1895_Edmonton_municipal_election

1895 Edmonton municipal election

1895 Edmonton municipal election

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The 1895 Edmonton municipal election was held on January 14, 1895 in Edmonton, Alberta to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one-year term) and four trustees for each of the public and separate school divisions. This was the first election in Edmonton history in which there was a contested race for mayor, and also the first during which school trustee elections were held concurrently with those for town council.[1]

Wilson, the successful mayoral candidate, was an opponent of Matthew McCauley and although he won against McDougall (McDougall was put up as a last-minute candidate by council members who supported McCauley, even though they expected Wilson to win), the majority of the elected town council were McCauley supporters.[2]

Voter turnout

Voter turnout figures for the 1895 municipal election are no longer available.[1]

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

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Aldermen

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Public school trustees

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St. Joachim Separate School District

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References

  1. "Elections Results (1892 to 1944) - City of Edmonton" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 4. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  2. John P. Day; John F. Day (February 1978). "EDMONTON CIVIC POLITICS 1891-1914". Urban History Review. 6 (3). University of Toronto Press: 42–68. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

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