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1937 Election
The following elections occurred in the year 1937. Asia * 1937 Philippine local elections * 1937 Iranian legislative election * 1937 Soviet Union legislative election India * 1937 Indian provincial elections * 1937 Madras Presidency legislative assembly election * 1937 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election * 1937 Sind legislative assembly election Europe * 1937 Irish general election and constitutional referendum * 1937 Romanian general election * 1937 Soviet Union legislative election * 1937 Dutch general election * 1937 Luxembourg general election * 1937 Norwegian local elections United Kingdom * 1937 Buckingham by-election * 1937 Cheltenham by-election * 1937 Glasgow Springburn by-election * 1937 Holland with Boston by-election * 1937 Islington North by-election United Kingdom local =English local= * 1937 Bermondsey Borough election * 1937 Southwark Borough election North America Canada * 1937 British Columbia general election * 1937 Edmonton municipal elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Philippine Local Elections
Local elections were held December 14, 1937 in the Philippines. All Philippine women were allowed to vote and elect among them into public offices. One of the famous examples is the election of Carmen Planas as Councilor of the City of Manila. See also * Commission on Elections * Politics of the Philippines * Philippine elections * President of the Philippines External links The Philippine Presidency ProjectOfficial website of the Commission on Elections {{Philippine local, barangay and Sangguiniang Kabataan elections 1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ... 1937 elections in the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Islington North By-election
The 1937 Islington North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 October 1937 for the British House of Commons constituency of Islington North in Islington, North London. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Albert Goodman, died on 22 August 1937, aged 57. He had held the seat since the 1931 general election. The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Leslie Haden-Guest, who won with a majority of 1,296 over the Conservative candidate, former MP Sir Wilfrid Sugden. Haden Guest represented the constituency until he stepped down at the 1950 general election. The constituency has been held by Labour ever since, save for a brief period in the 1980s when incumbent Labour MP Michael O'Halloran joined the breakaway Social Democratic Party. See also *Islington North (UK Parliament constituency) *Islington * 1958 Islington North by-election * 1969 Islington North by-election *List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Cleveland Mayoral Election
The Cleveland mayoral election of 1937 was held on November 2, 1937. The election resulted in the reelection of incumbent Republican candidate Harold Hitz Burton. General election References Mayoral elections in Cleveland Cleveland mayoral Cleveland November 1937 events in the United States 1930s in Cleveland {{Ohio-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Boston Mayoral Election
The Boston mayoral election of 1937 occurred on Tuesday, November 2, 1937. Boston School Committee member Maurice J. Tobin defeated five other candidates, including former mayors James Michael Curley and Malcolm Nichols. In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms. Thus, incumbent Frederick Mansfield was unable to run for re-election. The law would be changed in 1939, making this the last election where the incumbent mayor could not run for re-election. Tobin was inaugurated on Monday, January 3, 1938. Candidates *Carleton L. Brett, former Boston police officer *James Michael Curley, Governor of Massachusetts from 1935 to 1937, Mayor of Boston from 1914 to 1918, 1922 to 1926, 1930 to 1934, and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1914 * William J. Foley, District Attorney of Suffolk County since 1927 *Malcolm Nichols, Mayor of Boston from 1926 to 1930 *Alfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 New York State Election
The 1937 New York state election was held on November 2, 1937, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly. Besides, delegates for the New York State Constitutional Convention, to be held in 1938, were elected, and an amendment to the State Constitution which proposed the increase of the term in office of the members of the New York State Assembly to two years, and of the statewide elected state officers ( Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General) to four years, was accepted. History In 1937, there was only one state officer to be elected statewide for a standing office: a judge of the Court of Appeals, to succeed Irving Lehman, whose term would expire at the end of the year. Besides, 15 delegates-at-large for the constitutional convention were elected statewide, the remaining delegates were elected in the assembly districts. The Socialist met on September 19 and nominated Miss Marion L. Severn for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 United States Gubernatorial Elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held on 2 November 1937, in two states. Virginia holds its gubernatorial elections in odd numbered years, every 4 years, following the United States presidential election year. New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ... at this time held gubernatorial elections every 3 years, which it would abandon in 1949. This marks the Democrats’ largest gubernatorial extent in history, and the largest for any party. Results References November 1937 events {{US-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Yukon General Election
