1928 Edmonton municipal election

The 1928 municipal election was held December 10, 1928 to elect a mayor and six 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 also six bylaws put to a citywide vote.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Ralph Bellamy, A C Sloane, James East, and L S C Dineen were all elected to two-year terms in 1927 and were still in office. John C. Bowen had also been elected to a two-year term, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Accordingly, Rice Sheppard (SS) was elected to a one-year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Frank Crang (SS), Arthur Cushing, Albert Ottewell (SS), and Elmer Roper had all been elected to two-year terms in 1927 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Crossland (SS), Charles Gariepy, Thomas Magee, and B J Tansey (SS) were continuing.

This election marked Edmonton's return to the first past the post electoral system after four elections of using single transferable vote.

Voter turnout

There were 14,971 ballots cast out of 37,915 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 39.4%.

Results

• bold or Y 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	%
	Independent	Ambrose Bury	8,970	59.92%
	Independent	John C. Bowen	6,001	40.08%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Labour	Charles Gibbs	7,841		Y
	Civic Government Association	Frederick Keillor	6,881	SS	Y
	Labour	Alfred Farmilo	6,294		Y
	Labour	James Findlay	6,273		Y
	Independent	Rice Sheppard	6,262	SS	Y
	Civic Government Association	James Collisson	6,255		Y
	Civic Government Association	George Hazlett	6,107
	Civic Government Association	Herbert Baker	5,978
	Civic Government Association	George Wilkinson	4,908
	Labour	James Herlihy	4,561
	Independent	G. V. Pelton	4,417
	Labour	J. A. Thompson	4,623
	Independent	Joseph Clarke	4,130
	Independent	Charles Robson	4,026

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Labour	Samuel Barnes	7,022	Y
	Civic Government Association	Thyrza Bishop	6,300	Y
	Civic Government Association	Frederick Casselman	5,641	Y
	Civic Government Association	R. Colwill	5,340
	Labour	E. E. Owen	5,300
	Labour	Mrs. D. T. Bell	5,267
	Independent	S. T. Lawrie	2,469

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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

Money Bylaws

• Money items required a minimum two-thirds "Yes" majority to approve the expenditure

$86,525 for paving

• Yes - 4,305
• No - 824

$50,000 for gravelling

• Yes - 4,288
• No - 802

$23,860 for airport improvements

• Yes - 3,065
• No - 1,692

$292,688 for a hospital

• Yes - 4,362
• No - 998

$50,000 for a firehall

• Yes - 3,735
• No - 1,169

$100,000 for fire equipment

• Yes - 4,044
• No - 935

References

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