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1900 Calgary municipal election
← 1899 December 10, 1900 (1900-12-10) 1901 →
 
Candidate James Stuart Mackie Silas Alexander Ramsay
Popular vote 217 216
Percentage 50.12% 49.88%
Mayor before election

William Henry Cushing

 Elected mayor

James Stuart Mackie

The 1900 Calgary municipal election took place on December 10, 1900 to elect a Mayor and nine Aldermen to sit on the seventeenth Calgary City Council from January 7, 1901 to January 6, 1902. The election for Mayor was very close, with the Calgary Herald reporting James Stuart Mackie defeating his opponent Silas Alexander Ramsay by a single vote.[1]

Results

Mayor

Councillors

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

School trustees

  • Arthur Leslie Cameron - 232 votes
  • Robert John Hutchings - 207 votes
  • Richard Benjamin O'Sullivan - 182 votes

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Civic Elections: A very large vote polled in all wards. - Mackie only one vote ahead of Ramsay". The Daily Herald. No. 4976. Calgary, AB. December 11, 1900. p. 1.

Sources

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