The 1934 municipal election was held November 14, 1934 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Margaret Crang (SS), Harry Ainlay (SS), Ralph Bellamy, and James Findlay were all elected to two-year terms in 1933 and were still in office. Rice Sheppard (SS) was also elected to a two-year term in 1933, but had resigned in order to run for mayor; accordingly, Athelstan Bissett (SS) was elected to a one-year term.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell (SS), Frank Crang (SS), Walter Morrish, and Sidney Bowcott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1933 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where Charles Gariepy, T Malone, Thomas Magee, and J Tansey (SS) were continuing.
Voter turnout
editThere were 27,683 ballots cast out of 45,589 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 60.7%.
Results
edit- bold or
indicates elected - italics indicate incumbent
- "SS", where data is available, indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.
Mayor
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent Labour | Joseph Clarke | 9,977 | 36.35% | |
| Civic Government Association | James Harwood Ogilvie | 9,575 | 34.89% | |
| Labour | Daniel Kennedy Knott | 5,996 | 21.85% | |
| Independent | Rice Sheppard | 1,849 | 6.74% | |
| Independent | Frederick Speed | 50 | 0.18% | |
Aldermen
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Government Association | Hugh MacDonald | 14,116 | 
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| Civic Government Association | John Wesley Fry | 13,554 |
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| Civic Government Association | Dick Foote | 12,436 |
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| Civic Government Association | John McCreath | 11,990 |
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| Civic Government Association | Athelstan Bissett | 11,576 | SS |
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| Labour | James East | 10,654 |
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| Civic Government Association | James Ponton | 10,651 | |||
| Labour | E. E. Hyde | 9,127 | |||
| Labour | Sidney Parsons | 8,102 | |||
| Labour | L. E. Price | 6,991 | |||
| Labour | W. H. Miller | 6,453 | |||
| Independent Labour | Walter Clevely | 5,887 | |||
| Independent Labour | C. W. Lee | 4,922 | |||
| Independent Labour | Charles Martin Keily | 3,930 | |||
| Independent Labour | R. H. Le Maitre | 3,883 | |||
| Independent Labour | E. C. Holub | 3,410 | |||
| Independent | Peter Glassman | 3,247 | |||
| Communist | George H. Salter | 2,681 | |||
| Independent | J. A. Leonard | 1,731 | |||
Public school trustees
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Government Association | Frederick Casselman | 13,543 |
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| Labour | Samuel Barnes | 12,681 |
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| Civic Government Association | Izena Ross | 12,230 |
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| Civic Government Association | E. E. Howard | 11,046 | ||
| Labour | H. H. Owen | 7,758 | ||
| Independent | E. A. Roe | 7,620 | ||
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
edit| Candidate | Votes | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| J O Pilon | 2,109 |
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| James O'Hara | 1,886 |
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| Adrien Crowe | 1,814 | SS |
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Names and vote totals of defeated candidates are no longer available.