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{{short description|Election in Alberta, Canada}}
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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1918 Calgary municipal election
| election_name = 1918 Calgary municipal election
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| next_year = 1919
| election_date = {{start date|1918|12|09}}
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| image1 = [[file:RCMarshall.jpg|150x150px]]
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| color1 =
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| candidate1 = [[Robert Colin Marshall]]
| candidate1 = [[Robert Colin Marshall]]
| popular_vote1 = 3,428
| popular_vote1 = 3,428
| percentage1 = 51.46%
| percentage1 = 51.46%
| image2 = [[file:MCostello.jpg|150x150px]]
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| candidate2 = [[Michael Copps Costello]]
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The '''1918 [[Calgary]] municipal election''' was held on December 9, 1918 to a [[List of mayors of Calgary|Mayor]] and six Aldermen to sit on [[Calgary City Council]]. Additionally a Commissioner, three members for the [[Calgary Board of Education|Public School Board]] were elected.
The '''1918 [[Calgary]] municipal election''' was held on December 9, 1918 to a [[List of mayors of Calgary|Mayor]] and six Aldermen to sit on [[Calgary City Council]]. Additionally a Commissioner, three members for the [[Calgary Board of Education|Public School Board]] were elected.


There were twelve aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: [[Samuel Hunter Adams]], [[Andrew Graham Broatch]], [[Frank Roy Freeze]], [[Hannah Gale|Annie Gale]], and [[Albert Mahaffy]] were all elected to two-year terms in [[1917 Calgary municipal election|1917]] and were still in office. [[Robert Colin Marshall]] was elected as an Alderman in 1917 for a two year term, but resigned to run for mayor.
There were twelve aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: [[Samuel Hunter Adams]], [[Andrew Graham Broatch]], [[Frank Roy Freeze]], [[Hannah Gale|Annie Gale]], and [[Albert Mahaffy]] were all elected to two-year terms in [[1917 Calgary municipal election|1917]] and were still in office. [[Robert Colin Marshall]] was elected as an Alderman in 1917 for a two-year term, but resigned to run for mayor.


A number of [[Referendum|plebiscites]] were held, all requiring a majority to pass.
A number of [[Referendum|plebiscites]] were held, all requiring a majority to pass.


The election was held under the [[Single transferable vote|Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR)]] with the term for Alderman being two years and the Mayor being one year. The Alderman seat vacated by Marshall would be held by the 7th place finisher in the election for a period of one year.<ref name="CgyHldDec10Pg01">{{cite news |title=MARSHALL WINS OVER COSTELLO BY 194 MAJORITY |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171929 |accessdate=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4905 |date=December 10, 1918 |page=1}}</ref>
The election was held under the [[Single transferable vote|Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR)]] with the term for Alderman being two years and the Mayor being one year. The Alderman seat vacated by Marshall would be held by the 7th-place finisher in the election for a period of one year.<ref name="CgyHldDec10Pg01">{{cite news |title=MARSHALL WINS OVER COSTELLO BY 194 MAJORITY |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171929 |accessdate=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4905 |date=December 10, 1918 |page=1}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
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The [[Calgary Herald|Calgary Daily Herald]] would also set a "brilliant colored" flare above the Herald Building to announce the elected mayor, red should Marshall win and yellow should Costello be elected.
The [[Calgary Herald|Calgary Daily Herald]] would also set a "brilliant colored" flare above the Herald Building to announce the elected mayor, red should Marshall win and yellow should Costello be elected.


