1895 Calgary municipal election

1895 Calgary municipal election

December 9, 1895 (1895-12-09)

Candidate Alexander McBride

Mayor before election Wesley Fletcher Orr Elected mayor Alexander McBride

The 1895 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for December 9, 1895 to elect a Mayor and nine Councillors to sit on the twelfth Calgary City Council from January 6, 1896 to January 4, 1897.

Background

Voting rights were provided to any male, single woman, or widowed British subject over twenty-one years of age who are assessed on the last revised assessment roll with a minimum property value of $200.

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.

Results

Mayor

• Alexander McBride

Councillors

Ward 1

• James Alexander McKenzie
• William Mahon Parslow
• Silas Alexander Ramsay

Ward 2

• John Creighton
• James Stuart Mackie
• Henry Brown

Ward 3

• William Henry Cushing
• Adam Robson McTavish
• Walter Jarrett

See also

• List of Calgary municipal elections

Sources

• Frederick Hunter: THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY Archived March 3, 2020