1912 Calgary municipal election|
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| Candidate |
Herbert Arthur Sinnott |
Richard Addison Brocklebank |
| Popular vote |
3,761 |
1,449 |
| Percentage |
72.19% |
27.81% |
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The 1912 Calgary municipal election was held on December 9, 1912 to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-eighth Calgary City Council from January 2, 1913 to January 2, 1914.[1] Nominations closed on December 4, 1912.[2]
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.
Incumbent Mayor John William Mitchell was predicted to contest the Ward 3 Alderman's office, but did not file nomination papers.[2] The Weekly Albertan called Mitchell the most popular Mayor in Calgary's history.[3]
The Morning Albertan claimed the city prepared an insufficient number of polling booths and election officials, which resulted in many voters being unable to cast their ballot.[4]
Results
- Election results from the Calgary Daily Herald[1] and Morning Albertan.[5]
Commissioner
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percent |
| Adoniram Judson Samis |
2,599 |
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| Charles Henry Minchin |
1,012 |
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| George M. Lang |
787 |
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| James Abel Hornby |
616 |
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Councillors
Ward 1
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percent |
| George Henry Ross |
842 |
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| Stanley Gordon Freeze |
802 |
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| Thomas Alfred Presswood Frost |
717 |
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| R.J. Frizzle |
468 |
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| Magnus Brown |
333 |
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| York Shaw |
309 |
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| J.M. Lowndes |
240 |
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| John McCoubrey |
192 |
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| M. McCannel |
181 |
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Ward 2
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percent |
| Shibley Goldsmith Carscallen |
1,014 |
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| Herbert Bealey Adshead |
940 |
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| William Ross Sr. |
906 |
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| Frank Russell Riley |
768 |
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| Alex Ross |
692 |
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| George E. Wood |
679 |
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| Alexander Clarence McDougall |
640 |
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| J. C. McFarlane |
539 |
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Ward 3
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percent |
| Stanley Brown Ramsey |
367 |
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| Douglas Ralph Crichton |
301 |
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| Samuel Allen Carson |
278 |
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| Thomas Hart |
183 |
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| Bert Fisher |
144 |
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School board trustee
| Candidate |
Votes |
Percent |
| James Short |
3,221 |
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| S.Y. Taylor |
2,731 |
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| John T. MacDonald |
2,703 |
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| A.C. Newcombe |
2,568 |
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| R.J. Hutchings |
2,375 |
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| F.W. Mapson |
2,153 |
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References
- 1 2 "Sinnott and Samis Sweep the City in Elections". Calgary Herald. December 10, 1912. p. 20. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- 1 2 "Nominating Day All Over the Big West". The Weekly Albertan. December 4, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ↑ "The Mayor Withdraws". The Weekly Albertan. December 4, 1912. p. 3. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ↑ "Lack of Accommodation at the Polls". Morning Albertan. December 10, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ↑ "City Ring Smashed, Sinnott and Samis Win; Good Aldermen are Elected". Morning Albertan. December 10, 1912. p. 1. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
