The 1889
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
municipal election was scheduled for January 7, 1889 to elect a
Mayor and six Councillors to sit on the fifth
Calgary Town Council from January 21, 1889 to January 20, 1890.
Acclamation were declared in all seats upon close of nominations on December 31, 1888 so no election was held. The Calgary Weekly Herald praised the acclamation as evidence the town has reached a point where "''citizens can bring themselves to forget past differences and rise superior to those bitter factional prejudices which have prevailed in the past''" Prior to nominations for the election a group of local businessmen proposed a slate of candidates at a public meeting, and spread word that the candidates should not be challenged.
Results
Mayor
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Daniel Webster Marsh
Daniel Webster Marsh (August 15, 1838 – June 27, 1916) was a businessman and 4th mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was born in the United States, at Hudson, New Hampshire to Enoch Sawyer March and Margaret Whittier.
Marsh spent his youth ...
Councillors
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James Bannerman
James Bannerman (12 March 1790 – 18 March 1858) was a lieutenant and acting governor of the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) from 4 December 1850 to 14 October 1851.
Life
James Bannerman was born a native of the Gold Coast in 1790 to a Fanti mother a ...
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James Gerald Fitzgerald
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Archibald Grant
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George Clift King
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George Murdoch
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Wesley Fletcher Orr
See also
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List of Calgary municipal elections
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
Sources
*Frederick Hunter
THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY
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