The 1931 municipal election was held November 11, 1931 to elect a mayor and five 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 four trustees to sit on the public school board (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, T Malone, and J Tansey were acclaimed to the separate school board).

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: 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:...

, 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,...

, Frederick Keillor, Donald Lake, and Charles Gerald O'Connor were all elected to two year terms in 1930

Edmonton municipal election, 1930

The 1930 municipal election was held November 12, 1930 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board ....

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman

Frederick Clayton Casselman

Lieutenant Frederick Clayton Casselman was a soldier, barrister, teacher, as well as a Canadian municipal and federal level politician.-Military service:...

, and Mrs. W D Ferris had all been elected to two year terms in 1930 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and W D Trainor were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 22583 ballots cast out of 42753 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 52.8%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Labour	Daniel Kennedy 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...	13,014	57.63%	Civic Governance Association	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:...	9,569	42.37%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Labour	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,...	11,519	Labour	Harry Ainlay Harry Dean Ainlay Harry Dean Ainlay was a Canadian educator, politician, mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and the Canadian House of Commons....	10,316	Labour	James Findlay	10,186	Civic Governance Association	Herbert Baker Herbert Baker (Alberta politician) Herbert Baker was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Early life:...	9,839	Civic Governance Association	Arthur Gainer	9,741	Civic Governance Association	Ralph Bellamy	8,780	Labour	Sidney Parsons Sidney Parsons Sidney Parsons was a Canadian politician, mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	7,994	Civic Governance Association	Thornton Graham	7,802	Independent	Dick Foote	7,514	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...	4,944	Independent	William Ross	3,888	Independent	Lin S. Bell	3,222	Independent	Frank R. Lovette	2,540	Communist	Jan Lakeman Jan Lakeman John "Jan" Lakeman was a mid 20th century Labour rights activist, perennial election candidate and former leader of the provincial Communist Party in Alberta, Canada.-Political career:...	1,702	Independent	Peter Glassman	1,197

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Civic Governance Association	Albert Ottewell	11,035	Labour	Frank Crang	10,919	Civic Governance Association	L. Y. Cairns	9,222	Civic Governance Association	Arthur Cushing 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...	9,009	Labour	Sidney Bowcott Sidney Bowcott Sidney Bowcott Bowcott immigrated to Canada in 1905, and then moved to Edmonton in 1907. He spent 9 years on the Edmonton Public School Board, and then spent 10 years on the Edmonton council. He was president of the Montgomery Legion of the Royal Canadian Legion for a time as well...	9,005	Labour	Daniel Powers	8,970	Civic Governance Association	S. A. Dickson	8,327

(The figures above were those from the initial count. Upon completion of a recount, Bowcott was found to have received more votes than Cushing and was therefore elected.)

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

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, T Malone, and J Tansey were acclaimed.