The 1900 municipal election was held December 10, 1900 for the purpose of electing a mayor and three aldermen to sit on the
Edmonton Town Council
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, as well as five public school trustees and four separate school trustees.
There were six aldermanic positions on the council at the time, but three of them were already filled. Robert Lee and Alfred Brown had both been elected for a two-year term in
1899
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, and were still in office. Colin Strang had also been elected for a two-year term, but had resigned;
James Blowey
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Kenneth W. MacKenzie
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'' was acclaimed as mayor.
Aldermen
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William Thomas Henry
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Henry Goodridge
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Joseph Gariépy
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William Harold Clark
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Hedley C. Taylor
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Vote totals defeated candidates for this election are no longer available.
(Vote count exceeded number of voters who voted because each voter could cast up to three votes under the Block Voting system.)
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Hedley C. Taylor
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'' were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
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Nicolas Dubois Dominic Beck
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Joseph Henri Picard
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'', ''Antonio Prince'', and ''Georges Roy'' were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), ...