Edmonton municipal election, 1903
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The 1903 municipal election was held December 14, 1903 for the purpose of electing a mayor and three aldermen to sit on the Edmonton Town Council, as well as five public school trustees and five separate school trustees. There were six aldermanic positions on the council at the time, but three of them were already filled: Arthur Cushing
, Daniel Fraser, and James Ross
had been elected for two year terms in 1902
, and were still in office.
The 1903 election was the last to occur while Edmonton was still a town; the following year, it was incorporated as a city.
, Robert Lee
, Kenneth McLeod
, Alex Taylor, and H C Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
, J Pomerleau, and Antonio Prince were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
Arthur Cushing
Arthur Thompson Cushing was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. His brother, William Henry Cushing, was a mayor of Calgary, while another brother, Alfred Cushing, served as alderman in that city.-Biography:Cushing was born in Kenilworth, Ontario February 10, 1869...
, Daniel Fraser, and James Ross
James Ross (Alberta politician)
James Ross was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Ross was born August 14, 1851 in Toronto. He received his apprenticeship in tinsmithing and worked as a journeyman. He moved to Edmonton in 1878 and established a tinshop in 1882...
had been elected for two year terms in 1902
Edmonton municipal election, 1902
The 1902 municipal election was held December 8, 1902 for the purpose of electing a mayor and three aldermen to sit on the Edmonton Town Council, as well as five public school trustees and five separate school trustees...
, and were still in office.
The 1903 election was the last to occur while Edmonton was still a town; the following year, it was incorporated as a city.
Mayor
- William ShortWilliam Short (Alberta politician)William Short was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a two time mayor of Edmonton.-Biography:Short was born July 11, 1866 near Elora, Ontario and studied law at the University of Toronto before coming to Alberta in 1889. He articled to James Alexander Lougheed from 1891 until 1894, when he was...
- 277 - Hedley C. Taylor - 246
Aldermen
- Charles May - 421
- Edmund GriersonEdmund GriersonEdmund Edward DeLesert Grierson was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
- 282 - Joseph Henri PicardJoseph Henri PicardJoseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
- 171 - William Antrobus GriesbachWilliam Antrobus GriesbachMajor General William Antrobus Griesbach CB CMG DSO was a Canadian politician, decorated soldier, mayor of Edmonton, and member of the Canadian House of Commons and Senate of Canada.-Early life:...
- 126 - Cornelius GallagherCornelius Gallagher (Canadian politician)Cornelius Gallagher was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor and the third mayor of Edmonton.-Biography:...
- 122 - W J Bourchier - 108
- Samuel C Paton - 100
- W H Heathcoate - 39
- W J Webster - 31
Public school trustees
Arthur CushingArthur Cushing
Arthur Thompson Cushing was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. His brother, William Henry Cushing, was a mayor of Calgary, while another brother, Alfred Cushing, served as alderman in that city.-Biography:Cushing was born in Kenilworth, Ontario February 10, 1869...
, Robert Lee
Robert Lee (Canadian politician)
Robert Lee was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Biography:Lee was born in Lanark County, Ontario on March 10, 1862 and graduated from the Dominion Business College in Kingston. He married Annette Wilson, with whom he would have a daughter and two sons, in 1897...
, Kenneth McLeod
Kenneth McLeod
Kenneth Archibald McLeod , was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton. He was also the builder of the McLeod Building, the Edmonton's first skyscraper.-Early life and career:...
, Alex Taylor, and H C Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
N D Beck, H Morel, Joseph Henri PicardJoseph Henri Picard
Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
, J Pomerleau, and Antonio Prince were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.