The 1946 municipal election was held November 6, 1946 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...

, four trustees to sit on the public school board, and three trustees to sit on the separate school board.

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

, John Munro, John Gillies, and Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

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

 were all elected to two year terms in 1945

Edmonton municipal election, 1945

The 1945 municipal election was held November 7, 1945 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and five trustees to sit on the public school board .There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Sidney...

 and were still in office. Ethel Browne had also been elected to a two year term in 1945, but had resigned due to ill health; accordingly, Harold Tanner

Harold E. Tanner

Harold E. Tanner was a service man, teacher and Canadian politician. He served as an elected representative on both the civic and provincial levels of government in the province of Alberta. He served as an Alderman on Edmonton City Council from 1946 to 1955...

 was elected to a one year term.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Mary Butterworth, E S Haynes, and Armour Ford had been elected to two year terms in 1945 and were still in office. Albert Ottewell had also been elected to a two year term in 1945, but had died; accordingly, Andrew Stewart was elected to a one year term.

On the separate board, there were four vacancies out of seven seats, as Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and Joseph Pilon were continuing. William Wilde had been elected to a two year term in 1945, but had resigned; accordingly, Weldon Bateman was elected to a one year term.

Voter turnout

There were 24919 ballots cast out of 73852 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 33.7%.

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....	22,839	92.44%	Independent	Thomas Cairns	1,868	7.56%

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...	14,161	Citizens' Committee	Athelstan Bissett	13,867	Citizens' Committee	Harold Tanner Harold E. Tanner Harold E. Tanner was a service man, teacher and Canadian politician. He served as an elected representative on both the civic and provincial levels of government in the province of Alberta. He served as an Alderman on Edmonton City Council from 1946 to 1955...	13,799	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:...	13,065	Citizens' Committee	James Ogilvie	12,067	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:...	12,287	Civic Democratic Alliance	Percy Gwynne	10,682	Civic Democratic Alliance	Charles Willis	9,586	Civic Democratic Alliance	Edith Rogers Edith Rogers (Alberta politician) Edith Blanche Rogers was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 until 1940. Born in Nova Scotia, she came west to Alberta to accept a job as a teacher...	9,439	Civic Democratic Alliance	Norman Finnemore	8,829	Civic Democratic Alliance	Williston Haszard	8,412	Civic Democratic Alliance	Charles Gilbert	8,192	Independent	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	2,635

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Andrew Stewart	13,830	Citizens' Committee	James MacDonald	12,779	Civic Democratic Alliance	John Morrison	11,739	Citizens' Committee	Robert Rae	11,106	Citizens' Committee	Carl W. Clement	10,590	Civic Democratic Alliance	William W. R. Boyes	9,636	Civic Democratic Alliance	John Moon	8,650

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, James O'Hara, and Weldon Bateman were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.