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The 1905 Calgary municipal election was held on December 11, 1905 to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-second Calgary City Council from January 2, 1906 to January 14, 1907.[1]

Nominations closed on December 4, 1905 with incumbent Mayor John Emerson and Aldermen John Rawlings Thompson nominated for Mayor.[2]

Background

The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors with a voter's designated ward.

Results

Mayor

Candidate Votes Percent
John Emerson 724 57.64%
John Rawlings Thompson 532 42.36%

Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate Votes Percent
Silas Alexander Ramsay 258
William Pittman 233
Charles McMillan 225
Henry Haskins 179

Ward 2

Candidate Votes Percent
George Thomas Young 314
John Smythe Hall 248
William George Hunt 235
J.S. Mackie 230

Ward 3

Candidate Votes Percent
John William Mitchell 215
Simon John Clarke 152
Arthur Garnet Graves 137
Richard Addison Brocklebank 124

Ward 4

Candidate Votes Percent
Robert James Stuart 223
David Carter 166
Clifford Teasdale Jones 130
E. D. Benson 127
Eneas McCormick 121
Arthur Hobbs 112

Public School Board

Nominations include:

  • C.F. Comer
  • James Walker
  • E.H. Crandell

Separate School Board

Nominations include:

  • Thomas McCaffrey
  • E.H. Rouleau
  • Rev. A. Lemarchand

By-elections

Ward 4 Alderman David Carter (1863—1906) died on July 1, 1906,[3] John Goodwin Watson was acclaimed as Alderman for Ward 4 on July 23, 1906. His nomination by the Fourth Ward Ratepayers' Association came after a strenuous meeting which almost led to violence.[4]

John Smythe Hall resigned as Alderman for Ward 2 effective November 30, 1906. No by-election was held.[5]

See also

References

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