The 1926 municipal election was held December 13, 1926 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on 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...

 and three trustees to sit on the public school board. Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: James East

James East

James East was a politician and labour activist in Alberta, Canada. He was for a time and the longest-serving alderman in Edmonton's history, and was a defeated candidate at the provincial and federal levels. He was also an ardent monetary reformer.-Early life:East was born in Bolton, Ontario on...

, James Findlay, Frederick Keillor, and A C Sloane were all elected to two year terms in 1925

Edmonton municipal election, 1925

The 1925 municipal election was held December 14, 1925 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards...

 and were still in office. James McCrie Douglas

James McCrie Douglas

James McCrie Douglas was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...

 had also been elected in 1925, but had resigned; accordingly, L S C Dineen was elected to a one year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Ralph Bellamy, Frank Crang, F S MacPherson, and Elmer Roper

Elmer Ernest Roper

Elmer Ernest Roper was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as leader of the Alberta Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. He was also a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:Roper was born in...

 had all been elected to two year terms in 1925 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where R Crossland, Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...

, Thomas Magee, and A J Ryan were continuing.

The election was conducted using the single transferable vote

Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

 system.

Voter turnout

There were 12720 ballots cast out of 35726 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35.6%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	Ambrose Bury Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...	4,816	37.94%	Labour	Dan Knott Daniel Kennedy Knott Daniel Kennedy Knott was a labour activist and politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Early life:Dan Knott was born in Collingwood, Ontario on July 1, 1879 to Hugh Knott and Margaret Wright...	2,944	23.19%	Civic Government Association	Will Werner	2,388	18.81%	Independent	Joseph Clarke Joseph Clarke Joseph Andrew Clarke was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served twice as mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, was a candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council .-Early life:Clarke was born in...	1,727	13.61%	Independent	James McCrie Douglas James McCrie Douglas James McCrie Douglas was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons.-Early life:...	571	4.50%	Independent	Rice Sheppard Rice Sheppard Rice Sheppard was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta, Canada. He served on Edmonton City Council for many years, ran for mayoral, provincial, and federal office, and was an executive member of the United Farmers of Alberta.-Early life:Sheppard was born April 2, 1861 in Lambourn,...	247	1.95%

Aldermen

Owing to the single transferable vote

Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

 electoral system in place and to the need for candidates from the south side of the North Saskatchewan River

North Saskatchewan River

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, the candidates who received the most votes on the first count (listed below) were not necessarily those elected.)

Party		Candidate	Votes	Labour	Charles Gibbs Charles Gibbs (Alberta politician) Charles Lionel Gibbs was a politician in Alberta, Canada. He served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton from 1924 until his death and, concurrently, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 until his death.-Early life:Gibbs was born November 11, 1877, in Newport, Monmouthshire,...	2,107	Labour	Alfred Farmilo	1,510	Independent	Charles Robson	1,458	Civic Government Association	Herbert Baker Herbert Baker (Alberta politician) Herbert Baker was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Early life:...	1,287	Civic Government Association	Robert Dolphin Tighe	1,107	Civic Government Association	George Hazlett	1,009	Civic Government Association	Robert Muir	980	Civic Government Association	Charles Henry Grant	840	Civic Government Association	Norman Currie Willson	657	Labour	Lionel Shurley Crawford Dineen	555	Labour	Edward James Thompson	402	Labour	Edwin Evart Owen	379

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Labour	Samuel Barnes	3,741	Civic Government Association	Thyrza Bishop	2,506	Civic Government Association	D. B. Lake	1,710	Civic Governance Association	W. W. McBain	1,528	Labour	J A Herlihy	1,127	Labour	G. Teviotdale	480

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Harry Carrigan, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were acclaimed.