2,812 (nominated) / E.J. McCully 2,068 (nominated) / Clarence W. Horn 1,684 / Leslie R. Saunders 1,619 / J.L. Edwards 863 / Lin William Price 717 / Amos L. Colby 571 / W.H. Hartman 99 13th Joseph L. Pedrotti 1,887 (nominated) / Joseph F. Fitzpatrick 1,510 (nominated) / Fred W. Fuller 1,476 /

Carl Ingold Jacobson Carl Ingold Jacobson (March 12, 1877 – January 13, 1960) was a City Council member from 1925 to 1933. He was tried on a morals charge, and then it was later shown that he was the victim of a frameup by local police authorities. Biography Jac ...

1,459 / John E. Arnold 1,459 / Bearl Sprott 968 / Edward J. Kelly 677 / E. M. Stewart 505 / James C. Borton 464 / Thomas M. Coughlin 365 14th Edwin Baker 4,526 (nominated) / I.C. Ash 4,374 (nominated) / Charles S. Lamb 1,091; W.A. Roberts 963 / Elsie G. Collins 651 15th Charles J. Colden 4,324 (nominated) / James H. Dodson Jr. 2,501 (nominated) / Henry E. Carter 1,808 / E.M. Reimiller 1,173 / George I. Maxwell 269 / Charles B. Minter 191 / Edward Harris 70

1925 final

Citywide 1925–29

Controller John S. Myers 67,537 (elected) / W.C. Mushet 38,651

City Council 1925–27

1st Charles H. Randall 4,292 (elected) / Charles T. Wardlaw 3,719 2nd Isaac F. Hughes 4,981 (elected) / Edwin O. Loucks 2,714 5th R.S. Sparks 4,379 (elected) / John Topham 3,075 6th

5,237 (elected) / C.W. Clegg 4,656 7th

3,477 (elected) / Howard W. Davis 2,482 8th Frank L. Shaw 3,546 (elected) / Evan Lewis 2,616 / George F. Gillett 1,410 10th Charles E. Downs 2,972 (elected) / Mark A. Pierce 2,726 11th Peirson M. Hall 3,079 (elected) / Frederick C. Langdon 1,936 12th

3,970 (elected) / E.J. McCully 3,016 13th Joseph F. Fitzpatrick 3,722 (elected) /

3,710 / Joseph L. Pedrotti 2,405 14th I.C. Ash 6,364 (elected) / Edwin Baker 4,202 15th Charles J. Colden 4,750 (elected) / James H. Dodson Jr. 4,596

1927

1927 primary

City Council 1927–29

1st Charles Randall 4,691 (elected) / John E. Lambert 2,596 / Frank W. Berkshire 1,676 / Clara McDonald 233 2nd

Arthur Alber Arthur Alber (1892–1964) was an attorney and a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council from 1927 to 1929. Biography Alber was born September 16, 1892, in Birmingham, Alabama. His parents were Hermann Alber, a native of German ...

4,980 (elected) / Robert M. Allan 2,399 / J.F. Anderson 155 3rd

Ernest L. Webster Ernest L. Webster (1889–1954) was a pioneer automobile dealer in Los Angeles, California, and representative of the 3rd District on the Los Angeles City Council between 1927 and 1931. Biography Webster was born in 1889 in Youngstown, Ohio, to W ...

1,734 (nominated) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,089 (nominated) / John M. Pratt 805 / De Vier Ely 786 / J.C. Barthel 498 / Williams 432 / William Vinson McCoy 298 / E.W. McGill 175 4th William M. Hughes 3,286 (elected) / Boyle Workman 2,883 5th Virgil A. Martin 3,153 (nominated) /

2,214 (nominated) / Charles D. Strickler 1,571 / John Topham 1,362 / Alma Nordstrom 475 / Tupper S. Malone 342 6th

4,757 (nominated) / Lester R. Rice-Wray 2,642 (nominated) / Bert L. Farmer 2,579 / Thomas H. Hanna 1,421 / Bradford D. Bauens 243 7th Howard W. Davis 3,305 (elected) /

2,468 / George W. Grimmer 432 / A. Kreling 162 8th Frank L. Shaw 3,785 (elected) / James R. Gentry 1,822 / William F. Vellage 400 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 3,241 (elected) / M.T. Poling 1,706 / Jon Grand 427 10th E. Snapper Ingram 1,298 (nominated) / John G. Todd 1,060 (nominated) / Otto J. Zahn 1,002 / George D. Hutchison 951 / Joseph J. Meyers 811 / P.M. Abbott 451 / J.A. Bristow 202 11th Peirson M. Hall 2,874 (elected) / H.E. Binkley 1,009 / Frank H. Mouser 981 12th Official recount:

Douglas Eads Foster Douglas Eads Foster (August 21, 1875 – July 22, 1962) was a dentist who served on the Los Angeles City Council between 1927 and 1929. Biography Foster was born August 21, 1875, in Warrensburg, Missouri, the son of James Madison Foster and Agne ...

3,628 (nominated) / Clarence W. Horn 1,921 (nominated) /

1,912 / R.M. Angier 219 13th

4,585 (elected) / William M. Byrne 3,162 / William Rudolph 522 / James G. King 259 / Oscar W. Odell 138 / John E. Arnold 109 / Albert G. Sloan 107 14th William G. Bonelli 5,760 (elected) / Harrie R. Collins 1,392 / Andrew S. Wilson 1,251 / A.H. Nickel 584 / Harold P. Fetter 566 / Karl F. Schweitzer 501 / Helga M. Qually 457 / Robert E. Parrott 199 15th Charles J. Colden 5,661 (elected) / Reimiller 1,372 / Edwards 1,322 / Cox 646 / Maginnis 365 / Chais 212 / Anderson 164

1927 final

City Council 1927–29

3rd

9,608 (elected) / Isaac F. Hughes 2,386 5th Virgil A. Martin 7,843 (elected) /

2,889 6th Lester R. Rice-Wray 8,327 (elected) /

4,757 10th E. Snapper Ingram 3,746 (elected) / Todd 2,855 12th

5,319 (elected) / Horn 3,012

1928

1928 recall

Three precincts missing. For the recall of Council Member Lester R. Rice-Wray 10,168 (recalled) / against 5,872 In the election to succeed Rice-Wray: James G. McAllister 8,168 (elected) / Lester R. Rice-Wray 5,776 / Frank Jones 2,375

1929

1929 primary

Citywide 1929–33

Mayor John C. Porter 75,198 (nominated / William G. Bonelli 45,200 (nominated) / John R. Quinn 39,425 / Perry H. Greer 22,022 / William La Plante 8,182 / Charles J. Colden 4,331 / Carlin G. Smith 3,550 / Nicholas B. Harris 3,503 / Lloyd S. Nix 2,361 / Boyle Workman 2,057 / Charles Hopper 207 / Ralph L. Knapp 188 / Adam C. Derkum 179 / David Horsley 73 Controller John S. Myers 129,251 (elected) / John R. Gaudin 28,729 City attorney Erwin P. Werner 82,094 (nominated) / Peirson M. Hall (nominated) 61,226 / Donald M. Keith 33,698 / Leslie H. Kranz 4,794

City Council 1929–31

1st Charles Randall 4,734 (nominated) / W.C. McColl 2, 247 (nominated) / Charles G. Young 1,346 / Truitt W. Hughes 1,025 / Estelle M. Holman 384 2nd Thomas E. Cooke 7,486 (elected) / P.W. Croake / 1,814 / Milton H. Withers 1,314 / Robert D. Clarke 851 / Jesse McComas 656 3rd

7,800 (elected) / J. Walter Kays 3,875 / Albert J. Chotiner 2,037 4th Robert L. Burns 4,312 (nominated) / William M. Hughes 3,313 (nominated) / Neal P. Olsen 1,752 / Willard G. Thorpe 1,560 5th Virgil A. Martin 5,397 (nominated) / S. DeVier Ely 2,856 (nominated) / Joseph Oberwise 1,886 / Byron B. Brainard 1,623 / U.S. Frye 818 6th James G. McAllister 6,676 (elected) / John A. Westrom 1,980 / Charles K. Elliott 1,165 / George A. Lynch 744 / H.J. Grimes 575 / Thomas F. Franklin 554 7th Howard W. Davis 6,408 (elected) / E.J. Nagle 2,447 / Charles L. Ryan 1,285 / George W. Grimmer 1,022 / Willis W. Fuller 903 8th Evan Lewis 2,743 (nominated) / James Gentry 1,932 (nominated) / J.W. Toms 1,873 / Harold F. Marsden 1,786 / Harry F. Burke 1,784 / C.R. McFadden 888 / L.B. Bueter 537 / William T. Connor 391 / Peter Casserly 293 / Don Lake 179 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 4,356 (nominated) / Frank Belcher (nominated) 2,655 / John Veith 1,520 / Lester M. Steele 1, 118 / John Grand 341 10th E. Snapper Ingram 6,073 (elected) / George Underwood 3,045 / William J. Durm 1,304 / G.S. Mattern 573 / H.N. Witt, 356 11th Lester R. Rice-Wray 3,054 (nominated) / J.C. Barthel 1,757 (nominated) / Edward A. Gerety Sr. 1,749 / Alfred A. Newton 1,482 / John T. Connelly 1,398 / Thomas F. Padden 1,277 / Nora O. Weaver 1,085 / Thomas H. Hanna 916 / Arthur Hirschhorn 675 / A.V. Dedrick 458 12th

5,219 (nominated) / Thomas W. Williams 3,168 (nominated) / J. Stanley Farlinger 1,708 / Frank E. Fensch 1,535 / William N. Wenning 1,423 / William Francis Ireland 866 13th

7,039 (elected) / Leslie R. Saunders 1,872 / Bearl Sprott 1,564 / Frederick W. Ferguson 815 / William B. Ferguson 624 / Walter L. La Pointe 602 / Wayne C. Stewart 276 14th Charles A. Holland 5,326 (nominated) / Sherrill H. Osborne 2,687 (nominated) / Edward L. Thrasher 1,733 / Earl S. Parker 1,311 / James E. Long Sr. 1,182 / Lee R. Williams 1,064 / Ernest D. Snow 802 / Oscar Fifer 768 / J.E. Bambaugh 349 / Donald W. Spooner 257 15th James E. Dodson Jr. 2,903 (nominated) /

A.E. Henning August E. Henning (January 14, 1887 – 1970) was a civil engineer and businessman who was a member of the Los Angeles City Council between 1929 and 1933, disbursement officer for the California State Emergency Relief Administration from 1934 to ...

2,780 (nominated) / Frank McGinley 2,745 / C.F. Sampson 2,144 / Edward Kosin 500 / Wilmer E. Bromley 391 / Arthur L. Frazee 159

1929 final

Citywide 1929–1933

Mayor John C. Porter 151,905 (elected) / William G. Bonelli 106,515 City attorney Erwin P. Werner 152,566 (elected) / Peirson M. Hall 82,444

City Council 1929–1931

1st Charles Randall 8,529 (elected) / McColl 7,375 4th Robert L. Burns 7,763 (elected) / Hughes 6,599 5th Virgil A. Martin 9.039 (elected) / Ely 7,490 8th Evan Lewis 8,119 (elected) / Gentry 7,380 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 7,396 (elected) / Belcher 5,550 11th J.C. Barthel 11,410 (elected) / Lester R. Rice-Wray 6,637 12th Thomas W. Williams 9,461 (elected) /

8,234 14th Charles A. Holland 10,838 (elected) / Osborne 7,975 15th

8,666 (elected) / Dodson 7,500

1931

1931 primary

City Council 1931–33

1st Charles Randall 5,856 (elected) / William C. McColl 3,732 / Frank W. Rice 888 2nd Thomas F. Cooke 2,716 (nominated) / James M. Hyde 2,618 (nominated) / Henry G. Lyman 1,962 / Edward L. Davin 587 3rd

5,021 (nominated) /

James Stuart McKnight James Stuart McKnight (November 15, 1884 – December 25, 1950) was a National Guard officer who served in World War I, an attorney and a member of the City Council in Los Angeles, California, in 1931 and 1932. He also served in the California St ...

