1895 Edmonton municipal election

The 1895 Edmonton municipal election was held on January 14, 1895 in Edmonton, Alberta to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one-year term) and four trustees for each of the public and separate school divisions. This was the first election in Edmonton history in which there was a contested race for mayor, and also the first during which school trustee elections were held concurrently with those for town council.^[1]

Wilson, the successful mayoral candidate, was an opponent of Matthew McCauley and although he won against McDougall (McDougall was put up as a last-minute candidate by council members who supported McCauley, even though they expected Wilson to win), the majority of the elected town council were McCauley supporters.^[2]

Voter turnout

Voter turnout figures for the 1895 municipal election are no longer available.^[1]

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
Herbert Charles Wilson	129	58.64%
John Alexander McDougall	91	41.36%

Aldermen

Candidate	Votes
William S. Edmiston	175
John Kelly	120
Colin Strang	119
John Cameron	114
Thomas Bellamy	111
Joseph Henri Picard	110
Charles Sutter	108
George Hutton	105
A. D. Osborne	68

Public school trustees

Candidate	Votes
Matthew McCauley	103
John Cameron	99
Thomas Bellamy	93
James Lauder	87
George Sanderson	82
John Alexander McDougall	79
Henry Goodridge	73

St. Joachim Separate School District

Candidate	Votes
N. D. Beck	Acclaimed
J. G. Fairbanks	Acclaimed
John Kelly	Acclaimed
Sandy Larue	Acclaimed

References

^ ^a ^b "Elections Results (1892 to 1944) - City of Edmonton" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 4. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ John P. Day; John F. Day (February 1978). "EDMONTON CIVIC POLITICS 1891-1914". Urban History Review. 6 (3). University of Toronto Press: 42–68. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[Ed-1] "Elections Results (1892 to 1944) - City of Edmonton" (PDF). City of Edmonton. p. 4. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

[2] John P. Day; John F. Day (February 1978). "EDMONTON CIVIC POLITICS 1891-1914". Urban History Review. 6 (3). University of Toronto Press: 42–68. Retrieved January 21, 2022.

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