The 1910 municipal election was held December 12, 1910 for the purpose of electing a mayor and five aldermen to sit on the
Edmonton City Council
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Edmonton currently has one mayor and twelve city councillors. Elections are held every four years. The most recent was held in 2021, and the next is in 20 ...
, as well as three public school trustees and five separate school trustees. There were also four proposed bylaws put to a vote of the electorate concurrently with the election.
Positions to be elected
There were eight aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled:
James Hyndman, John H. Millar, and
James Mould had been elected to two-year terms in
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Janu ...
and were still in office.
George S. Armstrong had also been elected to a two-year term, but had resigned to run for mayor. Accordingly, the fifth-place finisher in the 1910 election -
James McKinley - was elected to a one-year term to complete Armstrong's aldermanic term. McKinley resigned in 1911, occasioning a
by-election
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A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
.
There were six trustees on the public board of trustees, but three of the positions were already occupied: A Butchart,
Arthur Cushing, and William Ferris had been elected to two-year terms in
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escapes death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Janu ...
and were still in office.
Voter turnout
There were 2149 ballots cast. Information about the number of eligible voters is no longer available.
Results
(bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicate incumbent)
Mayor
George S. Armstrong was acclaimed as mayor.
Aldermen
Each voter could cast five votes (
plurality block voting
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) so a total of about 5600 votes were cast by the 2100 voters who voted.
*
John Lundy - 854
*
Thomas Grindley - 670
*''
Herman McInnes'' - 616
*
Charles Gowan - 601
*''
James McKinley'' - 570
*Alex Stuart - 530
*J C MacDonald - 525
*A E Potter - 429
*
Charles Gibbs
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- 369
*
Gustave May - 251
*F C Humberstone - 122
Public school trustees
*Walter Ramsey - 813
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William Clark
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- 658
*
Samuel Barnes - 563
*
Harry Smith - 498
*E T Bishop - 355
*J St. Clair-Blackett - 263
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
John Cashman, ''
James Collisson''. ''
Wilfrid Gariépy
Wilfrid Gariepy (March 14, 1877 – January 13, 1960) was a Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and provincial cabinet minister, member of the House of Commons of Canada, and municipal councillor in Edmonton.
Earl ...
'', Milton Martin, and ''
Joseph Henri Picard'' were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
Bylaws
The following bylaws were voted on concurrently with the 1910 election:
Bylaw 279
A bylaw to grant Pinisch Compressing Co., a special franchise for the supply of artificial gas for the lighting of railway coaches.
*For: 1,239
*Against: 245
Bylaw 280
A bylaw to provide for the sum of $75,000 to supplement the sum of $75,000 granted by bylaw 248 for improving East End Park and Exhibition Grounds.
*For: 1,557
*Against: 184
Bylaw 281
A bylaw to provide for the raising of the further sum of $175,000 to be paid to the City Hospital by way of a bonus.
*For: 1,610
*Against: 196
Bylaw 282
A bylaw to provide $2,300 for the purchase of machinery and an addition to the City Warehouse.
*For: 1,188
*Against: 459
References
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections
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1910
Events
January
* January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military.
* January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...
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