Edmonton municipal election, 1948

The 1948 municipal election was held November 3, 1948 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. There was no mayoral election, as Harry Ainlay was in the second year of a two-year term. There were no elections for school trustees, as candidates for both the public and private boards were acclaimed.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Armour Ford, Harold Tanner, James McCrie Douglas, Charles Gariepy, and George Gleave were all elected to two-year terms in 1947 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Mary Butterworth, George Brown, Stewart Graham, and William Morrow had been elected to two-year terms in 1947 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Weldon Bateman, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and Joseph Pilon were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 11665 ballots cast out of 80369 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 14.5%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Citizens' Committee	Sidney Parsons	7,533	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Frederick John Mitchell	7,514	Y
	Independent	Sidney Bowcott	6,313	Y
	Independent	Athelstan Bissett	6,189	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Richmond Francis Hanna	5,729	Y
	Citizens' Committee	W. E. Briggs	5,647
	Citizens' Committee	William Hawrelak	4,209
	Independent	Percy Gwynne	4,100
	Independent	Reta Rowan	2,422
	Independent	Julia Kiniski	1,783
	Independent	William Chmiliar	1,723
	Independent	Frederick Speed	928

Public school trustees

Harry Fowler, James MacDonald, and Robert Rae were acclaimed.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrian Crowe, Joseph O'Hara, and Francis Killeen were acclaimed.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections