1897 Calgary municipal election
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December 13, 1897 (1897-12-13)
 
Candidate Arthur Leslie Cameron
Popular vote Acclaimed

Mayor before election

Wesley Fletcher Orr

Elected Mayor

Arthur Leslie Cameron

The 1897 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for December 13, 1897 to elect a Mayor and nine Councillors to sit on the fourteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1898 to January 3, 1899. Arthur Leslie Cameron was acclaimed as mayor.[1]

Results

Mayor

Councillors

Ward 1

1897 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 1
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
-William Hugh Kinnisten7830.23%Green tickY
-Alexander McBride6725.97%Green tickY
-Silas Alexander Ramsay6725.97%Green tickY
-William Pitman4617.83%
Source(s)

[2]

Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors.

Ward 2

1897 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 2
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
-Thomas O'Brien10632.52%Green tickY
-James Stuart Mackie7723.62%Green tickY
-Robert John Hutchings7723.62%Green tickY
-William Henry Cushing6620.25%
Source(s)

[3]

Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors.

Ward 3

1897 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 3
Party Candidate Votes%Elected
-Thomas Underwood3436.56%Green tickY
-Walter Jarrett2627.96%Green tickY
-Adam Robson McTavish2526.88%Green tickY
-Thomas O'Brien88.60%
Source(s)

[4]

Election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors.

School Trustee

PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
IndependentMcKenzie14440.22%Green tickY
IndependentParslow11431.84%Green tickY
IndependentMcNeill10027.93%
Total valid votes 358

See also

References

  1. "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  3. "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

Sources

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