4,081 (nominated) / Abram C. Denman 2,028 / D.W. MacMillan 317 4th Robert L. Burns 3,607 (nominated) / H.Z. Osborne 2,601 (nominated) / A.J. Spencer 659 / Leonard O. Hall 468 / A.E. Raessler 147 5th Virgil A. Martin 2,954 (recount, nominated) /

Roy Donley Roy Laurence Donley (June 15, 1885 – September 25, 1939) was a businessman who became a member of the Berkeley, California, Board of Park Commissioners and then the Los Angeles City Council, from 1931 to 1933. Biography Donley was born June 15 ...

1,766 (recount, nominated / Byron B. Brainard 1,745 (recount, failed) / Frank J. Waters 1,584 / Joseph Oberwise 977 /

321 / Sidney A. Wilson 304 / Victor E. Breul 119 6th James G. McAllister 4,540 (elected) / Charles L. Clark 2,141 / Claude R. Read 1,591 / Oliver K. Jones 243 / George I. Hughes 217 7th Howard W. Davis 4,466 (elected) / Ralph L. Criswell 2,995 / Edward J. Nagle 908 / George Grant 462 8th Evan Lewis 3,627 (nominated) / John S. Horn 1,713 (nominated) / James R. Gentry 1,480 / Ernest E. Debs 430 / Harry F. Burke 410 / L.B. Bueter 389 / Daniel J. O'Mara 227 / Thomas De Fabries 117 9th Winfred J. Sanborn 3,044 (nominated) /

George W.C. Baker George Washington Conrad Baker (September 28, 1872 – April 13, 1953) was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council from 1931 to 1935. Biography Baker was born on September 28, 1872, in San Francisco, California, the son of Conrad ...

2,868 (nominated) / Frank Belcher 2,014 / William W. Busic 1,118 / John Vieth 814 / John W. Greenwood 332 / Sam Shulem 191 10th E. Snapper Ingram 3,336 (nominated) / George Underwood 2,598 (nominated) / George A. Pendleton 1,745 / George A. Bell 545 / Joseph F. Curran 438 11th J.C. Barthel 1,958 (nominated) /

Clarence E. Coe Clarence Elliot Coe (January 23, 1873 – September 5, 1943) was one of the first settlers and farmers in Palms, California, and a member of the Los Angeles Police Commission from 1929 to 1931 and of the Los Angeles City Council from 1931 to 1933. ...

1,535 (nominated) / Louis L. Goodman 1,456 / Charles H. Treat 1,126 / Edward J. Morgan 1,010 / Thomas F. Padden 839 / Edward A. Gerety Sr. 723/ Arthur Johnson 587 / John B. Young 539 / Glen Ingles 483 / Sidney A. Cherniss 378 / Stanley Sayer 362 / Philip Baldwin 124 / Lester R. Rice-Wray 120 / T.S. Aisbitt 55 12th Thomas Francis Ford 4,236 (nominated) /

3,136 (nominated) / Miles S. Gregory 2,424 / Lyndon R. Foster 379 / Daniel Ballmer 293 13th

3,802 (nominated) / Henry E. Holbrook 1,141 (nominated) / A. Judson Samis 978 / Joseph Napolitano 972 / Leslie R. Saunders 827 / H.J. O'Neill 658 / Claude C. Brooks 612 / Roy Hampton 555 / Andrew G. Vaughn 164 / Joseph Despart 142 / Florence E. Gilmour 73 14th Charles A. Holland 4,903 (nominated) / Edward L. Thrasher 2,654 (nominated) / Thomas L. Doherty 1,938 / A.E. Nelson 1,075 / W.K. Dowan 1,091 / Joseph Reece 602 / Emmett L. Pickerel 45 15th

5,604 (nominated) / Frank McGinley 5,490 (nominated) / Alick W. Anderson 444 / Fred C. Hermann 254

1931 final

City Council 1931–33

2nd James M. Hyde 5,258 (elected) / Thomas F. Cooke 4,861 3rd

7,866 (elected) / Ernest L. Webster 6,687 4th Robert L. Burns 5,399 (elected) / Henry Z. Osborne 5,093 5th Roy L. Donley 5,671 (elected) / Virgil A. Martin 5,510 8th Evan Lewis 7,241 (elected) / John S. Horn 3,701 9th

(elected) 6,881 / Winfred J. Sanborn 6,019 10th E. Snapper Ingram 5,807 (elected) / George Underwood 4,891 11th

5,460 (elected) / Charles W. Dempster 4,444 / J.C. Barthel 3,621 12th Thomas Francis Ford 8,315 (elected) / Douglas E. Foster 5,882 13th

6,424 (elected) / Henry E. Holbrook 5,070 14th Edward L. Thrasher 7,569 (elected) / Charles A. Holland 7,009 15th

9,611 (elected) / Frank McGinley 8,213

1933

1933 primary

Citywide 1933–37

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 118,775 (nominated) / John C. Porter (nominated) 111.540 /

36,193 / Charles W. Dempster 35,285 / Charles S. Hutson 10,639 / Frank C. Shoemaker 5,339 / Chaim Shapiro 4,702 / Martin C. Neuner 3,511 / George H. McLain 2,354 / Lawrence Ross 2,311 Controller John S. Myers 169,561 (elected) / James C. Quinn 95,702 City attorney Ray L. Chesbro 155,335 (elected) / Erwin P. Werner 140,827

City Council 1933-35

1st Jim Wilson 4,958 (nominated) / Charles H. Randall (nominated) 4,889 / Mark C. Sutton 3,653 / Sterling Martin 1,661 / George C. Audet 1,074 / Ray A. Schafer 950 / George Mozee 835 / George E. Menner 728 / Harry E. Beatty 485 2nd James M. Hyde 5,629 (nominated) / Leon N. Raab 3,922 (nominated) / William C. Harvey 2,886 / Harry B. Leonard 2,263 / E.D. Horkheimer 1,101 3rd

Stephen W. Cunningham Stephen W. Cunningham (July 29, 1886 – July 28, 1956) was the first graduate manager at the Southern Branch of the University of California, later UCLA, and a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1933 to 1941. Personal life Cunningham ...

7,016 (nominated) / James S. McKnight 2,884 (nominated) / R.L. Joyner 2,028 / Albert Jack Chotiner 1,572 / Robert Bonner 1,120 / Paul V. Parker 900 / George A. Heap 893 / Harry W. Boles 830 / Vance Evans 403 4th Robert L. Burns 8,446 (elected) / H.Z. Osborne 5,068 / P.F. Jordan 1,417 / Julius Krieger 1,162 5th Roy L. Donley 8,618 (nominated) / Byron B. Brainard 6,090 / Virgil A. Martin 4,305 6th James G. McAllister 8,528 (nominated) /

Earl C. Gay Earl C. Gay (1902–1972) was a registered pharmacist who was a member of the Los Angeles City Council between 1933 and 1945. Biography Gay was born December 8, 1902, in Long Beach, California, the son of Ellsworth Gay and Elba W. Bain Gay. His ...

3,820 (nominated) / Lee D. Matthews 2,960 / Harry E. Defty 2,724 / J. Earl Scott 1,371 / Charles Hopper 1,084 7th Howard W. Davis 9,361 (elected) / Bert L. Farmer 3,386 / Alex Salot 1,417 / C.C. Terzo 1,061 8th Evan Lewis 7,074 (nominated) / James R. Gentry 5,322 (nominated) / Jacob Massion 4,438 / Ezra W. Chase 516 9th

11,855 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 4,122 / H.A. Weiner 2,715 / James Scofield 1,663 10th E. Snapper Ingram 7,886 (elected) / Thomas D. Long 6,423 11th

4,711 (nominated) /

Charles Winchester Breedlove Charles Winchester Breedlove (1898–1934) was an invalided U.S. Marine, an actor and a motion picture director who died in office while a member of the Los Angeles City Council in the 1930s. Biography Breedlove was born on November 14, 1898, i ...

1,884 (nominated) / Arthur Johnson 1,718 / L.l. Goodman 1,510 / Ted E. Felt 1,221 / G.N. Kirkman 1,183 / G.C. Baker 995 / J.G. Levenson 926 / J.C. Barthel 570 12th, unexpired term of Council Member Thomas Francis Ford James T. Carroll 8,224 (elected) / George W. Scott 6,651 12th, full term John W. Baumgartner 9,253 (nominated) / Charles A. McNeill 5,356 (nominated) / Miles S. Gregory 3,988 13th Darwin W. Tate 6,081 (nominated) /

5,624 (nominated) / James E. Keogh 2,659 / R.V. McClain 860 / Henry Reichard 427 14th Edward L. Thrasher 8,624 (nominated) / L. Roy Williams 6,116 (nominated) / Thomas L. Doherty 3,461 / William Authorson 827 15th

5,905 (nominated) / Franklin P. Buyer 3,481 (nominated) / F.O. Adler 3,348 / N.A. Smith 1,351 / Gus H. Homer 855 / Irvin G. Lewis 828 / George H. Nixon 761

1933 final

Citywide 1933–37

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 187,053 (elected) / John C. Porter 155,513

City Council 1933-35

1st Jim Wilson 15,693 (elected) / Charles Randall 8,375 2nd James M. Hyde 10,474 (elected) / Leon N. Raab 9,813 3rd

15,698 (elected) /

5,582 5th Byron B. Brainard 13,163 (elected) /

10,499 6th

12,131 (elected) / James G. McAllister 11,856 8th Evan Lewis 12,953 (elected) / James R. Gentry 12,129 11th

11,275 (elected) /

9,082 12th John W. Baumgartner 13,894 (elected) / C.A. McNeill 9,343 13th

Darwin William Tate Darwin William Tate (ca. 1889–1962) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council between 1933 and 1939 and chief of the California Division of State Beaches and Parks from 1939 to 1942. Biography In the 1930s, Tate lived in the Echo Park area ...

14,043 (elected) /

7,823 14th Edward L. Thrasher 14,675 (elected) / L.R. Williams 9,997 15th Franklin P. Buyer 11,354 (elected) /

10,290

1935

1935 primary

City Council 1935-37

EPIC after a name indicates endorsement by

End Poverty in California End Poverty in California (EPIC) was a political campaign started in 1934 by socialist writer Upton Sinclair (best known as author of ''The Jungle''). The movement formed the basis for Sinclair's campaign for Governor of California in 1934. The p ...

