Edmonton municipal election, 1938

The 1938 municipal election was held November 9, 1938 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board (Adrien Crowe, James O'Hara, and J O Pilon were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board). Voters also rejected two proposals to borrow money from other levels of government for the construction of new housing.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Edward Brown, Frederick Casselman, Douglas Grout, George Campbell, and Dan Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1937 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell, Walter Morrish, Sidney Bowcott, and Bruce Smith had been elected to two-year terms in 1937 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate school board, where Hugh Currie, Charles Gariepy, William Wilde, and John Welihan were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 23599 ballots cast out of 53848 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 43.8%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Citizens' Committee	Hugh MacDonald	13,424	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Mack McColl	10,695	Y
	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	11,893	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Sidney Parsons	11,354	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Blair Paterson	11,231	Y
	Canadian Labour Party/ Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Harry Ainlay	9,876
	Progressive	Margaret Crang	8,664
	Canadian Labour Party/ Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	James Findlay	8,561
	Canadian Labour Party/ Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	William Miller	6,387
	Progressive	Elisha East	6,000
	Independent	Sidney Bowcott	5,083
	Independent	M. M. Downey	2,619
	Independent	Raymond C. Ghostley	2,065

*Progressive candidates Margaret Crang and Elisha East represented a "united front" of the Communist Party, the Social Credit movement and other leftist reformers.^[1]

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Citizens' Committee	Izena Ross	11,716	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Armour Ford	11,189	Y
	Citizens' Committee	W. G. McConachie	10,520	Y
	Progressive	Frank Crang	8,171
	Canadian Labour Party/ Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	W. H. Thornton	6,264
	Progressive	Mary Ann Gilchrist	5,141
	Canadian Labour Party/ Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	A. Richardson	3,559

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe, James O'Hara, and J O Pilon were acclaimed.

Plebiscites

Low Income Housing

Are you in favour of the city borrowing from the Dominion or Provincial governments, to construct low cost dwelling houses in Edmonton, for rental purposes only, a sum not exceeding $250, 000, repayable in from 20 to 35 years, with interest not exceeding two per cent per annum?

• Yes - 2687
• No - 3593

Regular Housing

Are you in favour of the city borrowing from the Dominion or Provincial governments, for the purpose of loaning to individuals to construct dwelling houses in Edmonton, a sum not exceeding $250,000, repayable in from 20 to 35 years at a rate of interest not exceeding five percent per annum?

• Yes - 2,430
• No - 3,578

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections

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