1899 Edmonton municipal election
The 1899 municipal election was held December 11, 1899. It was the first municipal election in which only a portion of the aldermen were to be elected; in 1898, three of the six aldermen elected were elected to two-year terms in preparation for a system in which only half of the aldermen would be up for election each year. Kenneth McLeod, Alfred Jackson, and Kenneth W. MacKenzie were all only halfway through their two-year terms at the time of the election. However, MacKenzie resigned in order to become mayor, leaving council with four vacancies. Only three were filled by the election; council appointed Henry Goodridge to fill the fourth seat until the 1900 election.
Voter turnout
[edit]221 ballots were cast out of 613 eligible voters, for a turnout of 36.0%.
Results
[edit](bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor
[edit]Kenneth W. MacKenzie was acclaimed as mayor.
Aldermen
[edit]- Robert Lee - 156
- Colin Strang - 147
- Alfred Brown - 124
Information about defeated candidates for this election is no longer available.
Public school trustees
[edit]Matthew McCauley, William Short, Colin Strang, Alex Taylor, and Hedley C. Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
[edit]Nicolas Dubois Dominic Beck, Joseph Henri Picard, Antonio Prince, and Georges Roy were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.