The 1957 municipal election was held November 3, 1957 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on
Edmonton City Council
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and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Michael O'Byrne, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Joseph Moreau were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board). The electorate also decided seven plebiscite questions.
The election would normally have fallen on October 16 (the third Wednesday in October), but was delayed because of the
provincial plebiscite on October 30.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled:
Frederick John Mitchell
Frederick John Mitchell (December 4, 1893 – December 25, 1979) was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Early life
Fred Mitchell was born December 4, 1893, ...
,
Ethel Wilson, Laurette Douglas, Giffard Main, and Donald Bowen were all elected to two-year terms in
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
and were still in office.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: J. Percy Page, John Thorogood, and William Orobko were elected to two-year terms in 1956 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where
Vincent Dantzer
Vincent Martin Dantzer (2 October 1923 – 13 March 2001) was a Canadian lawyer, economist, and politician, a member of the House of Commons of Canada, and a mayor of Edmonton, Alberta.
Early life
Dantzer was born in Rush Lake, Saskatchewa ...
, John Bernard Kane, and Leo Lemieux were continuing.
Voter turnout
There were 49955 ballots cast out of 141532 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.3%.
Results
(bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicate incumbent)
Mayor
Aldermen
Public school trustees
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Plebiscites
Fluoridation of Water
Shall fluorides, for the prevention of tooth decay, be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?
*Yes - 30420
*No - 16626
Paving
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $965,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?
*Yes - 22182
*No - 5022
Parks
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $200,000.00 for the improvement of City parks and the commencement of work on unsubdivided park land, circles, buffer zones, ravine side boulevards and similar works?
*Yes - 20202
*No - 6479
Traffic Lights
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to purchase and install additional traffic lights at various locations within the City?
*Yes - 21048
*No - 5692
Library
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to construct and equip a branch of the Edmonton Public Library in a location within the City?
*Yes - 15287
*No - 10521
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 to provide necessary renovations to the existing portion of the Royal Alexandra Hospital and equipment for the Hospital?
*Yes - 21258
*No - 5657
Fire Hall
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $245,000.00 in order to build and provide equipment for a Fire Hall at 98th Street and 101A Avenue?
*Yes - 18418
*No - 7696
References
City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections
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1957
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...
1957 elections in Canada
1957 in Alberta