This would be the second municipal election held with the proportional vote system in Calgary, and there was an expectation there would be several invalid ballots due to electors marking preference with an "x" rather than numerically by preference. However, there would be far fewer spoiled ballots in the 1918 election then the [[1917 Calgary municipal election|1917 election]]. Following the election the editors of the Calgary Daily Herald would comment on "carelessness" in the preparation of voters' lists which left many people without the ability to vote, stating "An inaccurate voters' list is almost worse than none at all".<ref name="CgyHldDec09Pg01">{{cite news |title=Red Flare---Marshall Wins Yellow Flare---Costello Wins |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171913 |accessdate=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4904 |date=December 9, 1918 |page=1}}</ref><ref name="CgyHldDec10Pg01"></ref><ref name="CgyHldDec11Pg06">{{cite news |title=VOTERS' LIST ERRORS |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171953 |accessdate=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4906 |date=December 11, 1918 |page=6}}</ref>
This would be the second municipal election held with the proportional vote system in Calgary, and there was an expectation there would be several invalid ballots due to electors marking preference with an "x" rather than numerically by preference. However, there would be far fewer spoiled ballots in the 1918 election then the [[1917 Calgary municipal election|1917 election]]. Following the election the editors of the Calgary Daily Herald would comment on "carelessness" in the preparation of voters' lists which left many people without the ability to vote, stating "An inaccurate voters' list is almost worse than none at all".<ref name="CgyHldDec10Pg01" /><ref name="CgyHldDec09Pg01">{{cite news |title=Red Flare---Marshall Wins Yellow Flare---Costello Wins |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171913 |accessdate=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4904 |date=December 9, 1918 |page=1}}</ref><ref name="CgyHldDec11Pg06">{{cite news |title=VOTERS' LIST ERRORS |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171953 |accessdate=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4906 |date=December 11, 1918 |page=6}}</ref>

==Results==
==Results==
===Mayor===
===Mayor===
{{Template:Calgary municipal election, 1918/Position/Mayor}}
{{Canadian election result/top|Calgary municipal|1918|List of mayors of Calgary|Mayor|percent=yes|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Robert Colin Marshall]]|3,428|51.46%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Michael Copps Costello]]|3,234|48.54%|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|6,662|-}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=<ref name="The Calgary Daily Herald">{{cite news |title=MARSHALL WINS OVER COSTELLO BY 194 MAJORITY |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171929 |access-date=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4905 |date=December 10, 1918 |page=1}}</ref>}}
{{end}}

===Council===
===Council===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
{{Template:Calgary municipal election, 1918/Position/Councillor}}
!colspan="8"| 1918 Calgary municipal election: [[Calgary City Council|Council]]
|-
! colspan="2"| Party
! Candidate
! 1st Preference
! %
! Count
! Term Length
! Elected
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[David Ernest Black]]|1,542|23.99%|1st|2 years|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Jack McCoubrey]]|844|13.13%|1st|2 years|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Fred J. White]]|651|10.13%|8th|2 years|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Issac G. Ruttle]]|496|7.72%|13th|1 years|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Frederick Arthur Johnston]]|476|7.41%|7th|2 years|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Frederick Ernest Osborne]]|455|7.08%|12th|2 years|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Alexander McTaggart]]|424|6.60%|13th|2 years|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Dr. Leslie Wright]]|354|5.51%|}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[R. Jeff Lydiatt]]|307|4.78%|}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[T. McLaughlin]]|260|4.05%|}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Wm. Groves]]|244|3.80%|}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[Ed Geehan]]|222|3.45%|}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|James Pettigrew|77|1.20%|}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[J. W. McDonald]]|75|1.17%|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|8,427|-|-}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=<ref name="The Calgary Daily Herald">{{cite news |title=MARSHALL WINS OVER COSTELLO BY 194 MAJORITY |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171929 |access-date=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4905 |date=December 10, 1918 |page=1}}</ref> The election was held under the [[Single transferable vote|Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR)]].<br />Totals above are first preference votes.<br/>The quota necessary to be elected was 804.}}
|}

===Commissioner===
===Commissioner===
{{Template:Calgary municipal election, 1918/Position/Commissioner}}
{{Canadian election result/top|Calgary municipal|1918|List of commissioners of Calgary|Commissioner|percent=yes|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[A. J. Samis]]|4,630|70.85%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|AB|-|[[A. W. E. Fawkes]]|1,905|29.15%|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|6,535|-}}
{{CANelec/source|hide=<ref>{{cite news |title=Vote for Mayor and Commissioner in Detail |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171943 |access-date=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4905 |date=December 10, 1918 |page=15}}</ref>}}
{{end}}

