1906 Los Angeles mayoral election

The 1906 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on December 4, 1906. Arthur Cyprian Harper was elected. It was the last partisan mayoral election held in the city.

1906 Los Angeles mayoral election
← 1904 December 4, 1906 (1906-12-04) March 1909 →
 
Candidate Arthur Cyprian Harper Lee C. Gates
Party Democratic Independent
Popular vote 11,064 9,004
Percentage 33.63% 27.37%

 
Candidate Walter Lindley Stanley B. Wilson
Party Republican Public Ownership Party
Popular vote 7,209 4,011
Percentage 21.91% 12.19%

Mayor before election

Owen McAleer
Republican

Elected Mayor

Arthur Cyprian Harper
Democratic

The candidates as they appeared in the Los Angeles Examiner.

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Lee
Gates (I)
Walter
Lindley (R)
Arthur
Harper (D)
Stanley
Wilson (PO)
Other /
Undecided
Los Angeles Express[1] November 1906 11,067 (CV) ± 4.3% 38% 28% 19% 14% 2%

Results

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Los Angeles mayoral general election, December 4, 1906[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Arthur Cyprian Harper 11,064 33.63
Independent Lee C. Gates 9,004 27.37
Republican Walter Lindley 7,209 21.91
Public Ownership Party Stanley B. Wilson 4,011 12.19
Socialist Frank A. Marek 959 2.91
Prohibition Wiley J. Phillips 655 1.99
Total votes 32,902 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    CV – certain voters
    V – unclear

References

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  1. ^ Los Angeles Express
  2. ^ "Machine rebuked at polls". The Los Angeles Herald. Los Angeles. December 6, 1906. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

Further reading

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  • Lindley, Walter. "The Lindley Scrapbook Collection." Claremont Colleges Digital Library (1861–1921). online
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