1940 Edmonton municipal election

The 1940 municipal election was held November 13, 1940 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. Elections for school trustees were not held, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: George Campbell (SS), Edward Brown, and Dan Knott were all elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. Frederick Casselman and Douglas Grout (SS) had also been elected to two-year terms in 1939, but had resigned; accordingly, Charles Gariepy and Blair Paterson (SS) were elected to one-year terms.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: M Downey (SS), Bruce Smith, R L Sutherland, and Albert Ottewell (SS) had been elected to two-year terms in 1939 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Romeo Bouchard, Hugh Currie, Robert Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 14,523 ballots cast out of 56,225 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 25.8%.

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	%
	Citizens' Committee	John Wesley Fry	8,044	55.62%
	Independent	Douglas Grout	5,281	36.51%
	Independent	Lloyd Wood	1,138	7.87%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	8,790		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Sidney Bowcott	8,553		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Athelstan Bissett	8,294	SS	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Sidney Parsons	7,896		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Blair Paterson	7,571	SS	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Frederick John Mitchell	7,152		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Charles Gariepy	6,791		Y
	Independent	Joseph Clarke	4,746
	Civic Progressive Association	Walter Clevely	4,044
	Civic Progressive Association	Rice Sheppard	4,040	SS
	Civic Progressive Association	Guy Patterson	4,025
	Civic Progressive Association	E. C. Fisher	3,790
	Civic Progressive Association	Elisha East	3,743
	Civic Progressive Association	C. B. Willis	3,303
	Civic Progressive Association	A. A. Deacon	2,384
	Labour	William Miller	2,366
	Labour	W. H. O'Neill	2,069
	Independent	Peter Glassman	1,287
	Democrat	Ernest C. Holub	660

Public school trustees

Izena Ross, E M Gunderson, and W G McConachie were acclaimed.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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

References

• Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office