The 1928 municipal election was held December 10, 1928 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 (A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed to the separate school board). There were also six bylaws put to a city-wide vote.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Ralph Bellamy, A C Sloane, 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 L S C Dineen were all elected to two year terms in 1927

Edmonton municipal election, 1927

The 1927 municipal election was held December 12, 1927 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards...

 and were still in office. John C. Bowen

John C. Bowen

John Campbell Bowen was a clergy man, insurance broker and long serving politician. He served as an Alderman in the City of Edmonton on the municipal level and then went on to serve as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1926 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition...

 had also been elected to a two year term, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Accordingly, 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,...

 was elected to a one year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Frank Crang, Arthur Cushing

Arthur Cushing

Arthur Thompson Cushing was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. His brother, William Henry Cushing, was a mayor of Calgary, while another brother, Alfred Cushing, served as alderman in that city.-Biography:Cushing was born in Kenilworth, Ontario February 10, 1869...

, Albert Ottewell, and Elmer Roper

Elmer Ernest Roper

Elmer Ernest Roper was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as leader of the Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was also a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:Roper was born in...

 had all been elected to two year terms in 1927 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Robert Crossland, Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...

, Thomas Magee, and B J Tansey were continuing.

This election marked Edmonton's return to the first past the post electoral system after four elections of using 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...

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Voter turnout

There were 14971 ballots cast out of 37915 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 39.4%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	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:...	8,970	59.92%	Independent	John C. Bowen John C. Bowen John Campbell Bowen was a clergy man, insurance broker and long serving politician. He served as an Alderman in the City of Edmonton on the municipal level and then went on to serve as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1926 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition...	6,001	40.08%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Labour	Charles Gibbs Charles Gibbs (Alberta politician) Charles Lionel Gibbs was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton from 1924 until his death and, concurrently, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 until his death.-Early life:Gibbs was born November 11, 1877, in Newport, Monmouthshire,...	7,841	Civic Governance Association	Frederick Keillor	6,881	Labour	Alfred Farmilo	6,294	Labour	James Findlay	6,273	Independent labour	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,...	6,262	Civic Governance Association	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:...	6,255	Civic Governance Association	George Hazlett	6,107	Civic Governance Association	Herbert Baker Herbert Baker (Alberta politician) Herbert Baker was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Early life:...	5,978	Civic Governance Association	George Wilkinson	4,908	Labour	James Herlihy	4,561	Independent	G. V. Pelton	4,417	Labour	J. A. Thompson	4,623	Independent	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...	4,130	Independent	Charles Robson	4,026

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Labour	Samuel Barnes	7,022	Civic Governance Association	Thyrza Bishop	6,300	Civic Governance Association	Frederick Casselman Frederick Clayton Casselman Lieutenant Frederick Clayton Casselman was a soldier, barrister, teacher, as well as a Canadian municipal and federal level politician.-Military service:...	5,641	Civic Governance Association	R. Colwill	5,340	Labour	E. E. Owen	5,300	Labour	Mrs. D. T. Bell	5,267	Independent	S. T. Lawrie	2,469

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.