1918 Edmonton municipal election

The 1918 municipal election was held December 9, 1918 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Matthew Esdale, James Kinney, Warren Prevey, and Orlando Bush were all elected to two-year terms in 1917 and were still in office. Charles Wilson was also elected to a two-year term in 1917, but resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Charles Grant was elected to a one-year term.

In this election the straight labour candidates were Farmilo, Findlay, White and Fielde, with Scott running as a labour candidate for school board. The candidates who appealed for the labour vote in 1918 included Wilson, Clarke, Farmilo, Martin, Joseph Duggan, Scott, Mackenzie, Findlay and White. McCoppen was also supported by many labour voters.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Henry Douglas, J A McPherson, Arthur Cushing, and E T Bishop had all been elected to two-year terms in 1917. On the eight member separate board, four of the positions were filled: M Kelly, F A French, Joseph Henri Picard, and H J Roche had been elected to two-year terms in 1917. To keep the terms properly staggered, one trustee - Paul Jenvrin - was elected to a one-year term.

Voter turnout

There were 9046 ballots cast out of 10825 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 83.5%.

Results

• bold or Y indicates elected
• italics indicate incumbent
• "SS", where data is available, indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Clarke	4,762	52.71%
	Independent	Charles Wilson	4,273	47.29%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Charles Hepburn	4,861
	Independent	Samuel McCoppen	4,090
	Independent	Henri Martin	4,029
	Independent	John McKenzie	3,825
	Independent	Andrew McLennan	3,599
	Independent	Charles Grant	3,530
	Independent	Abraham Cristall	3,324
	Independent	William Martin	3,277
	Labour	Alfred Farmilo	3,119
	Labour	William Spencer Fielde	2,615
	Labour	James Findlay	2,591
	Labour	J. E. White	2,466

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Joseph Duggan	5,153
	Independent	William Rea	4,588
	Independent	Frank Crang	3,286
	Labour	Frank Scott	2,217
	Independent	C. Frost	2,029

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Independent	Joseph Driscoll	563		Y
	Independent	Joseph Gariépy	464		Y
	Independent	Paul Jenvrin	423		Y
	Independent	G. W. Curtis	302
	Independent	J. J. Murray	203	SS	Y

Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Murray was elected over Curtis.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections