Edmonton municipal election, 1933

The 1933 Edmonton municipal election was held November 8, 1933 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Gibbs, John Wesley Fry, James Ogilvie, James East, and John McCreath were all elected to two-year terms in 1932 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Mrs. E G Ferris, Frederick Casselman, and Samuel Barnes had all been elected to two-year terms in 1932 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 21730 ballots cast out of 44603 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 48.7%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Daniel Kennedy Knott	13,453	61.91%
	Independent Labour	Joseph Clarke	7,657	35.24%
	Independent	J. A. Leonard	620	2.85%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Labour	Rice Sheppard	11,418
	Labour	Margaret Crang	10,858
	Labour	Harry Ainlay	10,195
	Civic Government Association	Ralph Bellamy	9,609
	Labour	James Findlay	9,536
	Civic Government Association	W. W. McBain	8,471
	Civic Government Association	Robert Dolphin Tighe	7,728
	Civic Government Association	T. A. Graham	7,647
	Civic Government Association	Dick Foote	7,537
	Independent Labour	M. Ainslie	2,879
	Communist	Jan Lakeman	2,830
	Independent Labour	Frank R. Lovette	2,636
	Independent Labour	Walter Clevely	2,493
	Communist	George H. Salter	1,295
	Independent	Peter Glassman	1,215
	Independent	F. S. Wright	1,094
	Independent	Charles Martin Keily	681

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Civic Government Association	Albert Ottewell	12,500
	Labour	Frank Crang	11,963
	Civic Government Association	Walter Morrish	9,722
	Labour	Sidney Bowcott	9,309
	Civic Government Association	H. H. Dyde	8,762
	Civic Government Association	Ernest Howard	7,909
	Labour	L. E. Price	6,911

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Independent	Charles Gariepy	1,830
	Independent	Thomas Malone	1,812
	Independent	Thomas Magee	1,688
	Independent	J. Tansey	1,444
	Independent	Mrs. M. Conroy	1,683

(Conroy received more votes than Tansey but a South Side representative was needed.)

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections