1932 Edmonton municipal election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates The 1932 municipal election was held November 9, 1932 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board, while three trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Rice Sheppard (SS), Harry Ainlay (SS), James Findlay, Herbert Baker, and Arthur Gainer were all elected to two-year terms in 1931 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell (SS), Frank Crang (SS), L. Y. Cairns, and Arthur Cushing had all been elected to two-year terms in 1931 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, T Malone, Thomas Magee, and J Tansey (SS) were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22,538 ballots cast out of 43,523 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 51.7%.

Results

• bold or Green tickY indicates elected
• italics indicate incumbent
• "SS", where data is available, indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected	United Citizens of Edmonton	John Wesley Fry	10,287	Green tickY	United Citizens of Edmonton	James Ogilvie	10,052	Green tickY	United Citizens of Edmonton	John McCreath	9,119	Green tickY	United Citizens of Edmonton	John Savage	8,318	United Citizens of Edmonton	I. W. I. McEchern	7,799

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected	United Citizens of Edmonton	Mrs. E G Ferris	11,941	Green tickY	United Citizens of Edmonton	Frederick Casselman	10,329	Green tickY	United Citizens of Edmonton	W. G. Walford	7,719

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrien Crowe (SS), J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.

References

• Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office