The 1936 municipal election was held November 12, 1936 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. Voters also rejected a proposal to extend the mayor's term to two years. The election would normally have been held on November 11 (the rule at the time being that the municipal election would be held on the second Wednesday of November), but was delayed by a day owing to the Armistice Day holiday.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Margaret Crang (SS), Elisha East, Guy Patterson, Walter Clevely, and Charles Gould (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1935 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Walter Morrish, Frank Crang (SS), Albert Ottewell (SS), and Sidney Bowcott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1935 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, Thomas Malone, R D Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 29,300 ballots cast out of 50,670 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 57.8%.

Results

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes  %
  Civic Youth Association Joseph Clarke 12,992 44.72%
Citizens' CommitteeJames McCrie Douglas12,41742.74%
  United People's League Harry Dean Ainlay 3,403 11.71%
IndependentDick Foote1840.63%
IndependentFrederick Speed540.19%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeHugh MacDonald14,264Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeJohn Wesley Fry13,094Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeJames Ogilvie12,787Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeJohn McCreath12,054Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeAthelstan Bissett11,978SSGreen tickY
Social CreditRice Sheppard11,612SS
Social CreditDaniel Powers10,246
Social CreditW. P. Bullock9,549
IndependentGeorge O'Leary8,414
  Civic Youth Association Ernest Edward Howard 7,323
  United People's League James East 5,850
  United People's League James Findlay 5,134
IndependentDan Knott3,939
IndependentJoseph Adair3,474
  United People's League Herbert John Pallot 3,011
IndependentCharles Martin Keily727

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes Elected
Citizens' CommitteeFrederick Casselman14,301Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeIzena Ross13,974Green tickY
Citizens' CommitteeArmour Ford13,102Green tickY
Social CreditA. D. Bruce9,452
Social CreditMary Ann Gilchrist9,202
  United People's League A. Richardson 4,706
  United People's League Hugh Critchlow 2,858

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were acclaimed.

Mayoral Term Plebiscite

Are you in favour of the Mayor holding office for the term of two years?

  • Yes - 12,511
  • No - 15,320

References

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