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1919 Edmonton municipal election

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With the election of Labour candidates Clarke, Kinney, East and Sheppard plus the continuing alderman McCoppen, Labour held five of the 11 seats on council following this election. Mayor Joe Clarke had pro-labour leanings so was generally a sympathetic force in city hall proceedings.
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There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Joseph Duggan, Frank Crang, and William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1918 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where J J Murray,
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There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Charles Hepburn, Samuel McCoppen, Henri Martin, John McKenzie, and
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were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In the election's only plebiscite, Edmontonians rejected a proposal to pay their aldermen.
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The 1919 municipal election was held December 8, 1919 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on
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and four trustees to sit on the public school board. T P Malone, Paul Janvrin, T S Magee, and
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11213 voters cast ballots. There were 15378 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 72.9%.
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Are you in favour of paying each member of the Council the sum
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member shall not be greater than $ 1,000.00 during any year,
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attended $ 5.00. Provided that the total sum payable to any
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during his term of office, and for each Committee meeting so
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of $ 10.00 for each meeting of the Council attended by him
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Index

Edmonton City Council
Joseph Henri Picard
Andrew McLennan
1918
Joseph Driscoll
Joseph Gariépy
minimum South Side representation
Strathcona
North Saskatchewan River
Labour
Joseph Clarke
Citizens' Committee
Labour
James Kinney
Labour
James East
Labour
Rice Sheppard
Citizens' Committee
Percy Abbott
Citizens' Committee
John Bowen
Citizens' Committee
Labour
Labour
Citizens' Committee
Citizens' Committee
Independent
Independent
Joseph Adair

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