The 1957 municipal election was held November 3, 1957 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 (Michael O'Byrne, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Joseph Moreau were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board). The electorate also decided seven plebiscite questions.

The election would normally have fallen on October 16 (the third Wednesday in October), but was delayed because of the provincial plebiscite on October 30.

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

, Ethel Wilson

Ethel Sylvia Wilson

Ethel Sylvia Wilson was a seamstress, labour activist and a municipal and provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of Edmonton City Council from 1952 to 1966 and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1959 to 1971...

, Laurette Douglas, Giffard Main, and Donald Bowen were all elected to two year terms in 1956

Edmonton municipal election, 1956

The 1956 municipal election was held October 17, 1956 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. The electorate also decided nine plebiscite questions...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: J. Percy Page, John Thorogood, and William Orobko were elected to two year terms in 1956 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Vincent Dantzer, John Bernard Kane, and Leo Lemieux were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 49955 ballots cast out of 141532 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.3%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Citizens' Committee	William Hawrelak William Hawrelak William Hawrelak was a politician in Alberta, Canada, the longest-serving mayor in Edmonton's history, and a candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...	32,312	65.15%	Independent	Edwin Clarke	13,003	26.22%	Edmonton Voters Association	Charles Simmonds	4,282	8.63%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes		Citizens' Committee	Cliffard Roy	25,459	SS	Citizens' Committee	William Connelly	25,100		Citizens' Committee	Hu Harries Hu Harries Hu Harries was a Canadian economist and politician.Born in Strathmore, Alberta, he received a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from the University of Alberta in 1945. He also received a Master’s degree in political science from the University of Toronto and a Doctorate in economics from Iowa...	24,833	SS	Citizens' Committee	Reginald Easton	24,545		Citizens' Committee	James Falconer James Falconer James Falconer was a Scottish solicitor and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:Falconer was born in Carmyllie, Forfarshire, the son of Donald Falconer. He was educated at Arbroath High School and Edinburgh University where he obtained his MA degree. He married Ada Kennedy. ...	23,101		Edmonton Voters Association	Charles Thompson	13,001		Independent	Ivor Dent Ivor Dent Ivor Graham Dent, was a politician from Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a former candidate for the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	12,503	SS	Edmonton Property Owners Association	Edith Rogers Edith Rogers (Alberta politician) Edith Blanche Rogers was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 until 1940. Born in Nova Scotia, she came west to Alberta to accept a job as a teacher...	8,794		Edmonton Voters Association	David Graham	8,240		Independent	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	7,444		Edmonton Voters Association	Orval Allen	7,072	SS	Independent	Tempest Aitken	6,744		Independent	Thomas Graham	6,333		Edmonton Property Owners Association	Vincent McMahon	5,391	SS	Edmonton Voters Association	George Rankel	4,215		Edmonton Property Owners Association	James Bamber	3,785		Edmonton Property Owners Association	Gustave Querengesser	3,560		Edmonton Property Owners Association	Alfred Kynnersley	2,991	SS	Independent	Stan Rogalski	2,483

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes		Citizens' Committee	Ernest Hanna	20,477		Citizens' Committee	Angus MacDonald	20,690		Citizens' Committee	Robert Johnson	17,527	SS	Citizens' Committee	Douglas Thomson	16,861	SS	Edmonton Voters Association	Oscar Krueger	14,200		Edmonton Property Owners Association	Elizabeth Scott	9,913	SS	Edmonton Voters Association	Frances Shore	8,751		Edmonton Voters Association	Jack Hennig	8,607	SS	Edmonton Property Owners Association	Clifford Hackett	6,341		Edmonton Voters Association	John Lyon	6,123		Edmonton Property Owners Association	Herbert Nichols	5,528

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Independent	Michael O'Byrne	Acclaimed	Independent	Orest Demco	Acclaimed	Independent	Catherine McGrath	Acclaimed	Independent	Joseph Moreau	Acclaimed

Fluoridation of Water

Shall fluorides, for the prevention of tooth decay, be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?

• Yes - 30420
• No - 16626

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $965,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

• Yes - 22182
• No - 5022

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $200,000.00 for the improvement of City parks and the commencement of work on unsubdivided park land, circles, buffer zones, ravine side boulevards and similar works?

• Yes - 20202
• No - 6479

Traffic Lights

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to purchase and install additional traffic lights at various locations within the City?

• Yes - 21048
• No - 5692

Library

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 in order to construct and equip a branch of the Edmonton Public Library in a location within the City?

• Yes - 15287
• No - 10521

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 to provide necessary renovations to the existing portion of the Royal Alexandra Hospital and equipment for the Hospital?

• Yes - 21258
• No - 5657

Fire Hall

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $245,000.00 in order to build and provide equipment for a Fire Hall at 98th Street and 101A Avenue?

• Yes - 18418
• No - 7696