===Public School Board===
===Public School Board===
Quota necessary for election was 1,512.<ref name="CgyHldDec10Pg01"></ref>
Quota necessary for election was 1,512.<ref name="CgyHldDec10Pg01" />
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Party
! colspan="2"| Party
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{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|X|-}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|X|-}}
|}
|}

===Hospital Board===
===Hospital Board===
The quota was 544 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election for Hospital Baord is Determined After Lengthy Count |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171947 |accessdate=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4906 |date=December 11, 1918 |page=1}}</ref>
The quota was 544 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election for Hospital Board is Determined After Lengthy Count |url=https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll2/id/171947 |accessdate=March 19, 2020 |work=The Calgary Daily Herald |issue=4906 |date=December 11, 1918 |page=1}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Party
! colspan="2"| Party
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|}
|}


==Also See==
==See also==
*[[List of Calgary municipal elections]]
*[[List of Calgary municipal elections]]

==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}
{{reflist|1}}

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==Sources==
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*Frederick Hunter: [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~database/history/THE%20MAYORS%20AND%20COUNCILS%20OF%20THE%20CORPORATION%20OF%20CALGARY.htm THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200303003535/http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~database/history/THE%20MAYORS%20AND%20COUNCILS%20OF%20THE%20CORPORATION%20OF%20CALGARY.htm Archived March 3, 2020]

{{Calgary elections}}

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[[Category:1918 elections in Canada]]
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[[Category:1910s in Calgary]]
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==Sources==
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*Frederick Hunter: [http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~database/history/THE%20MAYORS%20AND%20COUNCILS%20OF%20THE%20CORPORATION%20OF%20CALGARY.htm THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY] [https://web.archive.org/web/20200303003535/http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~database/history/THE%20MAYORS%20AND%20COUNCILS%20OF%20THE%20CORPORATION%20OF%20CALGARY.htm Archived March 3, 2020]

Latest revision as of 14:03, 15 October 2024

1918 Calgary municipal election
← 1917 December 9, 1918 (1918-12-09) 1919 →
 
Candidate Robert Colin Marshall Michael Copps Costello
Popular vote 3,428 3,234
Percentage 51.46% 48.54%
Mayor before election

Michael Copps Costello

 Elected mayor

Robert Colin Marshall

The 1918 Calgary municipal election was held on December 9, 1918 to a Mayor and six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Additionally a Commissioner, three members for the Public School Board were elected.

There were twelve aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Samuel Hunter Adams, Andrew Graham Broatch, Frank Roy Freeze, Annie Gale, and Albert Mahaffy were all elected to two-year terms in 1917 and were still in office. Robert Colin Marshall was elected as an Alderman in 1917 for a two-year term, but resigned to run for mayor.

A number of plebiscites were held, all requiring a majority to pass.

The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for Alderman being two years and the Mayor being one year. The Alderman seat vacated by Marshall would be held by the 7th-place finisher in the election for a period of one year.[1]

Background

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The election would take place during the 1918 influenza pandemic which was first reported in Calgary two months before the election on October 3, 1918 by 15 soldiers returning to Canada from the First World War. By November 30, 1918, the pandemic had effected almost every Alberta community with more than 26,000 cases.[2]

The Calgary Daily Herald would also set a "brilliant colored" flare above the Herald Building to announce the elected mayor, red should Marshall win and yellow should Costello be elected.

