The 1914 municipal election was held December 14, 1914 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Joseph Clarke,

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, J. A. Kinney, and Robert Douglas were all elected to two-year terms in

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and were still in office. Alexander Campbell had also been elected to a two-year term, but had resigned. Accordingly, the fifth-place finisher from the north side of the

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- W C Mcarthur - was elected to a one-year term to replace Campbell. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Walter Ramsey, Samuel Barnes, A E May, and J S Hill had been elected to two-year terms in 1913. The same was true of the separate board, where D J Gilmurray, J O'Neill,

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, and E P O'Donnell were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 10220 ballots cast out of 32246 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 31.4%.

Results

* bold indicates elected * ''italics'' indicate incumbent * South Side indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the

, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.

Mayor

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- 8021 * Joseph Adair - 1964

Aldermen

* James Ramsey - 7286 *Samuel Wallace Williamson - 5,905 *Robert Neville Frith - 5836 *

- 5814 *William Campbell McArthur - 5506 *'' Hugh Alfred Calder'' - 4871 (South Side) *Archibald Menzies McDonald - 3,166 *'' Joseph Driscoll'' - 2,546 *Alexander Clubb - 2,049 *

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- 1,908 *

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- 1,700 *Isidore Tremblay - 1,114 *John Hilton Treble - 844 *Tom Fraser Mayson - 470

Public school trustees

Charles Gibbs, ''J J McKenzie'', and William Rea were elected. Detailed information is no longer available.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

A H Esch,

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, and ''M J O'Farrell'' were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

References

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