1st Jim Wilson 7,940 (nominated) / Barclay W. Bradley (EPIC) 6,533 (nominated) / John H. Fritz 1,782 / Donald W. Moore 1,144 / George Salisbury 382 2nd James M. Hyde (EPIC) 6,346 (nominated) / Edmund R. Bohan 6,346 (nominated) / William D. Neil 2,443 / Frank H. Greer 946 / James Quinn 927 / Carleton Bainbridge 510 3rd

10,701 (elected) / James M. Carter (EPIC) 4,687 4th Robert L. Burns 9,056 (elected) / G. Howard Fenton 2,375 / Roy Wheeler (EPIC write-in) 1,478 5th Byron B. Brainard 8,687 (nominated) / Charles W. Dempster (EPIC) 6,590 (nominated) / Dan Crowley 846 / Martin B. Kugler 722 / Eleanor Savay 665 6th

8,256 (nominated) / Lottie Barkow (EPIC) 3,706 (nominated) / Andrae B. Nordskog 1,497 / Louis E. Ottie 1,320 / L.E. Orr 990 / Charles N. Rapfogel 916 / Harry E. Defty 688 / Douglas J. Hamilton 618 / Charlie Hopper 401 / Charles E. Fergason 394 7th Will H. Kindig (EPIC) 5,514 (nominated) / Dwight Baker 3,927 (nominated) / Homer Crutchfield 2,674 / Horace A. Wilson 1,336 / John J. Marstellar 364 8th Evan Lewis 7,438 (nominated) / Arthur P. Moran (EPIC) 4,119 (nominated) / Jack Massion 3,313 / Leo S. Tilley 2,234 / Earl Heller 705 9th

Parley Parker Christensen Parley Parker Christensen (July 19, 1869 – February 10, 1954) was an American attorney and politician who was a Utah state representative, a Los Angeles City Council member, and the Farmer–Labor Party's presidential nominee during the 1920 ...

(EPIC) 5,542 (nominated) /

5,437 (nominated) / Winfred J. Sanborn 2,071 / Jack Y. Berman 1,909 / William L. Cummings 1,607 / Karlton I. Pidgeon 1,031 / Howard E. Dorsey 689 / R.E. Lucatoria 666 / 10th G. Vernon Bennett (EPIC) 5,974 (nominated) / E. Snapper Ingram 5,810 (nominated) / Karl F. Euper 899 / Allan M. Rose 703 / Austin L. Tournoux 387 / Lenna G. Walradt 371 11th Unexpired term of

Robert S. MacAlister Robert Stuart MacAlister (May 11, 1897 – January 15, 1957) was an oil-well-supplies salesman and a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council between 1934 and 1939. Biography MacAlister was born on May 11, 1897 in Camden, New Jersey ...

6,190 (elected) / Arthur Johnson 2,193 / Charles W. Hooper 1,902 / Jack J. Casson 1,186 11th Full term

4,267 (nominated) / Howard B. Rose (EPIC) 3,961 (nominated) / J.W. O'Connor 1,426 / Charles W. Hooper 1,401 / Arthur Johnson 1,312 / Louis L. Goodman 1,143 / Alfred Watterson 896 / Jack J. Casson 472 / Edward W. McGill 464 / David MacFarlane 362 / H. Clarke Trigg 344 / Fred W. Bentine 118 12th John W. Baumgartner (EPIC) 10,676 (elected) / Charles A. McNeill 5,823 / Harry Lee Jones (write-in) 213 13th

9,164 (elected) / Rube Borough (EPIC) 5,429 / James E. Moore 1,182 / Sam D. Barry 522 / Clarence H. Bright 506 / Walter R. Mozee 251 14th Edward L. Thrasher 7,889 (nominated) / Royal M. Davis (EPIC) 3,343 (nominated) / L. Roy Williams 3,039 / Harold P. Fetter 1,855 / Lewis C. Martyn 898 / Frank J. Rogers 883 / Harmond B. Amacker 828 / Robert E. Rose 769 15th Edwin G. Gettins (EPIC) 5,629 (nominated) 5,629 / Franklin P. Buyer 5,407 (nominated) / Royal S. Riddle 2,073 / Frederick O. Adler 1,882 / John T. Rawls 1,422

1935 final

City Council 1935-37

1st Jim Wilson 11,109 (elected) / Bradley W. Barclay 8,952 2nd James M. Hyde 7,652 (elected) / Edmund R. Bohan 7,234 5th Byron B. Brainard 11,260 (elected) / Charles W. Dempster 8,585 6th

12.244 (elected) / Lottie E. Barkow (EPIC) 6,955 7th Will H. Kindig 8.077 (elected) / Dwight Baker 7,597 8th Evan Lewis 10,395 (elected) / Arthur P. Moran 8,964 9th

11,114 (elected) /

9,695 10th G. Vernon Bennett 8,794 (elected) / E. Snapper Ingram 8,064 11th R.S. MacAlister 9,499 (elected) / Howard B. Rose 7,515 14th Edward L. Thrasher 12,921 (elected) / Royal M. Davis 7,439 15th Franklin P. Buyer 9,051 / Edwin G. Gettins 8,392

1937

1937 primary

Citywide 1937-41

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 104,481 (nominated) / Ford 77,703 (nominated) / McDonough 40,526 / Wirsching 15,764 / Nordskog 4,833 / Shoemaker 2,142 Controller Hoye 134,713 (elected) / Collins 41,367 / Cox 22,500 City Attorney Chesebro (elected) 116,647 / Taplin 76,912 / Cryer 19,205 / Hubbard 8,501 / Moidel 4,885

City Council 1937-39

1st Jim Wilson 8,948 (elected) / Robinson 2,769 / Quesinberry 2,489 2nd Norris J. Nelson 4,603 (nominated) / James M. Hyde 4,227 (nominated) / Quinn 1,354 / Alberti 1,353 / Quigley 660 3rd

8,043 (elected) / Burke 2,350 4th Robert L. Burns 8,333 (elected) 5th Byron B. Brainard 9,683 (elected) /

3,591 / Merrill 1,971 6th

10,284 (elected) / Crahan 1,287 / Deegan 1,569 7th Howard W. Davis 8,010 (elected) / Will H. Kindig 6,705 8th Evan Lewis 7,913 (elected) / Massion 2,646 / Crosswhite 1,175 / Rees 1,004 / Smith 606 / Quinn 184 9th Howard E. Dorsey 4,017 (nominated) / Jack Y. Berman 2,450 (nominated) / Armstrong 2,295 / Bowman 2,110 / Winfred J. Sanborn 1,989 / Peterson 1,952 / Farrow 1,081 / Pritchard 730 / Briggs 661 / Wainess 592 / Sheinart 241 / Koehler 131 10th G. Vernon Bennett 8,065 (elected) / McLain 5,306 11th R.S. MacAlister 7,849 (elected) / Voigt 3,742 / J.C. Barthel 1,319 12th John W. Baumgartner 9,679 (elected) 13th

10,085 (elected) / Johnson 4,812 14th Edward L. Thrasher 10,406 (elected) / Rose 7,113 15th Franklin P. Buyer 7,511 (elected) / Draper 4,337 / Nixon 1,460 / Gallagher 901 / Fisher 692

1937 final

Citywide 1937-41

Mayor Frank L. Shaw 169,848 (elected) / John Anson Ford 144,079

City Council 1937-39

2nd James M. Hyde 9,161 (elected) / Norris J. Nelson 8,981 9th Howard E. Dorsey 12,636 / Jack Y. Berman 10,651

1938

1938 recall

Citywide 1938–40

Mayor In favor of the recall of Frank L. Shaw 236,525 (approved) / Opposed 129,245 For mayor

Fletcher Bowron Fletcher Bowron (August 13, 1887 – September 11, 1968) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was the 35th mayor of Los Angeles, California, from September 26, 1938, until June 30, 1953. He was at the time the city's longest-serving ...

233,427 (elected) / Frank L. Shaw 122,692 / Alonzo Jehiel Riggs 4,050 / Albert F. Osterloh 2,706

City Council 1938–39

6th In favor of the recall of

10,009 / Opposed 14,336 (defeated)

1939

1939 primary

City Council 1939–41

1st Jim Wilson 8,446 (nominated) /

Delamere Francis McCloskey Delamere Francis McCloskey (April 29, 1897 – December 14, 1983) was a Canadian-born American attorney and politician, who represented the 1st District on the Los Angeles City Council from 1941 to 1945. Biography McCloskey was born April 29, 18 ...

4,249 (nominated /

Everett G. Burkhalter Everett Glen Burkhalter (January 19, 1897 – May 24, 1975), who went by Everett G. Burkhalter, was an American film studio electrician who turned to politics in 1941 and became a member of the California State Assembly, the Los Angeles City ...

3,904 / C. Oscar Leach 1,473 2nd Norris J. Nelson 9,632 (elected) / James M. Hyde 4,287 3rd

6,794 (elected) 4th Robert L. Burns 7,356 (elected) / Harry H. Ferrell 2,707 5th Byron B. Brainard 6,815 (nominated) / Arthur E. Briggs 5,715 (nominated) / Ralph S. Armour 1,799 / Ed J. Ryman 332 / Fred Chapman 282 6th

7,132 (nominated) / Chelene V. Eckerson 4,749 (nominated) / Doyle D. McClurg 1,078 / Tom Howard 931 / Dan C. Egan 698 / Orvin A. Koch 577 / Harry E. Defty 493 7th

Leon H. Washington Jr. Leon H. Washington Jr. (April 15, 1907 – June 17, 1974) was an American newspaper publisher. He was the founder and first publisher of the ''Los Angeles Sentinel'', an African-American newspaper in Los Angeles, California. Early life Born in Ka ...

5,011 (nominated) / Carl C. Rasmussen 3,402 (nominated) / Howard W. Davis 3,049 / M.T. Faulkes 1,756 / Ray West 1,242 / Edward J. Nagle 974 / Scott Weller 604 / John R. Edwards 507 / Everett K. Miller 291 / Jay W. Swander 161 8th Evan Lewis 7,864 (elected) / Andrew C. Pereboom 2,168 / Robert Hyde 1,630 / Gene Flint 1,278 9th (unexpired term of Howard E. Dorsey) Winfred J. Sanborn 6,548 (nominated) /

5,404 (nominated) /

2,007 / Waldo D. Rios 1,797 9th (full term) Winfred J. Sanborn 5,023 (nominated) /

3,886 (nominated) / Jack Y. Berman 3,088 / Harry J. Raymond 2,130 / John B. Pelletier 2,074 /

1,511 / Waldo D. Rios 1,200 10th G. Vernon Bennett 9,526 (elected) / Willard E. Badham 2,192 / Solly F. Smith 1,620 / Allan M. Rose 804 11th

5,489 (nominated) /

Harold Harby Harold Harby (September 8, 1894 – November 24, 1978) was elected to the Los Angeles, California, City Council in 1939, but he had to leave office in 1942 when he was convicted of using a city car for a trip out of the state. He was reelected in ...

4,593 (nominated) / Edgar C. Steeves 2,618 / Ted E. Felt 688 / J.C. Barthel 402 12th John W. Baumgartner 6,262 (nominated) / Samuel W. Yorty 4,729 (nominated) / Ralph H. Gray 4,684 13th Frank Merrill 3,292 (nominated) / Roy Hampton 3,215 (nominated) / Grover C. Johnson 3,000 /

2,483 / David P. Vienna 2,122 / Mildred Gilmore 1,050 / H. Raymond Campbell 614 / Harry W. Francis 439 14th Edward L. Thrasher 8,650 (elected) / George Knox Roth 5,633 / Charles A. Self 1,042 / John J. Reltano 825 / Harry Clay Swift 646 / James N. Rankin 442 15th Franklin P. Buyer 4,726 (nominated) /

Wilder W. Hartley Wilder W. Hartley (April 4, 1901 – August 17, 1970) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from the Harbor and South Los Angeles districts from 1939 to 1943. Biography Hartley was born in Reno, Nevada, on April 4, 1901, and was brought ...

