1921 Edmonton municipal election


The 1921 municipal election was held December 12, 1921 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. F A French, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board.
There were ten aldermen seats on city council, but three of the positions were still filled from the previous election: Joseph Adair, James Collisson, and Valentine Richards were all elected to two-year terms in 1920 and were still in office. William Campbell McArthur had also been elected to a two-year term, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Andrew McLennan had also been elected to a two-year term only to resign. In order to fill these vacancies, Izena Ross and Kenneth Alexander Blatchford, the least popular of the top seven candidates, were elected to one-year terms.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but only four posts were open - three of the positions were already filled: W H Alexander, E T Bishop, and William Rea had all been elected to two-year terms in 1920 and were still in office.
The same was true on the separate board. Only four posts were open - J Cormack, J J Murray, and Joseph Gariépy were continuing.
The 1921 election was the first in which a woman - Izena Ross - was elected to city council.

Voter turnout

There were 10943 ballots cast out of 33256 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 32.8%.

Results

Aldermen

Public school trustees

Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Crang was elected over Grant.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

F A French, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed.