Edmonton municipal election, 1929

The 1929 municipal election was held December 9, 1929 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, A J Ryan, and J Tansey were acclaimed to the separate school board). In the election's only plebiscite, voters didn't endorse the extension of the half day Wednesday shopping holiday by the required two thirds majority.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Alfred Farmilo, James Findlay, Charles Gibbs, and Frederick Keillor were all elected to two year terms in 1928 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: S. A. G. Barnes, Thyrza Bishop, and Frederick Casselman had all been elected to two year terms in 1928 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W B Trainor were continuing.

Voter Turnout

There were 18549 ballots cast out of 40993 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 45.2%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, "italics" indicate incumbent)

Mayor

eparate (Catholic) School Trustees

"Charles Gariepy", "Thomas Magee", A J Ryan, and "J Tansey" were acclaimed to the separate school board.

Wednesday Holiday Plebiscite

In favour of having Wednesday half-holiday extended to cover all the year except the month of December?

*Yes - 1097
*No - 654

References

[http://www.edmonton.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_265_210_0_43/http%3B/CMSServer/COEWeb/city+government/municipal+elections/past+results/1892+-+1944.htm Edmonton election results (City of Edmonton website)]