1927 Calgary municipal election

The 1927 Calgary municipal election was held on December 14, 1927, to elect a Mayor and six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Along with positions on Calgary City Council, four trustees for the Public School Board and four questions were put before the voters.

Calgary City Council governed under "Initiative, Referendum and Recall" which is composed of a Mayor, Commissioner and twelve Aldermen all elected to staggered two year terms. Commissioner Arthur Garnet Graves and six Aldermen: Eneas Edward McCormick, Edith Patterson, Harold McGill, John Walker Russell, Reuben Weldon Ward, and Peter Turner Bone elected in 1926 continued in their positions.^[1]

Mayor Frederick Ernest Osborne was acclaimed on close of nominations on December 7, 1928.^[2]

Background

The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for candidates being two years.

Former Calgary Mayor John William Mitchell contested the Aldermanic election as an Independent, however he fell just short of returning to council.^[1]

Results

Council

Quota for election was 1,343.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Count	Elected
	Civic Government Association	Frank Roy Freeze	1,895	%	1st	Y
	Independent Labor	Robert H. Parkyn	1,569	%	1st	Y
	Civic Government Association	Frederick C. Manning	1,338	%	2nd	Y
	Civic Government Association	Thomas Alexander Hornibrook	1,262	%	2nd	Y
	Civic Government Association	Samuel Stanley Savage	866	%	9th	Y
	Labour	William Howell Arthur Thomas	668	%	10th	Y
	Independent	John William Mitchell	521	%
	Dominion Labor	James E. Worsley	447	%
	Dominion Labor	Mary A. Wright	375	%
	Dominion Labor	Andrew Graham Broatch	331	%
	Dominion Labor	William F. Dorward	125	%
Total valid votes			8,729

Public School Board

Candidate	Votes	count
O.H. Patrick	2,264	1st
Thomas B. Riley	1,842	1st
Amelia Turner	1,739	2nd
Fred E. Spooner	1,474	5th
R.J. Hutchings	1,335
George W. Walters	305

Separate school board

Candidate	Votes	Percent	count
P.G. Burgard	Acclaimed
John Burns	Acclaimed
A.J. McMillan	Acclaimed

Plebiscites

Storm sewer

Construction of storm sewers at a cost of $127,000. Approval requires two-thirds majority.

For - 3,003
Against - 1,774

Centre St. vote

Widening of Centre Street at a cost of $20,000. Approval requires two-thirds majority.

For - 3,126
Against - 1,586

Clinic vote

Continuation of the present clinic system. Approval requires two-thirds majority.

For - 6,357
Against - 2,252

School vote

For the erection of two new high schools at a cost of $500,000. Approval requires majority.

For - 2,568
Against - 2,078

References

^ ^a ^b "Six Candidates Endorsed by C.G.A. Returned; School Bylaw and Clinic Approved". Calgary Herald. No. 5161. December 15, 1927. p. 17. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
^ "Council Election and School Board Creates Interest". Calgary Herald. No. 5155. December 8, 1927. p. 9. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

Sources

"Counting Votes for Candidates for City Council". Calgary Herald. No. 5161. December 15, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

[CgyHld1927p17-1] "Six Candidates Endorsed by C.G.A. Returned; School Bylaw and Clinic Approved". Calgary Herald. No. 5161. December 15, 1927. p. 17. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

[2] "Council Election and School Board Creates Interest". Calgary Herald. No. 5155. December 8, 1927. p. 9. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

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