The 1937 municipal election was held November 10, 1937 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 five trustees to sit on the public school board (Hugh Currie, Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

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

, William Wilde, and John Welihan were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board). Voters also decided three plebiscite questions.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Hugh MacDonald, James Ogilvie, John McCreath, and Athelstan Bissett were all elected to two year terms in 1936

Edmonton municipal election, 1936

The 1936 municipal election was held November 12, 1936 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board . Voters also rejected a proposal to extend the mayor's term to two years...

 and were still in office. John Wesley Fry

John Wesley Fry

John Wesley Fry was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Early life:John Fry was born in Woodstock, Ontario on December 5, 1876. He grew up in Woodstock and Owen Sound and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1897 to attend Normal School...

 was also elected to a two year term in 1936, but resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Blair Paterson was elected to a one year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but two of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross and Armour Ford had been elected to two year terms in 1936 and were still in office. 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:...

 had also been elected to a two year term in 1936, but had resigned; accordingly, George Gleave was elected to a one year term. On the separate school board there were four vacancies, as A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 24279 ballots cast out of 51599 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 47.0%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Citizens' Committee	John Wesley Fry John Wesley Fry John Wesley Fry was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Early life:John Fry was born in Woodstock, Ontario on December 5, 1876. He grew up in Woodstock and Owen Sound and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1897 to attend Normal School...	10,487	43.63%	Edmonton First	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...	7,340	30.53%	Progressive Civic Association	Guy Patterson	3,419	14.22%	Independent	John Sedgewick Cowper	2,730	11.36%	Independent	Frederick Speed	62	0.26%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Edward Brown	12,677	Citizens' Committee	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:...	12,386	Citizens' Committee	Douglas Grout	12,252	Citizens' Committee	George Campbell	11,709	Citizens' Committee	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...	11,655	Citizens' Committee	Blair Paterson	10,980	Progressive Civic Association	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....	10,103	Progressive Civic Association	James Findlay	8,501	Independent	Margaret Crang	7,608	Progressive Civic Association	Charles Gould	7,190	Progressive Civic Association	Elisha East	5,323	Independent	Walter Clevely	4,884	Progressive Civic Association	William Miller	4,551	Progressive Civic Association	Charles Lee	4,447	Independent	Raymond C. Ghostley	2,308	New Deal	John James Allen	2,036	Independent	Peter Glassman	1,779	Independent	Ernest Holub	1,072	Independent	Charles Keily	734

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Albert Ottewell	10,297	Citizens' Committee	Walter Morrish	8,829	Progressive Civic Association	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...	8,391	Citizens' Committee	C. Bruce Smith	7,330	Citizens' Committee	George Gleave	7,034	Independent	Frank Crang	6,770	Progressive Civic Association	Mary Ann Gilchrist	5,950	Progressive Civic Association	Adam Bruce	5,384	Progressive Civic Association	Thomas Housley	3,959

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Hugh Currie, Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

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

, William Wilde, and John Welihan were acclaimed.

Mayoral Election

Are you in favour of the Mayor being elected annually by the members of the City Council from their number?

• Yes - 4444
• No - 18383