The second of two 1896 municipal elections was held December 14, 1896. This was the first election to take place on the second Monday of December instead of the second Monday in January. The election was to elect the

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(consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one-year term), five trustees for the public school division and four trustees for the separate school division.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout figures for the December 1896 municipal election are no longer available.

Results

(bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicate incumbent)

Mayor

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was acclaimed as mayor.

Aldermen

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'' - 96 (incumbent mayor) * Daniel Fraser - 90 *

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Public school trustees

'' Thomas Bellamy'', '' John Cameron'', J Lauder, ''

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'', and

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were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

''N D Beck'', ''Sandy Larue'', ''Antonio Prince'', and ''Georges Roy'' were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections
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