The 1937 Yukon general election was held on 27 August 1937 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council.Steven Smyth, ''The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999)''. Clairedge Press, 1999. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner. Members * Dawson - John MacDonald * Mayo - Ernest Corp * Whitehorse - George Wilson References 1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ... 1937 elections in Canada Election August 1937 events {{Canada-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Toronto Municipal Election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 6, 1937. Ralph Day was elected mayor defeating incumbent William D. Robbins. Toronto mayor William D. Robbins had been appointed to the office of mayor a year and half previously. He was opposed by the much younger Controller Ralph Day. Day won by a significant margin, beating Robbins in all but two wards. Also running were fringe candidates Carlo Lamberti, a music teacher, and veteran Robert Harding. ;Results :Ralph Day - 64,736 :William D. Robbins - 50,779 :Carlo Lamberti - 2,753 :Robert Harding - 2,124 Board of Control There was one opening on the Board of Control after Day chose to run for mayor. The race turned out to be a close contest between Alderman Douglas McNish and prominent communist Tim Buck with McNish winning by a few hundred votes. Further back was Alderman Robert Hood Saunders. ;Results :Frederick J. Conboy (incumbent) - 60,665 :William J. Wadsworth (incumbent) - 53,766 : Fred Hamilton (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Ottawa Municipal Election
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 6, 1937. Mayor of Ottawa Ottawa Board of Control (4 elected) * The city clerk cast the deciding vote for McRae. Ottawa City Council The Ottawa City Council (french: Conseil municipal d'Ottawa) is the governing body of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is composed of 24 city councillors and the mayor. The mayor is elected at large, while each councillor represents war ... (2 elected from each ward) References *''Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 1937'' {{Ottawa elections Municipal elections in Ottawa 1937 elections in Canada 20th century in Ottawa 1937 in Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Ontario General Election
The 1937 Ontario general election was held on October 6, 1937, to elect the 90 Members of the 20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). It was the 20th general election held in the Province of Ontario. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Mitchell Hepburn, was re-elected for a second term in government, with a slightly reduced majority in the Legislature. The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Earl Rowe, was able to win six additional seats, and continued to form the official opposition. Meanwhile, the fledgling democratic socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) ran 37 candidates out of a possible 90, led by party president John Mitchell running in Waterloo South, who also campaigned throughout the province on the party's behalf. The election, however, resulted in a modest decline in popular vote and the loss of the party's sole MLA, Sam Lawrence in Hamilton East. Incumbent MLA Farquhar Oliver was the last remaining United Farmers of Ontario MLA and ran a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Nova Scotia General Election
The 1937 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1937 to elect members of the 41st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party. Results Results by party Retiring incumbents ;Liberal *Clarence W. Anderson, Guysborough * George R. Deveau, Richmond *Guy Murray Logan, Halifax Centre ;Progressive Conservative * Seth M. Bartling, Queens * William A. Flemming, Colchester * Weldon W. Patton, Cape Breton West Nominated candidates Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest Valley , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Annapolis , , , John D. McKenzie4,97757.35% , , James Eugene Morse3,70242.65% , , , , , John D. McKenzie , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , , Joseph William Comeau5,17958.19% , , Edward Brenett Pugh3,72141.81% , , , , , Joseph William Comeau , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hants , , , Alexander Stirling MacMillan5,59054.96% , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Edmonton Municipal Election
The 1937 municipal election was held November 10, 1937, to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and five trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board. Voters also decided three plebiscite questions. There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Hugh MacDonald, James Ogilvie, John McCreath, and Athelstan Bissett (representing the South Side) had been elected to two-year terms in 1936 Edmonton municipal election, 1936 and were still in office. John Wesley Fry had also been elected to a two-year term in 1936, but he resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Blair Paterson (SS), who polled sixth in this election, was elected to a one-year term to finish off his term. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but two of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross and Armour Ford had been elected to two-year terms in 1936 and were still in offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