3,074 (nominated) / Fred Reaves 2,567 / Ben Wood 998 / Clarence E. Harrison 758 / Leonard R. Davison 684 / W.A. Gallagher 546 / Benjamin M. Bendat 506 / William H. Wilson 498 / Edward Kosin 428 / J.C. Holland 289

1939 final

City Council 1939–41

1st Jim Wilson 11,786 (elected) / Delamere F. McCloskey 11,574 5th Arthur E. Briggs 11,276 (elected) / Byron B. Brainard 9,281 6th

11,867 (elected) / Chelene V. Eckerson 11,386 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 13,928 (elected) /

9,575 9th (unexpired term of Howard E. Dorsey)

Parley P. Christensen Parley Parker Christensen (July 19, 1869 – February 10, 1954) was an American attorney and politician who was a Utah House of Representatives, Utah state representative, a Los Angeles City Council member, and the Farmer–Labor Party's presiden ...

11,450 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 10,471 9th (full term)

12,168 (elected) / Winfred J. Sanborn 10,783 11th

11,151 (elected) /

8,651 12th John W. Baumgartner 10,508 (elected) / Samuel W. Yorty 9,766 / R.H. Gray 393 13th Roy Hampton 11,830 (elected) / Frank Merrill 9,243 15th

11,973 (elected) / Franklin P. Buyer 8,461

1941

1941 primary

Some are incomplete.

Citywide 1941–45

Mayor

146,006 (nominated) /

(nominated) 57,009 / Kramer 30,067 / Porter 28,605 / Shaw 24,101 / Husband 9,198 / Rossitto 1,964 / Thayer 1,433 City attorney Chesebro 199,922 (elected) / Allen 51,676 / Maine 11,628 Controller Hoye 138,992 (elected) / Cassidy 73,053 / Abbott 41,061

City Council 1941–43

1st Jim Wilson 9,264 (nominated) / Delamere F. McCloskey (nominated) 5,156 / Charles E. Cook Jr. 4,969 / Kingdon H. Hicks 828 / Charles L. Davies 766 / Frank Di Cristina 628 2nd Norris J. Nelson 10,119 (elected) / Taylor 3,667 3rd Paul V. Parker 6,136 (nominated) /

J. Win Austin J. Win Austin was a retired businessman who became a Los Angeles, California, City Council member from 1941 to 1953. He was earlier on the Police and Health commissions. Biography Austin was an executive of a graphite, a lead and a bridge company ...

5,360 (nominated) / Burke 2,329 / Litzenberg 681 / Offutt 603 4th Robert L. Burns 12,061 (elected) / Melham 2,282 5th Arthur E. Briggs 7,313 (nominated) / Ira J. McDonald 6,242 (nominated) / Raymond 3,049 / Merrill 1,741 / Witman 610 6th

11,238 (elected) / Eckerson 8,186 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 8,123 (nominated) / Howard W. Davis 5,928 (nominated) / Ferry 1,238 / Motter 1,003 8th Charles A. Allen 6,417 (nominated) / Massion 6,200 (nominated) / Rees 2,260 / Crosswhite 1,317 9th

8,718 (nominated) / Waxman 4,817 (nominated) / Mathews 2,672 / Fife 1,488 10th G. Vernon Bennett 8,287 (elected) / Smith 3,806 / Van Dame 1,071 11th

8,722 (elected) / Shimp 2,332 / Baldwin 1,854 / Appleton 1,635 12th John W. Baumgartner 9,990 (elected) / Gray 4,926 / Honeycombe 1,179 / Kushner 1,028 13th Roy Hampton 11,182 (elected) / Borough 5,428 / Jacobson 3,176 14th Edward L. Thrasher 9,987 (nominated) / Roth 6,977 (nominated) / Hamilton 1,789 / Higgins 1,682 15th

7,637 (nominated) / Franklin P. Buyer 7,096 (nominated) / Jett 1,298 / MacDonald 1,574

1941 final

1941-45 citywide

Mayor

181,582 (elected) /

149,195

1941–43 City Council

1st

12,826 (elected) / Jim Wilson 12,148 3rd

10,446 (elected) / Paul V. Parker 8,649 5th Ira J. McDonald 12,420 (elected) / Arthur E. Briggs 9,492 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 11,726 (elected) / Howard W. Davis 8,340 8th Charles A. Allen 12,031 (elected) / Massion 8,408 9th

12,838 (elected) / Waxman 7,644 14th Edward L. Thrasher 12,623 (elected) / Roth 11,386 15th

11,877 (elected) / Franklin P. Buyer 7,917

1943

1943 primary

1943–45 City Council

1st

6,524 (elected) / Scherer 2,948 / Gettys 1,532 / Dentzel 725 / West 622 / Delph 483 2nd Lloyd G. Davies 6,243 (elected) / Gordon 1,580 / Wright 928 / Cuthbertson 885 / Nelson 639 / Taylor 522 3rd

7,587 (elected) / Parker 575 4th Robert L. Burns 10,141 (elected) / Gunn 928 5th Ira J. McDonald 6,771 (elected) / MacDonough 3,342 / Arthur E. Briggs 2,334 6th

5,783 (nominated) /

L.E. Timberlake Leonard E. "Lee" Timberlake (1896–1973) was a British-born American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1945 to 1969. Before entering politics, Timberlake was a railroad employee and travel bureau owner. Biog ...

4,136 (nominated) / McGahan 2,287 / McFarland 652 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 7,226 (elected) / Collins 2,941 8th Charles A. Allen 6,825 (elected) 9th

5,900 (nominated) / Allen 3,876 (nominated) / Campbell 1,727 / Forbes 1,113 10th G. Vernon Bennett 5,510 (elected) / Kilpatrick 3,718 / Barnard 1,573 11th unexpired term

Dave Stannard __NOTOC__ David Samuel Benjamin Stannard (March 31, 1881 – June 14, 1959) was a journalist and advertising representative named to the Los Angeles, California, City Council in 1942 to replace Harold Harby, who had been stripped of his seat becau ...

5,098 (elected) /

4,420 11th full term

4,020 (nominated) /

3,998 (nominated) / Blake 2,135 / Lindstrom 465 12th John W. Baumgartner 8,068 (elected) / Tierney 1,516 / Gill 1,323 / Kushner 636 / Gore 523 13th Roy Hampton 6,363 (nominated) /

Ned R. Healy Ned Romeyn Healy (August 9, 1905 – September 10, 1977) was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council in 1943 and 1944 and a member of Congress from 1945 to 1947. Biography Healy was born August 9, 1905, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, w ...

3,328 / Kay Cunningham 3,310 /

Meade McClanahan Thomas Meade McClanahan Jr. (23 November 1893 – 5 October 1959) was an industrial engineer and businessman who was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1945 but was ousted by voters in 1946 based upon his support for controversial preacher ...

1,266 14th

John C. Holland John C. Holland (July 6, 1893 – March 10, 1970) was one of the longest-serving Los Angeles City Council members, for 24 years from 1943 to 1967, and was known for his losing fight against bringing the Los Angeles Dodgers to Chavez Ravine and for ...

8,916 (elected) / Edward L. Thrasher 5,758 / Shield 800 15th George H. Moore 6,383 (elected) /

4,664

1943 final

1943–45 City Council

6th

8,841 (elected) /

8,404 9th

7,309? (elected) / Allen 7,026 11th

6,392 (elected) /

5,988 13th

9,177 (elected) / Roy Hampton 7,613

1945

1945 primary

1945–49 Citywide

Mayor

146,707 (elected) /

Clifford Clinton Clifford E. Clinton (August 3, 1900 – November 20, 1969) was a California restaurateur who founded Meals for Millions, one of two parent organizations of Freedom from Hunger, in 1946. In 1905, Clifford Clinton traveled to China (for the fi ...

51,226 /

Roger Jessup Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ...

34,056 / Ira J. McDonald 12,721 / Samuel W. Yorty 10,407 / Entenza 10,319 / Jones 2,341 / Gunn 1,274 / Dyster 790 / Hill 647 / Weiss 581 / Zeman 512 / Martin 368 / Mosteller 233 City attorney Chesebro 197,957 (elected) / Friday 30,902

1945–47 City Council

1st

6,570 (nominated) / Leland S. Warburton 6,222 (nominated) / Randall 1,391 / Ellis 1,088 2nd Lloyd G. Davies 10,153 (elected) / Fulton 2,867 / Crowe 1,444 / Wright 1,332 / LaGuardia 585 3rd Figures missing. 4th

Harold A. Henry Harold A. Henry (October 20, 1895 – May 1, 1966) was a community newspaper publisher who was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1945 and was its president for four terms from 1947 to 1962. Biography Henry was born October 20, 1895, in ...

8,622 (nominated) / Groman 3,398 (nominated) / E. Snapper Ingram 2,238 / Hensley 1,077 / Hayden 648 / Syracuse 579 / Hansen 568 / Melham 345 5th

George P. Cronk George Parkman Cronk (January 19, 1904 – June 15, 1996) was an insurance man who was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1945 to 1952. Biography Cronk was born January 19, 1904, in Omaha, Nebraska, and was brought to Los Angeles in 1910. He ...

4,972 (nominated) / Kennedy 4,555 (nominated) / Olson 2,909 / Murchison 1,032 / Northrup 910? / Brooks 766 / Smith 551 / Wood 419 6th

7,866 (nominated) /

6,473 (nominated) / Williams 2,249 / Read 777 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 9,319 (nominated) / Charlotta A. Bass 6,546 (nominated) / Hawkins 1,369 / Ferry 1,001 / Branch 693 8th Charles A. Allen 8,852 (elected) / Gentry 4,009 / Hillton 741 / Rose 685 9th

7,378 (nominated) / Allen 5,122 / Quevedo 2,227 / Campbell 2,010 / Rose 1,038 10th G. Vernon Bennett 12,207 (elected) / Biber 2,327 11th

9,633 (elected) /

2,263 / MacGregor 1,685 12th Ed J. Davenport 4,301 (nominated) / Newton 3,642 (nominated) / Brown 2,034 / Merrill 1,980 / Campbell 1,879 / McFarland 1,171 / Tierney 906 / Kushner 874 / Pettis 216 13th full term

9,098 (elected) / Joseph W. Aldlin 7,328 / Brankey 1,642 13th unexpired term

9,505 (elected) / Joseph W. Aldlin 7,277 14th

12,846 (elected) / Laster 5,817 15th George H. Moore 8,168 (elected) /

4,305

1945 final

1945–47 City Council

Incomplete 1st Leland S. Warburton 7,271 (elected) /

4,598 4th

11,112 (elected) / Groman 3,848 5th

, 9,347 (elected) / Kennedy 6,195 6th

9,295 (elected) /

9,185 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 14,593 (elected) / Charlotta A. Bass 7,748 9th

8,848 (elected) / Allen 8,261 12th Ed J. Davenport 7,809 (elected) / Newton 7,584

1946

1946 recall election

1946–47 City Council

13th recall Meade McClanahan Yes 12,394 approved / No 8,913 13th John R. Roden 11,394 (elected) / Hubert Wallis 1,028 / John P. McGinley 929

1947

1947 primary

1947–49 City Council

1st Leland S. Warburton 16,703 (elected) / LaRue 2,681 2nd Lloyd G. Davies 14,462 (elected) / McKnight 4,063 / Brubaker 2,580 / Lusk 982 / Joel 415 3rd

14,613 (elected) / McMillan 5,078 4th

12,959 (elected) / Doran 5,107 / Butler 1,153 / Chiverton 611 5th

16, 223 (elected) / Gans 2,371 6th

10,878 (elected) / Brown 3,559 /

3,223 / Corrigan 1,525 / Williams 461 / Beets 319 7th Carl C. Rasmussen 7,278 (nominated) /

Don A. Allen Don A. Allen, also known as Don A. Allen, Sr. (May 13, 1900 - August 1, 1983), was a member of the California State Assembly in the 1940s and 1950s and of the Los Angeles City Council between 1947 and 1956. Biography Allen was born on May 13, 1 ...

