The second of two 1896 municipal elections was held December 14, 1896. This was the first election to take place on the second Monday of December instead of the second Monday in January. The election was to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one year term), five trustees for the public school division and four trustees for the separate school division.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout figures for the December 1896 municipal election are no longer available.

Aldermen

• Kenneth McLeod
  Kenneth McLeod
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  - 111
• Joseph Gariépy
  Joseph Gariépy
  Joseph Hormidas Gariépy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
  - 109
• Thomas Hourston
  Thomas Hourston
  Thomas Hourston was a politician from Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
  - 105
• Alfred Jackson - 103
• Cornelius Gallagher
  Cornelius Gallagher (Canadian politician)
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  - 96 (incumbent mayor)
• Daniel Fraser - 90
• William Thomas Henry
  William Thomas Henry
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   - 87
• Alfred Brown - 84
• Joseph Henri Picard
  Joseph Henri Picard
  Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
   - 84

Public school trustees

Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Bellamy

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, John Cameron

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, J Lauder, Matthew McCauley

Matthew McCauley (politician)

Matthew "Matt" McCauley was the first mayor of the city of Edmonton, and a member of the legislative assemblies of both the Northwest Territories and Alberta....

, and Hedley C. Taylor

Hedley C. Taylor

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were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

N D Beck, Sandy Larue, Antonio Prince, and Georges Roy were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.