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and James Macfie MacDonald were also elected to two-year terms in 1916, but both resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, the sixth most polular and seventh most popular candidates were elected to one year terms to finish off their termsāSamuel McCoppen and Henri Martin were elected to one-year terms.
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There was no
Business slate but at least two candidates had a relationship. Esdale published a list of women and men who endorsed his candidacy. The list included fellow candidate W.W. Prevey. As each voter could cast multiple votes, there was no direct competition between Esdale and Prevey.
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There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Duggan, C. Frost, and
William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1915. The same was true of the separate board, where
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Southside was guaranteed to elect two members and as only two southsiders - Orlando Bush and W.W. Prevey - were running, they were secured of victory. Their names were kept on the ballot anyway.
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Kinney and McCoppen belonged to the Labour slate put forward by the Labour
Representation League and were elected. The Labour slate was filled out by White, Field and Scott, all unsuccessful.
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and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. There were also two plebiscite questions asked.
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Hyman King announced that he would be running for an aldermanic seat but he withdrew his nomination before election day.
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The 1917 municipal election was held
December 10, 1917, to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on
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South Side indicates, where data is available, a representative for
Edmonton's South Side, with a
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There were 7895 ballots cast out of 11,271 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 70.0%.
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The five mayoral candidates were the most in
Edmonton's history up to that point.
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1057:Elections and plebiscites in Edmonton
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1010:Edmonton Bulletin, December 15, 1917
708:Separate (Catholic) school trustees
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106:minimum South Side representation
71:Councillors were elected through
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974:Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 10, 1917
956:Edmonton Bulletin, Nov. 24, 1917
947:Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 11, 1917
1623:Municipal elections in Edmonton
1001:Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 4, 1917
992:Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 4, 1917
965:Edmonton Bulletin, Dec. 7, 1917
860:value not exceeding 25 percent?
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114:North Saskatchewan River
242:James Macfie MacDonald
542:Public school trustees
73:Plurality block voting
16:1917 Canadian election
21:Edmonton City Council
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785:Joseph Henri Picard
828:Richard Crossland
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503:J. E. White
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452:(South Side)
446:Orlando Bush
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1590:Plebiscites
838:Plebiscites
824:Independent
809:H. J. Roche
803:Independent
777:Independent
755:Independent
731:Independent
692:Independent
676:Independent
639:Independent
615:Independent
591:Independent
565:Independent
519:S. Freeman
515:Independent
438:Independent
410:Independent
388:Independent
342:Independent
294:Independent
238:Independent
217:Independent
196:Independent
175:Independent
147:Independent
1617:Categories
1175:1912 (Dec)
1170:1912 (Feb)
1095:1896 (Dec)
1090:1896 (Jan)
935:References
718:Candidate
552:Candidate
281:Candidate
131:Candidate
110:Strathcona
471:T. Scott
922:Against
738:M. Kelly
268:Aldermen
928:38.64%
878:Against
872:46.12%
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208:10.39%
192:
187:23.62%
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99:italics
87:Results
925:2,239
916:61.36%
888:53.88%
869:1,552
847:Votes
721:Votes
715:Party
701:1,502
683:1,916
667:2,147
660:Labour
555:Votes
549:Party
532:Total
506:1,791
499:Labour
490:2,068
483:Labour
474:2,258
467:Labour
366:Labour
316:Labour
284:Votes
278:Party
258:Total
248:5.91%
229:9.98%
184:1,791
165:50.10%
134:Votes
128:Party
911:3,555
883:1,813
650:2,894
628:3,121
604:3,815
580:4,854
457:2,921
427:3,022
399:3,327
377:3,578
355:4,000
331:4,190
305:4,199
261:7583
160:3,799
121:Mayor
1602:1981
1597:1979
1581:2016
1576:2015
1571:1994
1566:1984
1561:1970
1556:1912
1551:1911
1546:1907
1530:2021
1525:2017
1520:2013
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1510:2007
1505:2004
1500:2001
1495:1998
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