1926 Calgary municipal election
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The 1926 Calgary municipal election was held on December 15, 1926 to elect a Mayor seven Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Additionally three members for the Public School Board and two members for the Separate School Board.
There were twelve Aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Frank Roy Freeze, Robert Cadogan Thomas, Robert H. Parkyn, Thomas Alexander Hornibrook and Sam S. Savage were all elected to two-year terms in 1925 and were still in office.
The 1926 election had the second woman elected to Calgary City Council in Edith Patterson, the first being Annie Gale in 1917.
A number of plebiscites were held, all requiring a two-thirds majority to pass.
The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for candidates being two years.[1][2]
Results
Mayor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | |
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| Civic Government Association | Frederick Ernest Osborne | 5,501 | 51.02% | 
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| Dominion Labor | Andrew Davison | 5,280 | 48.98% | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,781 | ||||
Council
Quota for election was 1,335.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Count | Elected | |
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| Dominion Labor | John Walker Russell | 2,200 | 20.62% | 1st |
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| Civic Government Association | Reuben Weldon Ward | 1,834 | 17.19% | 1st |
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| Civic Government Association | Peter Turner Bone | 1,375 | 12.89% | 1st |
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| Civic Government Association | Eneas Edward McCormick | 1,286 | 12.05% | 2nd |
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| Civic Government Association | Harold Wigmore McGill | 1,045 | 9.79% | 6th |
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| Civic Government Association | Frederick Charles Manning | 961 | 9.01% | 9th |
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| Dominion Labor | Edith Patterson | 767 | 7.19% | 8th |
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| Independent Labor | Andrew Graham Broatch | 605 | 5.67% | |||
| Dominion Labor | A. J. Boulter | 289 | 2.71% | |||
| Dominion Labor | J. E. Worsley | 254 | 2.38% | |||
| Independent Labor | B. Wallace | 55 | 0.52% | |||
| Total valid votes | 10,671 | |||||
Public School Board
Quota for election was 2,491.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Count | Elected | |
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| Dominion Labor | W. E. Turner | 2,797 | 28.08% | 1st |
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| Civic Government Association | J. T. Sutherland | 2,388 | 23.97% | 2nd |
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| Independent | Mrs. Norman Hindslay | 2,231 | 22.40% | 3rd |
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| Civic Government Association | D. S. Moffat | 1,828 | 18.35% | 3rd |
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| Independent | M. A. Wright | 718 | 7.21% | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,962 | |||||
Separate School Board
Quota for election was 202.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Count | Elected | |
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| Independent | F. N. Sandgathe | 308 | 50.91% | 1st |
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| Independent | Fred Kenny | 184 | 30.41% | 2nd |
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| Independent | T. L. Heney | 113 | 18.68% | |||
| Total valid votes | 605 | |||||
Plebiscites
Industries Assessment
City proposes to seek powers to grant reduced assessment from 50 to 25 per cent to new industries or extensions costing at least $25,000.
| Industries Assessment | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| For | X | X% |
| Against | X | X% |
Also See
References
- ^ "Fred. Osborne Choice of Electorate as Mayor; Five C. G. A. Aldermen, Two Labor". The Calgary Daily Herald. No. 4856. December 16, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Candidates, City Office". The Calgary Daily Herald. No. 4854. December 14, 1921. p. 9. Retrieved 4 March 2020.