The 1904 municipal election was held December 12, 1904 for the purpose of electing a mayor and eight aldermen to sit on the
Edmonton City Council
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, as well as five public school trustees and five separate school trustees. It was Edmonton's first election as a city, and the first in which there were eight aldermanic positions instead of six. Because of this new composition of city council, all aldermanic positions were elected instead of only half as had been the case in previous elections and would again be the case in subsequent elections. Accordingly, even though
Edmund Grierson,
Charles May, and
Joseph Henri Picard had been elected to two-year terms in the
1903 election, their terms were truncated. May and Picard decided to stand for re-election, while Grierson did not.
In order to re-establish staggered aldermanic terms, the top four finishers were elected to two-year terms while the next four were elected to one-year terms.
Voter turnout
There were 743 ballots cast in the 1904 election. Information on the number of eligible voters is no longer available.
Results
(bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicate incumbent)
Mayor
Kenneth W. MacKenzie was acclaimed as mayor.
Aldermen
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Charles May'' - 471
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John Boyle - 349
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Kenneth McLeod - 330
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William Clark
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Joseph Henri Picard'' - 262
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Daniel Fraser'' - 257
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William Antrobus Griesbach
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Thomas Grindley
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*Gustave Koerman
*Peter Butchart - 204
*Donald MacDonald - 171
*William Deyl - 170
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Herbert Charles Wilson
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*Frank Haldane - 161
*Samuel Paton - 143
*W S Weeks - 80
Public school trustees
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Arthur Cushing'', H A Gray, ''
Kenneth McLeod'', ''
Alex Taylor'', and ''
Hedley C. Taylor'' were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
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Nicolas Dubois Dominic Beck'', J Bilodeau, ''H Morel'', ''
Joseph Henri Picard'', and ''J Pomerleau'' were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
References
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonton Municipal Election, 1904
1904
Events
January
* January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''.
* January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
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1904 elections in Canada
1904 in Alberta
December 1904 in Canada