The 1925 municipal election was held December 14, 1925 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on

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and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. In the election's only plebiscite, the voters also rejected a proposal to increase the mayor's term from one year to two. There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: Will Werner,

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, and Daniel Knott were all elected to two-year terms in

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and were still in office. James Collisson and Joseph Clarke had also been elected in 1924, but both resigned to run for mayor. Accordingly, Charles Robson and Alfred Farmilo were elected to one-year terms. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Adair, Thyrza Bishop, and T J Johnston had all been elected to two-year terms in 1924 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where C E Barry, E A Carrigan, and P M Dunne were continuing. Voters in this election cast

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. In the mayoral contest where one member was elected, the contest was conducted according to

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; in contests where multiple members were elected, such as for city council and school boards, the contest was conducted according to the

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system. The mayor was elected to a one year term, the term being finished in December 1926; all others were elected to two year terms, their terms being finished in December 1927.

Voter turnout

There were 15,304 ballots cast out of 35,343 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 43.3%.

Results

* bold or indicates elected * ''italics'' indicate incumbent * "SS", where data is available, indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the

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, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.

Mayor

This election was conducted using

but no vote transfers were conducted in this case because Blatchford received a majority of votes on the first count.

Aldermen

This election was conducted using

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. Quota approximately 1825. This was the number of votes that guaranteed election. Because of the single transferable vote system, Tighe received more initial votes, but Farmilo won (and Robson held) based on votes subsequently transferred from other candidates. Douglas resigned less than a year later to run for mayor in the 1926 Edmonton municipal election.

Public school trustees

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Crossland was elected over Jenvrin.

Mayoral Term Plebiscite

Are you in favour of the Mayor holding office for the term of two years? *Yes - 7251 *No - 8945

References

''Election History'', City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office
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