The 1923 municipal election was held December 10, 1923 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 four trustees to sit on the public school board. Robert Crossland, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard

Joseph Henri Picard

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

 were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board.

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

, 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:...

, Daniel 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...

, 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 1922

Edmonton municipal election, 1922

The 1922 municipal election was held December 11, 1922 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board...

 and were still in office. Kenneth Alexander Blatchford had also been elected to a two year term in 1922, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Accordingly, William Rea was elected to a one year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: W H Alexander, L T Barclay, and E T Bishop had all been elected to two year terms in 1922 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where P M Dunne, J J Murray, and Joseph Gariépy

Joseph Gariépy

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

 were continuing.

Pursuant to a plebiscite conducted during the 1922 election

Edmonton municipal election, 1922

The 1922 municipal election was held December 11, 1922 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board...

, the 1923 election was the first to make use of the single transferable vote

Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

 style of voting.

Voter turnout

There were 13016 ballots cast out of 22077 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 58.9%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	Kenneth Alexander Blatchford	8,314	65.28%	Independent	James Ramsey	4,421	34.72%

Aldermen

(Because of the single transferable vote system, the number of votes initially received by a candidate was not necessarily determinative; accordingly, some defeated candidates initially received more votes than some victorious candidates.)

Party		Candidate	Votes	Labour	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...	3,004	Independent	Ambrose Bury Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...	1,993	Independent	William Rea	1,150	Independent	James McCrie Douglas James McCrie Douglas James McCrie Douglas was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...	928	Independent	Thomas Ducey	789	Labour	James Findlay	707	Independent	Archie Rendall	703	Independent	Joseph Duggan	563	Independent	J. J. McKenzie	420	Independent	Esther Saunders	380	Independent	J. Boyd McBride	317	Independent	A. K. Putland	312	Labour	H. J. Pallot	308	Labour	Jan Lakeman Jan Lakeman John "Jan" Lakeman was a mid 20th century Labour rights activist, perennial election candidate and former leader of the provincial Communist Party in Alberta, Canada.-Political career:...	265

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Labour	Samuel Barnes	3,239	Independent	F. S. McPherson	1,769	Labour	Frank Crang	1,740	Independent	Ralph Bellamy	1,643	Independent	George Steer	1,054	Labour	Robert McCreath	1,015	Independent	George Massey	442

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Robert Crossland, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard

Joseph Henri Picard

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

were acclaimed.