The 1920 municipal election was held December 13, 1920 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council

Edmonton City Council

The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors. Until 2010, Edmonton was divided in six wards with two councillors representing citizens in each ward...

 and three trustees to sit on the public school board. J Cormack, Joseph Gariépy

Joseph Gariépy

Joseph Hormidas Gariépy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

, and J J Murray were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board. In the election's only plebiscite, Edmontonians rejected a proposal to pay their aldermen for the second consecutive election.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Percy Abbott

Percy Abbott

Percy W. Abbott was an alderman in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Biography:Abbott was born in Lucan, Ontario, where he attended school. He later moved to Regina, Saskatchewan and attended the Regina Normal School. He moved to Stony Plain, Alberta, where he taught school for two years, before being...

, John Bowen, James East

James East

James East was a politician and labour activist in Alberta, Canada. He was for a time and the longest-serving alderman in Edmonton's history, and was a defeated candidate at the provincial and federal levels. He was also an ardent monetary reformer.-Early life:East was born in Bolton, Ontario on...

, and Rice Sheppard

Rice Sheppard

Rice Sheppard was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta, Canada. He served on Edmonton City Council for many years, ran for mayoral, provincial, and federal office, and was an executive member of the United Farmers of Alberta.-Early life:Sheppard was born April 2, 1861 in Lambourn,...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1919

Edmonton municipal election, 1919

The 1919 municipal election was held December 8, 1919 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. T P Malone, Paul Janvrin, T S Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board...

 and were still in office. J. A. Kinney

James Kinney

James Andrew Kinney was a politician in Alberta, Canada and the first Labour member of the Edmonton City Council.Kinney was born in Ontario in 1869...

 had also been elected to a two year term in 1919, but had resigned. Accordingly, Samuel McCoppen was elected to a one year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, J. W. H. Williams, J A McPherson, and Frank Scott had all been elected to two year terms in 1919 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Henri Picard

Joseph Henri Picard

Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Thomas Malone were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 14710 ballots cast out of 26903 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 54.6%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	David Duggan	7,537	51.78%	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	Joseph Clarke Joseph Clarke Joseph Andrew Clarke was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served twice as mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, was a candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council .-Early life:Clarke was born in...	6,974	47.90%	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Albert Stimmel	47	0.32%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	Joseph Adair Joseph Adair Joseph Woods Adair was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a municipal councillor in Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Biography:...	7,023	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	Andrew McLennan Andrew Robert McLennan Andrew Robert McLennan was a business man and politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of Edmonton City Council from 1918 to 1922 and also served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1925 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.-Municipal...	6,996	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	Valentine Richards	6,385	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	James Collisson James Collisson James Thomas Joseph Collisson was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a long-time municipal councillor in Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	6,280	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	William Campbell McArthur	5,679	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	Samuel McCoppen	5,478	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	A. Boileau	5,133	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	W. H. Speer	5,111	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	Alfred Farmilo	4,638	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	Daniel Kennedy Knott Daniel Kennedy Knott Daniel Kennedy Knott was a labour activist and politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Early life:Dan Knott was born in Collingwood, Ontario on July 1, 1879 to Hugh Knott and Margaret Wright...	4,625	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	J. J. Murray	4,574	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	G. Latham	4,312	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	John McKenzie	3,040	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...  Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	George L. Ritchie	1,610	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...  Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	Joseph White	957	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Hyman King	760

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	Mrs. E. T. Bishop	6,988	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	William Hardy Alexander	6,711	Citizens' Progressive League Civic Government Association The Civic Government Association was a political party active in Edmonton's municipal politics from after the First World War until the 1960s....	William Rea	6,667	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	J. W. B. Williams	5,599	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	Frank Crang	5,444	Labour Labour candidates and parties in Canada There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...	J. Heron	4,137

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	J. Cormack	acclaimed	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Joseph Gariépy Joseph Gariépy Joseph Hormidas Gariépy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...	acclaimed	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	J. J. Murray	acclaimed

Plebiscite

Should Aldermen be paid?
	Votes	%
Yes	4,234	32.46%
No	8,811	67.54%