5,691 (nominated) / Caston 5,502 / Davis 2,643 / Collins 1,104 / Townsend 908 / Draper 286 / Alvord 200 8th Charles A. Allen 8,841 (nominated) /

Kenneth Hahn Kenneth Hahn (August 19, 1920 – October 12, 1997) was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for forty years, from 1952 to 1992. Hahn was on the Los Angeles City Council from 1947 to 1952. He was an ardent supporter of civil r ...

5,702 (nominated) / Caukins 1,761 / Monjar 1,338 9th

8,933 (nominated) / Sheehan 3,778 (nominated) /

Edward R. Roybal Edward Ross Roybal (February 10, 1916 – October 24, 2005) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for thirteen years and of the U.S. House of Representatives for thirty years. Biography Roybal was born on February 10, 1916, into a Me ...

3,338 / Jaffe 3,098 / Shalmo 1,225 10th G. Vernon Bennett 12,464 (elected) / Downs 2,861 / Bratton 1,876 11th

13,955 (elected) / Kelleher 3,568 12th Ed J. Davenport 13,555 (elected) / Behrend 4,436 / Maxwell 1,225 / Gibbons 972 13th Ernest E. Debs 10,216 (nominated) / John R. Roden 10,046 (nominated) /

2,783 / Willingham 1,454 14th

11,602 (elected) / Mitchell 4,373 / Bishop 2,528 / Baker 2,356 / Buckley 841 15th George H. Moore 8,318 (nominated) /

5,041 (nominated) / DeHoog 3,852 / Kisner 728

1947 final

1947–49 City Council

7th

14,542 (elected) / Carl C. Rasmussen 9,408 8th

11,938 (elected / Charles A. Allen 9,235 9th

11,233 (reelected) / Sheehan 9,540 13th Ernest E. Debs 15,932 (elected) / John R. Roden 11,746 15th George H. Moore 13.372 (reelected) /

8,016

1949

1949 primary

1949–53 Citywide

Mayor

179,929 (nominated) / Lloyd Aldrich 87,766 (nominated) /

Ellis Patterson Ellis Ellwood Patterson (November 28, 1897 – August 25, 1985) was a one-term Democratic California congressman. Born in Yuba City, California, he served as representative between 1945 and 1947. Patterson also served in the California State A ...

57,286 / Jack V. Tenney 48,162 / Olin E. Darby 18,806 / Shaw 2,716 / Attaway 2,647 / Weiss 1,506

1949–51 City Council

1st Leland S. Warburton 17,073 (elected) / Lory 3,857 2nd Lloyd G. Davies 17,179 (elected) / Barrett 3,490 / Barnes 2,505 / Smith 931 3rd

17,373 (elected) / Klenner 4,078 4th

18,337 (elected) / Frolich 5,387 5th

14,652 (elected) / McDonough 7,050 / Major 5,637 6th

16,086 (elected) / Wilson 4,318 / Boyle 2,093 / Dulgarian 1,290 / Orr 1,175 / Smith 836 / Caustin 809 7th

19,906 (elected) / Bryant 4,347 8th

22,277 (elected) / Olson 4,002 9th

11,139 (nominated) /

9,521 / Sheehan 2,754 / Sullivan 2,637 10th No contest. 11th No contest. 12th Ed J. Davenport 17,811 (elected) / Kushner 4,811 13th No contest. 14th

15,323 (elected) / Thrasher 8,237 / Meek 4,756 15th George H. Moore 12,670 (elected) / McClung 8,307

1949 final

1949–53 Citywide

Mayor

238,199 (reelected) / Lloyd Aldrich 207,211

1949–51 City Council

9th

20,473 (elected) /

11,956

1951

1951 primary

1951–53 City Council

1st Leland S. Warburton 13,290 (elected) / O'Brien 12,800 2nd Earle D. Baker 13,609 (elected) / Lloyd G. Davies 7,835 / Brady 3,718 3rd

18,942 (elected) / Klenner 4,585 4th

17,005 (elected) / Melham 4,671 5th

15,505 (elected) / Case 4,112 / E. Snapper Ingram 3,803 6th

19,753 (elected) / Holzhausen 4,419 7th

14,752 (elected) 8th

15,277 (reelected) 9th

17,941 (elected) / Rael 5,762 10th Kilpatrick 5,301 (nominated) /

Charles Navarro Charles Navarro Guarino (January 19, 1904 – September 7, 2005) was a Los Angeles City Council member between 1951 and 1961 and city controller from 1961 to 1977. Biography Navarro was born in New York City to Italian immigrant parents. He was ...

5,077 (nominated) / G. Vernon Bennett 3,835 / Hubbard 2,250 / Charles E. Downs 1,423 11th

12,728 (elected) / Hill 10,960 12th Ed J. Davenport 10,386 (elected) / Newton 5,019 / Payne 2,419 / McFarland 1,030 13th Ernest E. Debs 15,804 (elected) / Monroe 7,505 / Balmer 1,670 14th

13,809 (elected) / Garrick 9,461 / Hop 1,902 / Welchel 654 15th George H. Moore 7,541 (nominated) /

John S. Gibson Jr. John S. Gibson Jr. (August 11, 1902 – April 22, 1987) was an American politician, whose career spanned many decades and two states. A member of the Democratic Party from San Pedro, Gibson served on the Los Angeles City Council for the 15th di ...

6,852 (nominated) / Hillyer Jr. 3,988

1951 final

1951–53 City Council

10th

9.075 (elected) / Kilpatrick 7,382 15th

10,555 (elected) / George H. Moore 9,514

1953

1953 primary

1953–57 citywide

Mayor

Norris Poulson Charles Norris Poulson (July 23, 1895 – September 25, 1982) was an American politician who represented Southern California in public office at the local, state, and federal levels. He served as the 36th Mayor of Los Angeles, California from ...

211,247 (nominated) /

178,362 / Aldrich 70,459 / Burke 16,470 / Weiss 3,542 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 280,195 (reelected) / Patterson 120,442 / Erwin 35,876 Controller Daniel O. Hoye 317,526 (reelected) / Chenoweth 73,734

1953–57 City Council

Four-year terms for City Council members begin. 1st

14,968 (nominated) / O'Brien (nominated) 10,583 / Garver 3,698 / Taylor 930 2nd Earle D. Baker 24,257 (reelected) / O'Connor Jr. 4,665 / West 2,688 3rd

Robert M. Wilkinson Robert Melvin Wilkinson (April 11, 1921 – September 27, 2010) was a political figure and lobbyist in the San Fernando Valley in California. He was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1953 to 1957 and from 1967 to 1979. Biography Wi ...

5,803 (nominated) / O'Rourke 5,129 (nominated) / Plugge 4,140 / and 13 others 4th

21,925 (reelected) / Schulman 4,195 / Long 4,018 5th Rosalind Wiener 9,712 (nominated) / Elmer Marshrey 9,261 (nominated) / Nash 4,715 / and six others 6th

16,876 (reelected) / Thruelson 12,504 / Behling 1,943 7th

18,965 (reelected) / Smith 12,504 / Noeller 1,731 8th

Gordon Hahn Gordon R. Hahn (April 15, 1919 – March 29, 2001) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council and California State Assembly in the mid-20th Century. While on the council, he cast the decisive vote that brought the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Ange ...

13,940 (elected) / Sorensen 5,296 / Rev. E. W. Rakestraw 3,352 / and five others 9th

unopposed (reelected) 10th

14,892 (reelected) / Dr. John A. Somerville 8,316 / Hayes 2,781 / and two others 11th

16,840 (reelected) / Hill 9,996 / Eckman 1,359 / and two others 12th Ed J. Davenport 14,025 (reelected) / Ransom M. Callicott 13,582 13th Ernest E. Debs 26,323 (reelected) / Mirabal 2,581 / McDonald 1,931 14th

16,783 (reelected) / Garrick 13,349 / Sinclair 2,195 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 16,896 (reelected) / Love 5,003 / and 2 others

1953 final

1953–57 citywide

Mayor

287,619 (elected) /

252,721

1953–57 City Council

1st

21,646 / O'Brien 13,919 3rd

20,661 / O'Rourke 17,315 5th Rosalind Wiener 21,110 / Elmer Marshrey 18,790

1955

1955 primary

1955–59 City Council

2nd Earle D. Baker 17,478 (elected) / Fanning 9,689 / Bernhard 1,385 / Bassett 943 4th

16,790 (elected) / Schulman 4,934 / Bartlett 2,534 6th

21,409 (elected) / Rose 2,590 / Serias 2,103 8th

13,974 (elected) / Givens 3,507 / Parks 3,185 10th

11,336 (elected) / Thomas 6,236 / Lomax 3,086 / Mackaig 1.555 / Whitworth 477 12th Ransom M. Callicott 12,237 (elected) / Gummerman? 3,341? / Ketchum 2,013 / Abbott 1,858 / Borovay 723 14th

14,012 (elected) / Woodward 11,532?

1955 final

There were no runoff races in city elections.

1957

1957 primary

1957–61 citywide

Mayor

311,970 (elected) / Yeakel 141,306 / Ennis 44,112 / Carpenter 8,609 / Banks 7,094

1957–61 City Council

1st

29,704 (elected) / Ames 6,209 / Brodnax 1,681 3rd Patrick D. McGee 18,648 (elected) / Maguire 6,437 / Brouillette 6,318 / Violette 1,531 / King 1,046 / Miller 1,011 / Ross 630 / Fixler 599 5th

Rosalind Wiener Wyman Rosalind Wiener Wyman (October 4, 1930 – October 26, 2022) was an American politician, Los Angeles City Councilmember, and California Democratic political figure who, at 22 years old, was the youngest person ever elected to the Los Angeles Ci ...

32,468 (elected) / Knoble 3,435 / Leeds 2,545 / Wolin 1,278 7th

James C. Corman James Charles Corman (October 20, 1920 – December 30, 2000) was an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1957 to 1961 and as a member of the United States House of Representatives between 1961 and 1981. ...

7,209 (nominated) / Kay Bogendorfer 6,729 (nominated) /

Ernani Bernardi Ernani Bernardi — also known as Noni Bernardi and Nani Bernardi — (October 29, 1911 – January 4, 2006) was a big band musician and politician. Bernardi served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1961 to 1993, representing 7th district and ...

4,791 / Pulskamp 4,292 / Nadeau 2,952 / Plugge 2,778 / Connolly 2,071 / Alton 1,968 / Whitney 1,099 / Bongfeldt 1,027 9th No contest 11th Karl L. Rundberg 12,084 (nominated) /

(nominated) 9,091 / Raeburn 6,230 / Gottlieb 4,752 / Ryerson 872 13th No contest 15th No contest

1957 final

1957–61 City Council

7th

18,916 (elected) / Kay Bogendorfer 11,544 11th Karl L. Rundberg 17,524 (elected) /

10,193

1959

1959 primary

1959–63 City Council

2nd Lemoine Blanchard 12,814 (nominated) / Earle D. Baker 10,706 (nominated) / McCann 2,602 / Walt Emeson 2,295 4th

20,680 (reelected) / Eaton 6,058 / Hersh 1,216 6th

17,376 (reelected) / Davenport 4,496 / Serfas? 3,401 8th

16,819 (reelected) / Tolbert 3,516 / Harper 2,064 / Fike 894 10th

12,961 (reelected) / Atkinson 7,628 / Allen 5,454 / Burke 2,696 / Gray 831 12th Ransom Callicott 12,740 (reelected) / Russell 6,520 13th (unexpired term of Ernest E. Debs)

James Harvey Brown James Harvey Brown (April 26, 1906 – July 10, 1995) was a City Council member in Los Angeles, California, between 1959 and 1964 and then municipal court judge in that city from 1964 to 1985. Biography Brown was born on April 26, 1906, in Jame ...

7,864 (nominated) / Charles Bigler 4,005 (nominated) / Perino? 2,345 / Perkins? 2,238 / Runyan? 2,060 / Christopherson 1,970 / Pontino? 1,942 / Bearlay? 1,026 / Feingold? 540 14th

15,959 (reelected) / Basden? 6,592 / Bodine? 3,852 / Broglia? 831 / Beal? 641 / Gledding? 287 / Runyon? 261 / Carson? 254

1959 final

1959–63 City Council

2nd Lemoine Blanchard 16,195 (elected) / Earle D. Baker 13,178 10th

17,861 (reelected) / Atkinson 15,121 13th (unexpired term of Ernest E. Debs)

13,981 (elected) / Charles Bigler 10,609

1961

1961 primary

1961–65 citywide

Mayor

179,273 (nominated) /

Sam Yorty Samuel William Yorty (October 1, 1909 – June 5, 1998) was an American radio host, attorney, and politician from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Assembly, ...

122,475 (nominated) / Patrick D. McGee 115,635 / Ronstadt 11,340 / Kessler 7,558 / Carpenter 7,267 / Miller 4,640 / Coover 2,141 / Lauria 1,598 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 299,411 (reelected) / Garrett 108,143 City controller

187,122 (nominated) / Daniel O. Hoye 133,569 (nominated) / Fischer 65,318 / Kay 25,683

1961–65 City Council

1st

17,284 (reelected) / Simmons 7,855 / Quevedo 2,499 / Hirsch 2,288 3rd Thomas D. Shepard 11,532 (nominated) / Moffatt 7,449 (nominated) / Moss 4,282 / Anderson 2,258 / Hiscock 1,024 / Ellis 1,797 / Curran 1,295 / Clifton 1,271 / Lamm 1,241 / Van Arsdale 1,047 / Bergin 998 / Criz 943 / Wick 605 / Crosson 550 / Vance 333 5th

22,702 (reelected) / Ben-Tovim 5,816 / Stewart 3,767 / Solin 2,624 7th

11,811 (nominated) / Hardy 5,040 (nominated) / Contino 4,444 / Harrison 3,244 / Winters 2,291 / Sitler 1,896 / McDonald 1,534 / Rosenberg 1,397 / Taylor 901 / Kliebert 546 / Milliner 511 / Wapner 436 9th

17,291 (reelected) / Carter 2,777 / Ruiz 1,784 11th Karl L. Rundberg 20,521 (reelected) / Davis 6,760 / Gallagher 3,733 13th

21,951 (reelected) / Libow 5,430 / Abel 1,904 / Berset 1,694 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 19,928 (reelected)

1961 final

1961–65 citywide

Mayor

Samuel Yorty Samuel William Yorty (October 1, 1909 – June 5, 1998) was an American radio host, attorney, and politician from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the California State Assembly, ...

273,073 (elected) /

257,073 City controller

331,340 (elected) /

Dan O. Hoye Daniel O. "Dan" Hoye served as Los Angeles City Controller from 1937 to 1961. On January 19, 1937, after the resignation of John S. Myers, Hoye was appointed by the Los Angeles City Council The Los Angeles City Council is the legislative body o ...

161,690

1961–65 City Council

3rd Thomas D. Shepard 28,902 (elected) / Norbert B. Moffat 18,508 7th

22,291 (elected) / J. Howard Hardy 18,825

1963

1963 primary

1963–67 City Council

1st Phill Silver 6,503 (nominated) /

Louis R. Nowell Louis R. Nowell (February 8, 1915 – July 2, 2009) was a fireman and politician in Los Angeles, California. He was best known for serving on the Los Angeles City Council from the San Fernando Valley from 1963 to 1977. He was appointed as a membe ...

4,068 (nominated) / Foote 3,000 / Simmons 2,856 / Hamner 2,764 / Dodd 2,528 / Corrigan 1,948 / Lipton 1,939 / Imus 1,503 / DiFrancesco 705 / Rick 648 / Weeks 325 2nd C. Lemoine Blanchard 13,758 (nominated) / James B. Potter, Jr. 8,480 (nominated) / Feiner 7,119 / Michaels 2,251 / Walt Emeson 1,783 / Malone 638 / Hawthorne 348 4th

20,793 (reelected) / O'Connor 4,696 / Kruger 1,388 6th

14,818 (reelected) / Burke 10,635 8th

Billy G. Mills Billy G. Mills (born 1929) is a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge and a former Los Angeles City Council member, serving from 1963 to 1974. He was one of the first three African-Americans elected to the council. Biography Mills was born ...

11,114 (nominated) / Leon Harrison 5,717 (nominated) / Porter 4,698 / Loyd 3,956 / Burton Jr. 1,297 9th

Gilbert W. Lindsay Gilbert William Lindsay (November 29, 1900 – December 28, 1990), also known as Gil Lindsay, was a Los Angeles, California, politician who worked his way up from City Hall janitor to become the city's first black City Council member and one of i ...

11,631 (nominated) / Richard Tafoya 9,096 (nominated) / Hinkle 1,741 / Sanchez 1,559 / Serrato 620 / Valencia 284 10th unexpired term ending June 30, 1963 Tom Bradley 17,760 (elected) / Joe E. Hollingsworth 10,540 10th full term starting July 1, 1963 Tom Bradley 17,552 (elected) / Joe E. Hollingsworth 10,400 12th John P. Cassidy 12,788 (elected) / McDermott 4,339 / Jong 1,607 / Soles 1,220 14th

16,140 (elected) / Hobart 9,921 / Mackey 2,419

1963 final

1st

4,068 (reelected) / Phill Silver 12,847 2nd James B. Potter, Jr. 18,971 (elected) / C. Lemoine Blanchard 17,117 8th

16,389 (elected) / Leon Harrison 8,927 9th

16,440 (reelected) / Richard Tafoya 13,109

1965

1965 primary

1965–69 citywide

Mayor Samuel W. Yorty 392,776 (elected) /

James Roosevelt James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secret ...

247,313 / Ware 1,728 / Bolger 1,446 / Chrisoheris 915 / Hawthorne 696 / Coover 491 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 474,550 (elected) City controller

470,324 (elected)

1965–69 City Council

1st

27,574 (elected) / Skowron 7,260 3rd Thomas D. Shepard 27,483 (elected) / Morris 12,840 / Slocum 1,764 5th

14,198 (nominated) / Edmund D. Edelman 12,988 (nominated) / Teichner 10,153 / Halper 8,703 / Biren 4,958 / French 2,455 / Lertzman 320 7th

22,268 (reelected) / McIntyre 7,840 / Brown 4,417 / Carasso 1,822 / Simmons 1,228 / Frailich 595 9th

25,477 (elected) / Calderon 10,662 / Valencia 2,606 / Brooks 1,145 11th Karl L. Rundberg 22,397 (nominated) /

Marvin Braude Marvin Braude (11 August 1920 – 7 December 2005) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for 32 years, between 1965 and 1997—the third-longest-serving council member in the history of the city. He was “a champion of bike paths,” advoc ...

11,033 (nominated) / Rogers 8,671 / Eells 4,103 13th unexpired term ending June 30, 1965

Paul H. Lamport Paul Harry Lamport (February 3, 1907 – April 2, 1984) was a Hollywood, California, developer and civic leader who was a Los Angeles City Council member between 1965 and 1969. Biography Family Lamport was born February 3, 1907, in Los Angeles, ...

13,554 (nominated) / Mary Tinglof 10,534 (nominated) / Libow 5,518 / Marvin 3,906 / Fenstermaker 2,427 / Pedroza 2,081 / Passow 2,059 / Nathanson 1,463 13th full term starting July 1, 1965

13,031 / Mary Tinglof 9,913 (nominated) / Libow 5,208 / Marvin 3,735 / Fenstermaker 2,224 / Passow 1,832 / Pedrosa 1,752 / Nathanson 1,365 / Sullivan 656 / Angier 414 / Rivas 347 / Sellers 292 / Berset 90 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 24,209 (reelected) / Aguirre 8,962

1965 final

1965–69 City Council

5th Edmund D. Edelman 37,291 (elected) / Rosalind Wiener Wyman 12,201 11th

22,023 (elected) / Karl L. Rundberg 18,976 13th unexpired term ending June 30, 1965

21,675 (elected / Mary Tinglof 13,160 13th full term starting July 1, 1965

21,269 (elected) / Mary Tinglof 13,160

1967

1967 primary

1967–71 City Council

2nd James B. Potter, Jr. 14,868 (elected) / Walt Emeson 2,901 / Boyd 1,949 / Rick 1,369 4th unexpired term

John Ferraro John Ferraro (May 14, 1924 – April 17, 2001) was an American politician and businessman who was a Democratic member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1966 until his death in 2001, the longest tenure of any member in the city's history. Befo ...

20,024 (elected) / Bourland 7,605 4th full term

19,612 (reelected) / Bourland 7,581 6th

16,928 (reelected) / Killmeyer 2,198 / Carter 2,109 / O'Brien 1,206 / Peters 931 8th

21,650 (reelected) / Williams 892 / Burchett 850 / Green 829 10th Tom Bradley unopposed. 12th

8,982 (nominated) / John P. Cassidy 6,112 (nominated) / Cavnar 3,281 / Contino 2,844 / Jones 2,729 / Waisgerber 1,859 / Marrone 1,041 / Markham 603 14th Arthur K. Snyder 15,157 (elected) / Cook 4,014 / Wong 3,866 / Mackey 3,731 / Jacinto 1,168 / O'Neill 834 / George 646 / Orr 380 / Lockwood 360 / Hampton 135

1967 final

1967–71 City Council

12th

24,312 (elected) / John P. Cassidy 7,127

1969

1969 primary

1969–73 citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 293,793 (nominated) /

183,334 (nominated) /

Baxter Ward Baxter Ward Schwellenbach (November 5, 1919 – February 4, 2002) was a television news anchor who served two terms on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Prior to his election on the board, he ran third in an unsuccessful bid to unsea ...

116,555 / Bell 99,172 /

2,682 / Steinberg 1,574 / Andreson 1,600 / Elliott 1,160 / Rourke 790 / Kline 718 / Whizin 659 / Hathaway 375 / Federick 277 / Schulner 169 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 384,355 (reelected) City controller

379.971 (reelected)

1969–73 City Council

1st

22,818 (reelected) /

Jim Keysor James Brain Keysor (December 10, 1927 Salt Lake City – February 13, 2014 Capistrano Beach, California) served, from 1970 to 1974, in the California State Legislature, representing the California's 41st State Assembly district, 41st State Assem ...

