EDMONTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION, 1898

The 1898 municipal election was held December 12 1898. In previous elections, an entire town council had been elected at once for a one year term; 1898 marked the beginning of staggered aldermanic terms, such that half of the six aldermen would be elected each year to two year terms. The mayor continued to be elected annually.
Because in the previous election all six aldermen had been elected to a one year term, it was still necessary to elect six aldermen. However, in order to set up the staggered terms, three were to be elected to one year terms and three to two year terms.
In addition to the city council, five public school trustees and four private school trustees were elected.

Contents

Voter Turnout

Results

Mayor

Aldermen

Public School Trustees

Separate (Catholic) School Trustees

References

Voter Turnout

Voter turnout figures for the 1898 municipal election are no longer available.

Results

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

Mayor

'''William S. Edmiston''' defeated Cornelius Gallagher. Vote totals are no longer available.

Aldermen

'''Kenneth McLeod''', '''Alfred Jackson''', and 'Kenneth W. MacKenzie' were elected to two year terms. 'Alfred Brown', '''Joseph Henri Picard''', and 'Richard Secord' were elected to one year terms. Detailed results are no longer available.

Public School Trustees

'''Thomas Bellamy''', '''James Ross''', 'Colin Strang', 'Alex Taylor', and '''H C Taylor''' 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

Edmonton election results (City of Edmonton website)