The first of two 1896 municipal elections was held January 13, 1896 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 January 1896 municipal election are no longer available.

Results

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

Mayor

Herbert Charles Wilson Herbert Charles Wilson (December 7, 1859 – December 17, 1909) was a Canadian politician and physician. He served as mayor of the Town of Edmonton and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the North-West Territories. Wilson was born in 1859 i ...

'' was acclaimed for a second term.

Aldermen

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- 144 * '' William S. Edmiston'' - 142 * ''

Thomas Bellamy Thomas Bellamy (June 6, 1853 – October 11, 1926) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. Bellamy was born at Canada West, which would later be the province of Ontario. The son of an English immigrant, he ent ...

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Isaac Cowie Isaac Cowie (November 18, 1848 – May 18, 1917) was a Scottish-born Canadian pioneer, fur trader, and politician. He served on the town council of Edmonton. Biography Cowie was born in Lerwick, Shetland on November 18, 1848. He spent two y ...

- 127 * Charles Sutter - 116 * ''

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Joseph Henri Picard Joseph Henri Picard (February 18, 1857 – May 23, 1934) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. Picard was born in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec on February 18, 1857. He apprenticed as a carpenter before coming ...

'' - 98 * '' Colin Strang'' - 75

Public school trustees

'', '' John Cameron'', J McBride, ''

'', and ''Frank Oliver'' 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edmonton Municipal Election, January 1896 1896-01 1896 elections in Canada 1896 in Alberta January 1896 events