1906 Calgary municipal election

1906 Calgary municipal election
December 10, 1906
Mayor before election; John Emerson;	Elected mayor ; Arthur Leslie Cameron;

The 1906 Calgary municipal election was held on December 10, 1906 to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-third Calgary City Council from January 14, 1907 to January 2, 1908.^[1]

Arthur Leslie Cameron was elected Mayor of Calgary for the second time, his first occurring in the 1897 Calgary municipal election.

Background

The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors with a voter's designated ward.

The requirements for a candidate to be eligible to run for the office of Mayor or Aldermen included being a male or female over the age of 21. Property ownership requirements included owning real property with an assessed value of $200, or tenants of real property with a value of $400, or income in the amount of $400.^[2]

All Aldermen candidates for Ward 3 and Ward 4 were acclaimed upon the close of nomination on December 3, 1906.^[3]

Richard Addison Brocklebank was convinced to run as a candidate for Mayor in November prior to the election, he did so with the backing of Labour on the condition he would run as an independent.^[4] In order to be eligible as a candidate for the Mayoral election, Brocklebank resigned from the License Commission a day prior to the election.^[2]

Results

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Arthur Leslie Cameron	821	56.39%
Richard Addison Brocklebank	338	23.21%
Robert James Stuart	297	20.40%

Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Alfred Moodie	259
Silas Alexander Ramsay	190
Robert Suitor	177
James Abel Hornby	163
William Pittman	136
Adoniram Judson Samis	120
Henry Haskins	57

Ward 2

Candidate	Votes	Percent
William Henry Manarey	352
Harry William White	302
George Thomas Young	238
William George Hunt	186

Ward 3

Candidate	Votes	Percent
John William Mitchell	Acclaimed
Simon John Clarke	Acclaimed
Arthur Garnet Graves	Acclaimed

Ward 4

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Charles McMillan	Acclaimed
John Goodwin Watson	Acclaimed
Clifford Bernard Reilly	Acclaimed

Public School Board Trustees

Candidate	Votes	Percent
Thomas Underwood	616
A. McTavish	581
James Short	580
R.J. Hutchings	191

Separate School Board Trustees

J.J. Chamberlain
J.R. Miquelon

References

↑ "Cameron Is Chosen by the Citizens FOR MAYOR". Calgary Herald. No. 6749 - EXTRA. December 10, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
1 2 "Labor Candidate Still in the Field". Calgary Herald. No. 6749. December 10, 1906. p. 7. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
↑ "Calgary Nominates Candidates". Calgary Herald. No. 6743. December 3, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
↑ Bright, David (1998). The limits of labour : Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929. Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7748-5236-4.

[1] "Cameron Is Chosen by the Citizens FOR MAYOR". Calgary Herald. No. 6749 - EXTRA. December 10, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

[CgyHld19061210-2] 1 2 "Labor Candidate Still in the Field". Calgary Herald. No. 6749. December 10, 1906. p. 7. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

[3] "Calgary Nominates Candidates". Calgary Herald. No. 6743. December 3, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

[4] Bright, David (1998). The limits of labour : Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929. Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7748-5236-4.

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