Edmonton municipal election, 1932
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The 1932 municipal election was held November 9, 1932 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 three 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: 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,...

, 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....

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

, and Arthur Gainer were all elected to two year terms in 1931
Edmonton municipal election, 1931
The 1931 municipal election was held November 11, 1931 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board .There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Collisson, Charles Gibbs,...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell, Frank Crang, L Y Cairns, and 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...

 had all been elected to two year terms in 1931 and were still in office. The same was true of the 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...

, T Malone, Thomas Magee, and J Tansey were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22538 ballots cast out of 43523 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 51.7%.

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Labour 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...

13,682 60.71%
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...

6,434 28.55%
Independent Kenneth Alexander Blatchford 2,422 10.75%

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,...

11,161
United Citizens of Edmonton John Wesley Fry
John Wesley Fry
John Wesley Fry was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Early life:John Fry was born in Woodstock, Ontario on December 5, 1876. He grew up in Woodstock and Owen Sound and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1897 to attend Normal School...

10,287
United Citizens of Edmonton James Ogilvie 10,052
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...

9,529
United Citizens of Edmonton John McCreath 9,119
United Citizens of Edmonton John Savage 8,318
Independent Raymond C. Ghostley 7,975
Labour Alfred Farmilo 7,837
United Citizens of Edmonton I. W. I. McEchern 7,799
Communist Mrs. I. G. Ringwood 6,604
Labour Sidney Parsons
Sidney Parsons
Sidney Parsons was a Canadian politician, mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...

6,229
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:...

2,978
Independent Peter Glassman 2,091
Independent F. S. Wright 1,852
Communist George H. Salter 1,376

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
United Citizens of Edmonton Mrs. E G Ferris 11,941
United Citizens of Edmonton 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:...

10,329
Labour Samuel Barnes 9,782
United Citizens of Edmonton W. G. Walford 7,719
Labour Daniel Powers 7,680
Labour L. E. Price 4,980
Independent Mrs. J. G. Stewart 2,376

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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