This would be the second municipal election held with the proportional vote system in Calgary, and there was an expectation there would be several invalid ballots due to electors marking preference with an "x" rather than numerically by preference. However, there would be far fewer spoiled ballots in the 1918 election then the 1917 election. Following the election the editors of the Calgary Daily Herald would comment on "carelessness" in the preparation of voters' lists which left many people without the ability to vote, stating "An inaccurate voters' list is almost worse than none at all".[1][3][4]

Results

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Mayor

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1918 Calgary municipal election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
- Robert Colin Marshall 3,428 51.46% Green tickY
- Michael Copps Costello 3,234 48.54%
Total valid votes 6,662 -
Source(s)
[5]

Council

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1918 Calgary municipal election: Council
Party Candidate 1st Preference % Count Term Length Elected
- David Ernest Black 1,542 23.99% 1st 2 years Green tickY
- Jack McCoubrey 844 13.13% 1st 2 years Green tickY
- Fred J. White 651 10.13% 8th 2 years Green tickY
- Issac G. Ruttle 496 7.72% 13th 1 years Green tickY
- Frederick Arthur Johnston 476 7.41% 7th 2 years Green tickY
- Frederick Ernest Osborne 455 7.08% 12th 2 years Green tickY
- Alexander McTaggart 424 6.60% 13th 2 years Green tickY
- Dr. Leslie Wright 354 5.51%
- R. Jeff Lydiatt 307 4.78%
- T. McLaughlin 260 4.05%
- Wm. Groves 244 3.80%
- Ed Geehan 222 3.45%
- James Pettigrew 77 1.20%
- J. W. McDonald 75 1.17%
Total valid votes 8,427 - -
Source(s)
[5] The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR).
Totals above are first preference votes.
The quota necessary to be elected was 804.

Commissioner

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1918 Calgary municipal election: Commissioner
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
- A. J. Samis 4,630 70.85% Green tickY
- A. W. E. Fawkes 1,905 29.15%
Total valid votes 6,535 -
Source(s)
[6]

Public School Board

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Quota necessary for election was 1,512.[1]

Party Candidate 1st Preference % Count Elected
- Herbert Arthur Sinnott 1,467 X% 2nd Green tickY
- G. S. Corse 1,047 X% 2nd Green tickY
- L. L. Johnson 953 X% X Green tickY
- Melvin M. Downey 787 X%
- T. Humphries X X%
- D. J. Young X X%
- Robert H. Parkyn X X%
- Walter Smitten X X%
Total valid votes X -

Hospital Board

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The quota was 544 votes.[7]

Party Candidate 1st Preference % Count Elected
- C. F. Adams 930 24.95% 1st Green tickY
- S. S. Savage 528 14.17% 2nd Green tickY
- D. Ormond 313 8.40% 7th Green tickY
- Mrs. F. A. Davis 413 11.08% 7th Green tickY
- H. T. Whittemore 334 8.96% 9th Green tickY
- D. D. Davidson 248 6.65% 9th Green tickY
- G. T. C. Robinson 313 8.40%
- J. R. Harris 248 6.65%
- John Harrison 169 4.53%
- W. C. McPhee 133 3.57%
- James Petrie 98 2.63%
Total valid votes 3,727 - -

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "MARSHALL WINS OVER COSTELLO BY 194 MAJORITY". The Calgary Daily Herald. No. 4905. December 10, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Zurowski, Monica (March 13, 2020). "In 1918, Spanish flu pulled into Calgary on a train. Here's how the city coped". Calgary Herald. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "Red Flare---Marshall Wins Yellow Flare---Costello Wins". The Calgary Daily Herald. No. 4904. December 9, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "VOTERS' LIST ERRORS". The Calgary Daily Herald. No. 4906. December 11, 1918. p. 6. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "MARSHALL WINS OVER COSTELLO BY 194 MAJORITY". The Calgary Daily Herald. No. 4905. December 10, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "Vote for Mayor and Commissioner in Detail". The Calgary Daily Herald. No. 4905. December 10, 1918. p. 15. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  7. ^ "Election for Hospital Board is Determined After Lengthy Count". The Calgary Daily Herald. No. 4906. December 11, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

Sources

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