The 1908 municipal election was held December 14, 1908 for the purpose of electing a mayor and six 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 three public school trustees and five separate school trustees. There were also five proposed bylaws put to a vote of the electorate concurrently with the election.

Positions to be elected

There were eight aldermen on city council, but two of the positions were already filled: George S. Armstrong

George S. Armstrong

George Seale Armstrong was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Biography:Armstrong was born in Hopeville, Grey County, Ontario. He came to Edmonton in 1905 or 1906, and ran for Edmonton City Council as an alderman in the 1907 election. He finished second of twelve...

 and 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...

 had been elected to two year terms in 1907

Edmonton municipal election, 1907

The 1907 municipal election was held December 9, 1907 for the purpose of electing a mayor and five aldermen to sit on the Edmonton City Council, as well as five public school trustees and six separate school trustees...

 and were still in office. 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...

 and Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Bellamy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Bellamy was born in Durham County, Ontario in 1853. He moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1881 after marrying Lora Davis in 1875...

 had also been elected to two year terms in 1907, but had resigned to run for mayor. Accordingly, the fifth and sixth place finishers in the aldermanic race - Andrew Agar

Andrew Agar

Andrew B. Agar was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.Agar was born in Ontario in 1865. He came to Edmonton and established a hardware business in 1907 with his brother, James, which he ran from then until 1911...

 and Daniel Fraser - were elected to one year terms.

There were five trustees on the public board of trustees, but two of the positions were already occupied: A E May and Alex Taylor had been elected to two year terms in 1907

Edmonton municipal election, 1907

The 1907 municipal election was held December 9, 1907 for the purpose of electing a mayor and five aldermen to sit on the Edmonton City Council, as well as five public school trustees and six separate school trustees...

 and were still in office.

Campaign

The campaign's major issue was how to best increase the city's water supply. Mayoral candidate 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...

 supported enhancing the capacity of the existing plant, while his opponent, Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Bellamy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Bellamy was born in Durham County, Ontario in 1853. He moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1881 after marrying Lora Davis in 1875...

, favoured constructing a new plant. According to the Edmonton Bulletin

Edmonton Bulletin

The Edmonton Bulletin was a newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta published from 1880 until January 20, 1951. It was founded by Frank Oliver, a politician and future minister in the Canadian Government....

, Lee's earlier entry into the race and early success at recruiting prominent citizens as his public supporters was a decisive factor in his defeat of Bellamy, who entered the race later.

Voter turnout

There were 1942 ballots cast in the 1908 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:...
  
  - 1,424
• John Lundy
  John Lundy
  John Egbert Lundy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
  - 1020
• Herman McInnes
  Herman McInnes
  Herman Lewis McInnes was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
  - 1,010
• James McKinley
  James McKinley
  James Henry McKinley was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
  - 902
• Andrew Agar
  Andrew Agar
  Andrew B. Agar was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.Agar was born in Ontario in 1865. He came to Edmonton and established a hardware business in 1907 with his brother, James, which he ran from then until 1911...
  
  - 891
• Daniel Fraser - 812
• 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...
  
  - 742
• A E Potter - 560
• Alex McSporan - 462
• James Francis - 353
• Frank Ball - 296
• John Galbraith - 274
• Thomas Killips - 115

Public School Trustees

• Walter Ramsey - 818
• Allan Gray - 780
• William Clark - 761
• William Ferris - 533
• J G M Sloan - 489
• Gregory Krikewsky - 273
• William Eastwood - 229

Separate (Catholic) School Trustees

James Collisson

James Collisson

James Thomas Joseph Collisson was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a long-time municipal councillor in Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...

, 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:...

, 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...

, J McAllister, and Joseph Henri Picard

Joseph Henri Picard

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

were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

Bylaw 161

A bylaw to raise $42,500 to pay for part of a traffic deck on the C.P.R. Bridge.

• For: 1,072
• Against: 47

Bylaw 164

A bylaw to raise $30,000 to supplement $49,000 to pay for street railway material.

• For: 921
• Against: 110

Bylaw 165

A bylaw to raise $40,000 for improvement in and extensions to the Municipal Telephone System.

• For: 1,022
• Against: 34

Bylaw 166

A bylaw to raise the sum of $60,000 for improvement in and extensions to Municipal Electric Plant.

• For: 1,019
• Against: 33

Bylaw 167

A bylaw to raise $5,000 to supplement previous amounts for an Isolation Hospital.

• For: 841
• Against: 89