Edmonton municipal election, 1906
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The 1906 municipal election was held December 10, 1906 for the purpose of electing a mayor and four aldermen to sit on the 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...

, as well as five public school trustees and six separate school trustees. There were eight aldermen on city council, but three of the positions were already filled: Robert Manson
Robert Manson
Robert John Manson was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Manson came to Edmonton from Renfrew County, Ontario in 1891. He fast became one of the city's leading contractors, and was responsible for the creation of buildings including the Alberta...

, Joseph Henri Picard
Joseph Henri Picard
Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

, and Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith (Alberta politician)
Samuel Hardman Smith was a politician in Alberta, Canada, and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

 had been elected to two year terms in 1905
Edmonton municipal election, 1905
The 1905 municipal election was held December 11, 1905 for the purpose of electing a mayor and four aldermen to sit on the Edmonton City Council, as well as five public school trustees and five separate school trustees. There were eight aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were...

, and were still in office. William Antrobus Griesbach
William Antrobus Griesbach
Major 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:...

 had also been elected to a two year term, but resigned to run for mayor. Accordingly, the fifth place aldermanic candidate in the 1906 election - Morton MacAuley - was elected only to serve out the remaining year of Griesbach's term.

Voter turnout

There were 1221 ballots cast in the 1906 municipal election. The number of eligible voters is no longer available.

Aldermen

  • Wilfrid Gariépy
    Wilfrid Gariépy
    Wilfrid Gariepy was a Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and provincial cabinet minister, member of the Canadian House of Commons, and municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Early life:...

    - 585
  • Thomas Daly
    Thomas Daly (Alberta politician)
    Thomas Daly was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton-Biography:Daly was born in Letterbreen, Ireland and immigrated to Canada in 1881. He spent two years in Manitoba and moved to Alberta in 1883 to homestead at Clover Bar...

    - 564
  • James Walker
    James Walker (Alberta politician)
    James Burns Walker was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Walker was born March 23, 1874 in Alberton, Ontario. He worked in the insurance and finance businesses in Hamilton before relocating to Montreal, where he spent seven years as a wholesaler...

    - 559
  • Cameron Anderson
    Cameron Anderson
    Cameron Anderson was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Anderson came to Edmonton prior to 1901 from North Dakota. Anderson was a long-time Edmonton resident and a building contractor...

    - 480
  • Morton MacAuley
    Morton MacAuley
    Morton W. MacAuley, usually known as M. W. MacAuley was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

    - 417
  • Gustave Koerman - 399
  • Wade Stuart - 312
  • Lucien Dubuc - 305
  • A H Allen - 276
  • W S Weeks - 260
  • J R Hetherington - 91
  • F M Lannic - 77

Public school trustees

W D Ferris, H A Gray, A E May, Alex Taylor, and H C Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Wilfrid Gariépy
Wilfrid Gariépy
Wilfrid Gariepy was a Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and provincial cabinet minister, member of the Canadian House of Commons, and municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Early life:...

, E J Hart, Prosper-Edmond Lessard
Prosper-Edmond Lessard
Prosper-Edmond Lessard was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1921 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government. He also served in the Canadian Senate from 1925 to his death in 1931 sitting with the federal Liberal caucus.-Early life:Lessard was born on February 3, 1873...

, Joseph Henri Picard
Joseph Henri Picard
Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...

, S Schultz, and O Tessier were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
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