The 1942 municipal election was held November 12, 1942 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council

Edmonton City Council

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, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and five trustees to sit on the separate school board. Voters also approved an eight hour day for firefighters. The election would normally have been held on November 11 (the rule at the time being that the municipal election would be held on the second Wednesday of November), but was delayed by a day owing to the Armistice Day

Armistice Day

Armistice Day is on 11 November and commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day...

 holiday.

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

Harry Dean Ainlay

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, James McCrie Douglas

James McCrie Douglas

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, Gwendolen Clarke, Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

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, Guy Patterson were all elected to two year terms in 1941

Edmonton municipal election, 1941

The 1941 municipal election was held November 12, 1941 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...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Melvin Downey, Roy Sutherland, Albert Ottewell, and James Hyndman

James Hyndman

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 had been elected to two year terms in 1941 and were still in office. On the separate board, two of the seven seats were occupied: Thomas Malone and William Wilde had been elected in 1941 and were still in office. Robert Tighe and Romeo Bouchard had also been elected in 1941, but Tighe had died and Bouchard had resigned. Accordingly, Joseph Gallant and J O Pilon were elected to one year terms.

Voter turnout

There were 8208 ballots cast out of 57889 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 14.2%.

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	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...	4,698	Citizens' Committee	Athelstan Bissett	4,645	Citizens' Committee	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:...	4,458	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	4,306	Citizens' Committee	Frederick John Mitchell Frederick John Mitchell Frederick John Mitchell was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	3,721	Civic Progressive Association	Charles Willis	2,876	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / Farmer / Labour	William H. Miller	2,783	Civic Progressive Association	Adam McKay	2,750	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / Farmer / Labour	Joseph Dowler	2,601	Civic Progressive Association	Isabel Ringwood	2,597	Independent	Anthony Shute	2,107	Independent	Peter Glassman	788

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Izena Ross	4,150	Citizens' Committee	William McConachie	4,010	Citizens' Committee	G. Alex Gemeroy	3,390	Civic Progressive Association	Alfred Marks	2,965	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / Farmer / Labour	Edith Rogers	2,869	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / Farmer / Labour	William Tree	2,606

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

• Francis Killeen - 733
• James O'Hara - 716
• Adrien Crowe - 698
• Joseph Gallant - 698
• J O Pilon - 679
• John McLean - 616

Firefighter Workday Plebiscite

Do you approve of Bylaw No. 1019, establishing an eight hour day for the members of the Edmonton Fire Department, to commence within one year next following the cessation of hostilities in the present war?

• Yes - 5818
• No - 2262