The 1930 municipal election was held November 12, 1930 to elect a mayor and five 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 (Adrien Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed to the separate school board).

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Herbert Baker

Herbert Baker (Alberta politician)

Herbert Baker was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Early life:...

, Ralph Bellamy, Arthur Gainer, Dan 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 1929

Edmonton municipal election, 1929

The 1929 municipal election was held December 9, 1929 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three 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...

, and Albert Ottewell had all been elected to two year terms in 1929 and were still in office. S T Bigelow had also been elected in 1929, but had resigned; accordingly, S A Dickson was elected to a one year term. Similarly, there were only three vacancies on the seven member separate school board, where 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, A J Ryan, and J Tansey were continuing.

This was the first election to be held in November; where elections had previously been held on the second Monday of December, beginning in 1930 they were held on the (presumably milder) second Wednesday of November to encourage voter turnout.

The acclamation of 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:...

 as mayor marked the first mayoral acclamation since 1915

Edmonton municipal election, 1915

The 1915 municipal election was held December 13, 1915 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....

.

Voter turnout

There were 13869 ballots cast out of 41962 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.0%.

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Civic Governance Association	Frederick Keillor	7,136	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,...	6,889	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:...	6,814	Civic Governance Association	Donald Lake	6,307	Civic Governance Association	Charles Gerald O'Connor	6,303	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...	5,996	Civic Governance Association	F. R. Lovette	5,343	Labour	James Findlay	5,242	Labour	Harry Ainlay Harry Dean Ainlay Harry Dean Ainlay was a Canadian educator, politician, mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and the Canadian House of Commons....	4,864	Labour	Alfred Farmilo	4,692	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...	2,514	Communist	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:...	1,001

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Civic Governance Association	Mrs. W. D. Ferris	6,654	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:...	6,370	Labour	Samuel Barnes	6,243	Civic Governance Association	S.A. Dickson	6,190	Civic Governance Association	L. Y. Cairns	6,119	Labour	Robert McCreath	5,007	Labour	Mrs. S. N. Bell	4,728	Labour	Sidney Bowcott Sidney Bowcott Sidney Bowcott Bowcott immigrated to Canada in 1905, and then moved to Edmonton in 1907. He spent 9 years on the Edmonton Public School Board, and then spent 10 years on the Edmonton council. He was president of the Montgomery Legion of the Royal Canadian Legion for a time as well...	4,184

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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