Edmonton municipal election, 1945
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The 1945 municipal election was held November 7, 1945 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 five trustees to sit on the public school board (Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, J O Pilon, and William Wilde were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board).

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

, Athelstan Bissett, 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:...

, James Ogilvie, 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:...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1944
Edmonton municipal election, 1944
The 1944 municipal election was held November 1, 1944 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but two of the positions were already filled: George Cormie and Alex Gemeroy had been elected to two year terms in 1944 and were still in office. Izena Ross had also been elected to a two year term in 1944, but had resigned; accordingly, James MacDonald was elected to a one year term.

On the separate board, there were four vacancies out of seven seats, as Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 19600 ballots cast out of 69730 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 28.0%.

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes %
Civic Democratic Alliance 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....

10,690 54.74%
Citizens' Committee Winslow Hamilton 8,840 45.26%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
Citizens' Committee 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:...

9,343
Civic Democratic Alliance Ethel Browne 9,074
Citizens' Committee John Munro 8,570
Civic Democratic Alliance John Gillies 8,553
Citizens' Committee Charles Gariepy
Charles Gariepy
Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...

8,532
Civic Democratic Alliance Joseph Dowler 8,384
Citizens' Committee E. B. Wilson 8,282
Citizens' Committee Percy Gwynne 7,942
Civic Democratic Alliance Peter Collins 7,814
Civic Democratic Alliance J. H. King 7,370
Independent Lawrie 2,996
Independent 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,...

2,062
Independent Labour W. H. O'Neill 1,646
Independent Julia Kiniski
Julia Kiniski
Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...

1,305

Public school trustees

Party Candidate Votes
Citizens' Committee Albert Ottewell 9,262
Citizens' Committee Armour Ford 9,100
Citizens' Committee Mary Butterworth 9,090
Civic Democratic Alliance E. S. Haynes 8,491
Citizens' Committee James MacDonald 8,265
Citizens' Committee Frank J. Newson 8,174
Civic Democratic Alliance R. L. M. Hart 7,864
Civic Democratic Alliance D. Milner 7,567
Civic Democratic Alliance R. J. Boutilier 6,389
Civic Democratic Alliance J. W. Badowski 6,361

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, J O Pilon, and William Wilde were acclaimed.
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