The 1897 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for December 13, 1897 to elect a Mayor and nine Councillors to sit on the fourteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1898 to January 3, 1899. Arthur Leslie Cameron was acclaimed as mayor.[1]
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Results
editMayor
edit- Arthur Leslie Cameron — Acclaimed
Councillors
editWard 1
edit| 1897 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 1 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| - | William Hugh Kinnisten | 78 | 30.23% | 
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| - | Alexander McBride | 67 | 25.97% |
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| - | Silas Alexander Ramsay | 67 | 25.97% |
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| - | William Pitman | 46 | 17.83% | |||||
Source(s)
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. | ||||||||
Ward 2
edit| 1897 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 2 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| - | Thomas O'Brien | 106 | 32.52% |
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| - | James Stuart Mackie | 77 | 23.62% |
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| - | Robert John Hutchings | 77 | 23.62% |
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| - | William Henry Cushing | 66 | 20.25% | |||||
Source(s)
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. | ||||||||
Ward 3
edit| 1897 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 3 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| - | Thomas Underwood | 34 | 36.56% |
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| - | Walter Jarrett | 26 | 27.96% |
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| - | Adam Robson McTavish | 25 | 26.88% |
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| - | Thomas O'Brien | 8 | 8.60% | |||||
Source(s)
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. | ||||||||
School Trustee
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | |
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| Independent | McKenzie | 144 | 40.22% |
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| Independent | Parslow | 114 | 31.84% |
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| Independent | McNeill | 100 | 27.93% | ||
| Total valid votes | 358 | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
Sources
edit- Frederick Hunter: THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY Archived March 3, 2020