On May 7, 1912 Herman McInnes

Herman McInnes

Herman Lewis McInnes was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

 resigned from 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...

. One week later, on May 14, Charles Gowan

Charles Gowan

Charles Gowan was an American and Canadian pioneer and politician. He served as mayor of Antigo, Wisconsin and as a municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta.-Biography:...

 did the same. On June 7, a by-election was held to replace both aldermen. The first place candidate would replace Gowan, who had been elected to a two year term in February

Edmonton municipal election, February 1912

On September 27, 1911, the voters of Edmonton approved by plebiscite the amalgamation of Edmonton with Strathcona. This amalgamation was effected February 1, 1912, and, in anticipation of this, no election was held December 11, 1911 as would normally have been required...

, while the second place candidate would replace McInnis, who had been elected to a one year term. In addition, eight bylaws were put to the electorate on the same ballot.

Aldermanic Race

• Alexander Livingstone
  Alexander Livingstone (Alberta politician)
  Alexander Livingstone was a Canadian politician and municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta.-Early life:...
  
  - 700
• James Macfie MacDonald - 585
• J E Theriault - 577
• D B Campbell - 259
• E H Cotterell - 208
• J J Denman - 181

Bylaw 371

To provide by issue of debentures $210,240.00 for improving and further extending Municipal Power House and Plant.

• For: 877
• Against: 105

Bylaw 376

To provide by issue of debentures $200,020.00 to pay City share of paving certain streets.

• For: 376
• Against: 45

Bylaw 427

To provide for the raising by the issue of debentures the sum of $50,126.67 for the purchasing of a site whereon to erect car barns in connection with the municipal street railway of the City of Edmonton.

• For: 920
• Against: 107

Bylaw 428

To raise by the issue of debentures the sum on $25,100.00 for the purchase of bridging two certain ravines of Forty-second Street or Carleton Street

• For: 701
• Against: 330

Bylaw 429

To authorize the establishment of a gas plant for the manufacture, distribution and supply of gas and to provide by the issue of debentures of the sum of $770,880.00 for such purposes.

• For: 197
• Against: 836

Bylaw 430

To provide by the issue of debentures the sum of $21,900.00 for the purchase of a telephone sub-station.

• For: 850
• Against: 119

Bylaw 431

To provide for the raising by the issue of debentures the sum of $150,380.00 for acquiring certain lands to extend the Park and Driveway System of the City of Edmonton.

• For: 774
• Against: 241

Bylaw 435

To provide by the issue of debentures the sum of $66,000.00 to purchase certain lands for warehouse and storage yards south of the Saskatchewan River.

• For: 772
• Against: 212