The 1920 municipal election was held December 13, 1920, to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on

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and three trustees to sit on the public school board. J Cormack,

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and J J Murray were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In the election's only plebiscite, Edmontonians rejected a proposal to pay their aldermen for the second consecutive election. There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Percy Abbott, John Bowen,

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and

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were all elected to two-year terms in

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and were still in office. J. A. Kinney had also been elected to a two-year term in 1919, but had resigned. Accordingly, Samuel McCoppen was elected to a one-year term. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, J. W. H. Williams, J A McPherson, and Frank Scott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1919 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where

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, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Thomas Malone were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 14,710 ballots cast out of 26,903 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 54.6%.

Results

* bold indicates elected * ''italics'' indicate incumbent * South Side, 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

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, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.

Mayor

Aldermen

Public school trustees

Multiple non-transferable voting was used - each voter cast up to three votes.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Plebiscite

References

''Election History''
City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office {{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonton Municipal Election, 1920

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