7,890 / Cortes 6,111 / Wahrman 3,958 / Wargo 1,099 3rd Howard W. Speer 13,778 (nominated) /

Donald Lorenzen Donald D. Lorenzen (January 22, 1920 – May 1980) was a San Fernando Valley funeral director who was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1969 to 1977. Biography Lorenzen was born on January 22, 1920, in Elgin, North Dakota, the son of ...

9,519 (nominated) / Moffatt 5,159 / Walker 4,452 / Ames 3,597 / Moore 3,074 / New 2,813 / Falcone 1,551 / Smith 866 5th Edmund D. Edelman 42,358 (reelected) / Rutledge 4,453 / Dans 2,550 7th

29,120 (reelected) / Onan 9,509 / Marrone 3,323 9th

26,274 (reelected) 11th

35,962 (reelected) 13th

13,955 (nominated) /

Robert Stevenson Robert Stevenson may refer to: * Robert Stevenson (actor and politician) (1915–1975), American actor and politician * Robert Stevenson (civil engineer) (1772–1850), Scottish lighthouse engineer * Robert Stevenson (director) (1905–1986), Engl ...

11,037 (nominated) / Pedroza 7,034 / Norman 2,951 / Scherb 2,309 / Newman 2,289 / Lemieux 1,084 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 25,676 (reelected)

1969 final

1969–73 citywide

Mayor

447,030 (reelected) / Tom Bradley 392,379

1969–73 City Council

3rd

32,387 (elected) / Howard W. Speer 23,888 13th

26,335 (elected) /

22,935

1969 special

First special election in history of Los Angeles.

1969–71 City Council

6th Pat Russell won by 520 votes over her closest opponent, Frank Small. There were three other candidates.

1971

1971 primary

1971–75 City Council

2nd

Joel Wachs Joel Wachs (, ; born March 1, 1939) is an American former politician and lawyer. He is the president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City. He was a member of the Los Angeles City Council for 30 years, where he was k ...

6,346 (nominated) / James B. Potter, Jr. 6,016 (nominated) / Melograno 4,104 / Smith 3,718 / Commons 3,598 / Bennett 2,827 / Wieder 2,172 / Stanley Hirsh 606 / Rick 648 / Williams 572 / Walt Emeson 486 / Arthur Arthur 354 / True Slocum 207 / Eileen Nora Andreson 197 / Duberchin 126 4th

18,892 (reelected) / Federick 3,540 6th unexpired term of

Pat Russell 15,612 (reelected) / Small 11,040 6th Pat Russell 15,207 (reelected) / Frank Small 11,214 8th

18,778 (reelected) 10th Tom Bradley 19,164 (reelected) / Henry 2,835 12th

15,301 (reelected) / Waisgerber 4,221 / Holtz 2,835 / Christensen 2,608 / Boudreau 1,176 14th Arthur K. Snyder 21,500 (reelected) / Deal 5,261 / Perez 4,214

1971 final

1971–75 City Council

2nd

24,704 (elected) / James B. Potter, Jr. 14,898

1973

1973 primary

1973–77 citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 233,789 (nominated) /

190,649 (nominated) /

Jess Unruh Jesse Marvin Unruh (, ; September 30, 1922 – August 4, 1987), also known as Big Daddy Unruh, was an American politician who served as speaker of the California State Assembly and as the California State Treasurer. Early life and education Born ...

114,693 / Reddin 83,930 /

24,907 / Dornan 4,849 / Rodriguez 2,326 / Bagley 2,118 / Anderson 1,037 / Watson 792 / Buchanan 685 / Orr 555 / Ware 371 City attorney Roger Arnebergh 249,750 (nominated) / Burt Pines 211,260 (nominated) / Ira Reiner 46,599 / Hyman 23,604 City controller

356,245 (reelected) / Gold 81,253 / Hoag 41,613 / Day 33,323 / Blount 31,837 / Taylor 20,505 / Rees 13,929

1973–77 City Council

1st

17,058 (reelected) /

Howard Finn Howard Arthur Finn (September 20, 1917 – August 12, 1986) was an expert in city planning, a builder and a land-use consultant who represented part of the San Fernando Valley on the Los Angeles City Council from 1981 until his death in 1986. Bio ...

6,395 / Rodney G. Harrison 3,229 / Dib 2,215 / Willis 1,674 / Hamlin 1,514 3rd Donald D. Lorenzen 18,886 (nominated) /

Joy Picus Joy Picus (born 1930) is an American politician who served as a Los Angeles City Council member for 16 years, from 1977 to 1993, and was a ''Ms.'' magazine "Woman of the Year" in 1985. Biography Picus is a native of Chicago, Illinois, where her ...

10,087 / Scola 8,602 / Dominguez 3,323 / Bach 3,150 5th Edmund D. Edelman 42,179 (reelected) 7th

, 29,308 (reelected) 9th

16,848 (reelected) / Hinkle 3,683 / Kelley 2,736 / Scott 2,075 / Stanley 1,959 / Barnett 1,693 10th David S. Cunningham, Jr. (elected) /

George Takei George Takei (; ja, ジョージ・タケイ; born Hosato Takei (武井穂郷), April 20, 1937) is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the fictional starship USS ''Enterprise'' in the televi ...

11th

43,901 (reelected) / Falcone 5,269 / Henry 4,891 (One precinct missing) 13th

12,905 (nominated) / Kasper 11,313 /

4,922 / Estomo 3,879 / Perez 2,562 / Newman 1,750 / Machadah 1,534 / Discola 1,461 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 16,789 (reelected) / Almeida 5,659 / Siegfried 2,768

1973 final

1973–77 citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 431,222 (elected) /

334,297 City attorney Burt Pines 418, 856 (elected) / Roger Arnebergh 299,212

1973–77 City Council

3rd

Don Lorenzen Donald D. Lorenzen (January 22, 1920 – May 1980) was a San Fernando Valley funeral director who was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1969 to 1977. Biography Lorenzen was born on January 22, 1920, in Elgin, North Dakota, the son of ...

27, 575 (reelected) /

27,027 (totals as determined by a recount) 13th

27,231 (reelected) / Kasper 21,062

1975

1975 primary

1975–79 City Council

2nd

1,321 (reelected) / Bell 97 / Rickless 94 / Kritt 55 / Gabriel 21 4th

6,275 (reelected) / Ogren 1,575 / Abella 832 / Broy 193 5th Fran Savitch 2,433 (nominated) /

Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a politician from Los Angeles County, California. He was a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from District 3, which includes the San Fernando Valley, the Westside of Los Angeles and ...

1,635 (nominated) /

1,523 / Pye 846 / Rutledge 339 / Richman 313 / French 219 / Hamm 132 / Cowan 103 / Milrad 82 6th Pat Russell 1,351 (reelected) / Overfelt 425 / Lee 157 / Nickel 40 8th unexpired term of

Robert C. Farrell Robert C. Farrell (born October 1, 1936) is a politician who was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1974 until 1991. Previously, he was a journalist and newspaper publisher. Biography Farrell was born in Natchez, Mississippi, on Octob ...

4,879 (elected) 8th full term

3,873 (elected) / Curtis 809 / Justice 524 10th unexpired term of Tom Bradley David S. Cunningham, Jr. 4,884 (elected) 10th full term David S. Cunningham, Jr. 3,571 (elected) / Bradley 1,621 / MacMillan 648 12th

1,613 (nominated) / Klein 1,306 (nominated) / Gallagher 482 / Dantona 343 / Goetzman 88 14th Arthur K. Snyder 5,161 (elected) / Lopez-Lee 2,957 / Avila 1,914 / Garcia 791 / Armas 225 / Bastides 144 / Pendas 30

1975 final

1975–79 City Council

5th unexpired term of Edmund D. Edelman

23,372 (elected) / Fran Savitch 19,606 12th

20,391 (elected) / Klein 20,058 13th

Peggy Stevenson Peggy Stevenson (January 29, 1924 – October 16, 2014) was an American politician who served on the Los Angeles City Council for the District 13 from 1975 to 1985. The wife of Robert J. Stevenson, she was elected after her husband's death in 1975 ...

9,008 (elected) / Irving Kasper 6,900 / Quinn 5,342 / plus 26 other candidates

1977

1977 primary

1977–81 Citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 287,927 (reelected) / Robbins 136,180 / Jarvis 47,665 / plus nine other candidates City attorney Burt Pines 366,398 (reelected) / Clancy 35,324 / Diamond 19,929 / plus two other candidates City controller Ira Reiner 185,328 (nominated) / Robert C. Cline 82,153 (nominated) /

38,959 / plus seven other candidates

1977–81 City Council

1st

Bob Ronka Bob Ronka (born c. 1943) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from the San Fernando Valley's 1st District between 1977 and 1981. Biography Ronka was born about 1943, the son of Ilmari Ronka, first-chair trombonist in the NBC Symphony Orc ...

9,201 (nominated) / Jim Peterson 5,098 (nominated) /

3,406 / plus eleven other candidates 3rd

17,465 (nominated) / Donald D. Lorenzen 15,722 (nominated) / Moore 3,565 / plus three other candidates 5th

39,034 (reelected) / Milrad 3,613 7th

22,205 (reelected) / Unjian 8,212 9th

19,696 (reelected) / Hinkle 2,201 / plus four other candidates 11th

28,416 (reelected) / Pye 10,114 / Crossley 5,534 (One precinct missing) 13th

24,929 (reelected) 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 10,269 (nominated) / Stanbery 4,335 (nominated) / Pescetti 2,559 / plus two other candidates

1977 final

1977–81 citywide

City controller Ira Reiner 195,552 (elected) / 123,929

1977–81 City Council

1st

12.333 (elected) / Jim Peterson 7,684 3rd

19,598 (elected) / Donald D. Lorenzen 14,456 15th John S. Gibson, Jr. 12.861 (reelected) / Stanbery 6.866

1979

1979 primary

1979–83 City Council

Full returns unavailable. 2nd

(elected) / Joseph J. Micciche / Morton J. Allen 4th

(elected with 84%) 6th Pat Russell 7,659 (elected) / Frank Overfelt 3,587 / plus three other candidates 8th Robert Farrell (elected with 77%) 10th David S. Cunningham, Jr. 9,116 (elected) /

Nate Holden Nathaniel N. "Nate" Holden (born June 19, 1929) is a Los Angeles County politician who served four years in the California State Senate and 16 years on the Los Angeles City Council. Biography Upbringing, education and family Holden was born in ...

7,505 12th Barbara Klein 7,129 (nominated) /

Hal Bernson Harold M. Bernson (November 19, 1930July 20, 2020) was a Los Angeles City Council member for 24 years, from 1979 until his retirement in 2003. A conservative Republican, he was a leading proponent of the San Fernando Valley seceding from the rest ...

6,700 (nominated) / plus fourteen other candidates 14th Arthur K. Snyder (elected) / unopposed

1979 final

1979–83 City Council

12th

24,825 (elected) / Barbara Klein 12,415

1981

1981 primary

A few precincts missing.

1981–85 Citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 279,501 (elected) /

142,204 / Fischer 2,344 / plus sixteen others City attorney Ira Reiner 216,366 (nominated) /

137,254 (nominated) / Zinger 73,714 / Drabin 7,770 City controller

James Hahn James Kenneth Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005, at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term a ...

