The 1945 municipal election was held November 7, 1945 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 five trustees to sit on the public school board (Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, J O Pilon, and William Wilde were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board).

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

, Athelstan Bissett, 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:...

, James Ogilvie, 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:...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1944

Edmonton municipal election, 1944

The 1944 municipal election was held November 1, 1944 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board...

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but two of the positions were already filled: George Cormie and Alex Gemeroy had been elected to two year terms in 1944 and were still in office. Izena Ross had also been elected to a two year term in 1944, but had resigned; accordingly, James MacDonald was elected to a one year term.

On the separate board, there were four vacancies out of seven seats, as Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 19600 ballots cast out of 69730 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 28.0%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Civic Democratic Alliance	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....	10,690	54.74%	Citizens' Committee	Winslow Hamilton	8,840	45.26%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	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:...	9,343	Civic Democratic Alliance	Ethel Browne	9,074	Citizens' Committee	John Munro	8,570	Civic Democratic Alliance	John Gillies	8,553	Citizens' Committee	Charles Gariepy Charles Gariepy Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...	8,532	Civic Democratic Alliance	Joseph Dowler	8,384	Citizens' Committee	E. B. Wilson	8,282	Citizens' Committee	Percy Gwynne	7,942	Civic Democratic Alliance	Peter Collins	7,814	Civic Democratic Alliance	J. H. King	7,370	Independent	Lawrie	2,996	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,...	2,062	Independent Labour	W. H. O'Neill	1,646	Independent	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	1,305

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Albert Ottewell	9,262	Citizens' Committee	Armour Ford	9,100	Citizens' Committee	Mary Butterworth	9,090	Civic Democratic Alliance	E. S. Haynes	8,491	Citizens' Committee	James MacDonald	8,265	Citizens' Committee	Frank J. Newson	8,174	Civic Democratic Alliance	R. L. M. Hart	7,864	Civic Democratic Alliance	D. Milner	7,567	Civic Democratic Alliance	R. J. Boutilier	6,389	Civic Democratic Alliance	J. W. Badowski	6,361

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, J O Pilon, and William Wilde were acclaimed.