The 1944 municipal election was held November 1, 1944 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council

Edmonton City Council

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 and three trustees to sit on the public school board (Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board). This was the first election to be held on the first Wednesday of November rather than the second Wednesday, as had previously been the rule.

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

James McCrie Douglas

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, Harry Ainlay

Harry Dean Ainlay

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, Winslow Hamilton, Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

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, and Melvin Downey were all elected to two year terms in 1943

Edmonton municipal election, 1943

The 1943 municipal election was held November 10, 1943 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board .There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Athelstan...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Albert Ottewell, Bertram Robertson, Frank Newson, and Roy Sutherland had been elected to two year terms in 1943 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where William Wilde, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and J O Pilon were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 9948 ballots cast out of 661033 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 16.4%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Independent	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...	7,017	71.12%	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,...	2,850	28.88%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	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...	6,597	Citizens' Committee	Athelstan Bissett	6,317	Citizens' Committee	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:...	6,094	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	5,916	Citizens' Committee	Frederick John Mitchell Frederick John Mitchell Frederick John Mitchell was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor of Edmonton, and a candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Early life:...	5,532	Independent	Gwendolen Clarke	3,420	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Margaret Thompson	2,311	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Edith Rogers	2,298	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Alfred Gregory	2,273	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Howard Smith	2,015	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Robert Haskins	1,944	Independent	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:...	1,585

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Izena Ross	5,593	Citizens' Committee	George Cormie	5,255	Citizens' Committee	Alex Gemeroy	5,143	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Mary Butterworth	3,371	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	William Thornton	2,994	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Archibald Richardson	2,888

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were acclaimed.