164,937 (nominated) / Weeks 75,146 (nominated) / Travis 61,500 / plus five other candidates

1981–85 City Council

1st

8,214 (nominated) /

4,801 (nominated) / Hayes 3,451 / plus six other candidates 3rd

21,241 (reelected) / Vanderbok 10,543 5th

34,651 (reelected) / Unopposed 7th

22,320 (reelected) / Goldener 5,245 / Mulman 1,878 9th

18,510 (reelected) / Barnett 1,453 / Hinkle 1,320 / Bates 878 11th

27,469 (reelected) / Stout 6,230 / plus three other candidates 13th

12,145 (nominated) / Michael Woo 11,770 (nominated) / Amador 2,049 / White 1,911 15th Joan Milke Flores 8,046 (nominated) / Greenwood 4,786 (nominated) / Stanbery 2,005 / plus nine others

1981 final

1981–85 citywide

City attorney Ira Reiner 231,540 (elected) /

133,205 City controller

194,226 (elected) / Weeks 162,619

1981–85 City Council

1st

12,847 (elected) /

11,151 13th

20,162 (reelected) / Michael Woo 13,018 15th Joan Milke Flores 10,205 (elected) / Greenwood 9,943

1983

1983 primary

1983–7 City Council

2nd

17,518 (reelected) / Hays 2,219 / Paterson 1,322 / plus three others 4th

12,705 (reelected) / Ghandi 1,016 / Garza 907 6th Pat Russell 14,390 (reelected) / Simpson 6,423 / Stowe 3,290 8th

12,791 (reelected) / Hale 2,780 / Walton-James 1,479 / plus two others 10th David S. Cunningham, Jr. 13,406 (reelected) / Wertz 2,084 12th

15,647 (reelected) / Sherman 8,704 14th Art Snyder 10,497 (reelected) / Rodriguez 8,952 / Schaefer 643 / plus three others

1983 final

No final. All incumbents were reelected in the primary.

1985

1985 primary

1985–89 citywide

Mayor Tom Bradley 220,055 (reelected) /

98,163 / Eileen Anderson 1,293 / and six others City attorney James Kenneth Hahn 167,797 (elected) / Lisa Specht 130,843 / Murray Kane 9,429 / plus two others City controller Dan Shapiro 99,677 (nominated) /

Rick Tuttle Rick Tuttle (born January 5, 1940) is an American politician, university administrator and educator from Los Angeles, California. Early life Rick Tuttle was born in New Haven, Connecticut, one of four children of Frederick Burton Tuttle and his wi ...

86,939 (nominated) / Alice Travis 65,032 / Celes King III 28,003

1985–89 City Council

1st

12,398 (reelected) / Elton Michael 3,170 / Noel S. Horwin 1,869 / Louis Cichelli 341 3rd

15,513 (reelected) / Jeanne Nemo 5,525 / Matt Lynch 3,195 / plus three others 5th

24,597 (reelected) / Unopposed 7th

13,602 (reelected) / Pat Goldener 1,057 / Marty Israel 900 9th

16,086 (reelected) / Donald L. Barnett 2,814 11th

23,392 (reelected) / Unopposed 13th

8,690 (nominated) /

Mike Woo Michael K. Woo (born October 8, 1951), also known as Mike Woo, is an American politician and academic who was the dean of the Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design, College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic Univers ...

7,188 (nominated) / Michael Linfield 2,791 / plus three others 15th Joan Milke Flores 17,044 (reelected) / Unopposed

1985 final

1985–89 citywide

Controller

146,077 (elected) / Dan Shapiro 124,966

1985–89 City Council

13th

16,417 (elected) /

1985 special

1985–89 City Council

14th

Richard Alatorre Richard Alatorre (born May 15, 1943) was a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1985—"one of the most influential Latino politicians in the state"— and a Los Angeles, California, City Council member from 1985 to 1999, the sec ...

11,928 (elected) / Steve Rodriguez, 3,199 / Gilbert Avila 2,376 / and four others

1987

1987 primary

1987–91 City Council

2nd

9,327 (reelected) / Jerry Allan Hays 4,214 / Georgetta Wilmuth 431 / Jack E. Davis 399 4th

10,775 (reelected) / Sal Genovese 2,391 6th Pat Russell 10,697 (nominated) /

Ruth Galanter Ruth Galanter (born ) is an American politician, environmentalist and consultant with a background in urban planning. She served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 2003. She is known for supporting "slow growth" policies on the city's ...

7,435 (nominated) / Patrick McCartney 4,245 / plus three others 8th

8,347 (reelected) / Tony Parent 3,013 / plus four others 10th

4,366 (nominated) / Homer Broome, Jr. 3,257 (nominated) / Myrilie Evers 2,601 plus ten others 12th

11,763 (reelected) / Richard K. Williams II 2,963 14th

6,626 (reelected) / Rex Guttierez 3,188 / Loren Leonard Lutz 1,213

1987 final

1987–91 City Council

6th

21,846 (elected) / Pat Russell 15,855 10th

10,594 (elected) / Home Broome, Jr. 5,490

1989

1989 primary

Not available

1989–93 citywide

Not available.

1989–93 City Council

Not available.

1989 final

1989–93 City Council

7th

8,826 (elected) / Lyle Hall 7,168

1991

1991 primary

1991–95 City Council

4th

10,115 (reelected) / Unopposed 6th

11,904 (nominated) / Mary Lee Gray (nominated) 4,929 / Salvatore Grammatico 3,746 /

Tavis Smiley Tavis Smiley (; born September 13, 1964) is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to ...

2,189 / and three others 10th

9,255 (elected) / Esther M. Lofton 3,602

1991 final

1991–95 City Council

1st

Mike Hernandez Mike Hernandez (born December 4, 1952) is an American politician and activist, who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 1st district from 1991 to 2001, despite an arrest for cocaine possession in 1997 that led to a guilty p ...

3,362 (nominated) / Sharon Mee Yung Lowe 1,726 (nominated) / Sandra L. Figueroa 1,408 / and three others 6th

18,153 (reelected) / Mary Lee Gray 7,998 8th Mark Ridley-Thomas 8,595 (elected) / Roderick Wright 8,173 9th Rita D, Walters 6,251 (elected) / Bob Gay 6,175 12th

17,705 (reelected) / Julianna Korenstein 16,844

1993

1993 primary

Not available.

1993 final

1993–97 citywide

Mayor Richard J. Riordan 302,786 (elected) / Michael Woo 259,820

1993–97 City Council

3rd Laura Newman Chick 29,092 (elected) /

20,619 7th Richard Anthony Alarcon 9,057 (elected) / Lyle E. Hall 8,893 13th

Jackie Goldberg Jacqueline "Jackie" Goldberg (born November 18, 1944) is an American politician and teacher serving as a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for the 5th district. Early life and education Goldberg was born in th ...

11,753 (elected) /

Tom LaBonge Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

11,073 15th Rudy Svorinich 14,011 (elected) / Joan Milke Flores 14,011

1995

1995 primary

Not available.

1995 final

Not available.

1997

1997 primary

1997–2001 citywide

Mayor Richard J. Riordan 250,771 (reelected) /

Tom Hayden Thomas Emmet Hayden (December 11, 1939October 23, 2016) was an American social and political activist, author, and politician. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war, civil rights, and intellectual activist in the 1960s, authoring th ...

140,648 / Leonard Shapiro 5,454 / plus two others City attorney James Kenneth Hahn 238,313 (elected) / Ted Stein 146,651 City controller

259,016 (reelected) / Virginia Garza 66,178 / Michael D. Margolin 39,768

1997–2001 City Council

1st

7,543 (reelected) / Rose Marie Lopez 5,313 3rd

Laura Chick Laura N. Chick (born 1944) is an American politician. Los Angeles City Elected Offices Chick was elected to the Los Angeles City Council from the Third District ( Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Reseda, West Hills, Winnetka and Canoga Park), in 19 ...

28,564 (reelected) / Mort Diamond 6,581 5th

Mike Feuer Michael Nelson Feuer (born May 14, 1958)Nancy Hill-Holtzman, "Ambition, Altruism Drive Mike Feuer", ''Los Angeles Times'' (March 29. 1995), p. B1, B6. is an American politician and lawyer, who served as Los Angeles City Attorney from 2013 to 202 ...

35,683 (reelected) / Unopposed 7th

Richard Alarcon Richard Anthony Alarcon (born November 24, 1953) is an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1993 to 1998 and again from 2007 to 2013. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he previously served i ...

12,460 (reelected) / Ollie McCauley (write-in) 196 9th

18,510 (reelected) / Barnett 1,453 / Hinkle 1,320 / Bates 878 11th Georgia Mercer 17,423 (nominated) /

Cindy Miscikowski Cindy Miscikowski represented the 11th District on the Los Angeles City Council for two full terms from 1997 through 2005. Previously, she was an aide to Councilman Marvin Braude and the Executive Director of the Skirball Cultural Center in its b ...

(nominated) 16,530 / Mark Isler 5,537 / Doug Friedman 2,898 13th

13,823 (reelected) / Unopposed 15th Rudy Svorinich, Jr. 13,741 / Diana Ellizabeth Contreras 6,375 / Dennis Kortheuer 2,510

1997 final

1997–2001 City Council

11th

13,755 (elected) / Georgia Mercer 12,321

1999–2009

Election returns from the city archives

2011

2011 primary

Los Angeles city clerk results
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2011–15 City Council

2nd

Paul Krekorian Paul Krekorian (born March 24, 1960) is an American politician, currently serving as the 26th president of the Los Angeles City Council since October 18, 2022. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he has represent ...

12,692 (reelected) / Augusto Bisani 4,109 4th

Tom Labonge Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

10,629 (reelected) / Tomås O'Grady 6,088 / Stephen Box 2,778 6th

Tony Cardenas Tony may refer to: People and fictional characters * Tony (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer * Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby leag ...

4,788 (reelected) / Rich Goodman 1,539 / James (Jamie) Cordaro 1,238 / David Barron 734 8th

Bernard C. Parks Bernard C. Parks (born December 7, 1943) is an American politician, who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th district in South Los Angeles from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Parks served as C ...

9,482 (reelected) / Forescee Hogan-Rowles 8,058 / Jabari S. Jumaane 975 10th Herb J. Wesson, Jr. 9,744 (reelected) / Andrew (Andy) Kim 1,480 / Althea Rae Shaw 668 / plus three others 12th

Mitchell Englander Mitchell Englander (born July 25, 1970) is an American former politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing District 12 in the San Fernando Valley, until he resigned December 31, 2018. While serving in City Counci ...

13,751 (elected) / Brad Smith 5,917 / Navraj (Singh) Singh 1,430 / plus three others 14th

José Huizar José Luis Huizar (born September 10, 1968) is a Mexican-American politician and a former member of the Los Angeles City Council. Huizar was arrested and indicted on June 23, 2020, on federal corruption charges. Huizar was elected on November 8, ...

10,945 (reelected) / Rudy Martinez 6,310

2011 final

No runoff. All candidates were elected in the primary.

Mayoral runoff races

If no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote in the primary election, the top two finishers meet in a runoff two months later. The table below refers to the runoff races over the years. *Note: In the 1932 recall election William G. Bonelli received 74,917 votes. *Note: The 1941 election results represent 1,750 out of 2,753 precincts reporting, but Cunningham conceded at that point

References

Lists of Los Angeles public officials

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