The 1947 municipal election was held November 5, 1947 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 (Weldon Bateman, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and Joseph Pilon were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board). Voters also voted on two plebiscites, one of which approved two year mayoral terms. Accordingly, 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....

's election made him the first mayor of Edmonton to serve a two year term.

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 1946

Edmonton municipal election, 1946

The 1946 municipal election was held November 6, 1946 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, four trustees to sit on the public school board, and three trustees to sit on the separate school board....

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: James MacDonald, John Morrison, and Robert Rae had been elected to two year terms in 1946 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Adrian Crowe, Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 18676 ballots cast out of 76112 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 24.5%.

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....	16,948	91.60%	Independent	Frederick Speed	1,554	8.40%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Armour Ford	10,998	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...	10,909	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:...	10,730	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...	9,398	Citizens' Committee	George Gleave	8,229	Civic Democratic Alliance	Percy Gwynne	7,031	Civic Democratic Alliance	John Gillies	6,953	Civic Democratic Alliance	Charles Willis	6,135	Civic Democratic Alliance	Norman Finnemore	5,451	Civic Democratic Alliance	Charles Gilbert	5,105	Independent	Arthur Hamelin	3,373	Independent	Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski Julia Kiniski , was an aldermen on the Edmonton City Council from 1963 until her death in 1969...	2,133	Independent	Amy Speed	1,133

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Citizens' Committee	Mary Butterworth	10,490	Citizens' Committee	George Brown	10,390	Citizens' Committee	Stewart Graham	8,697	Citizens' Committee	William Morrow	8,617	Civic Democratic Alliance	Elizabeth Haynes	7,463	Civic Democratic Alliance	Reta Rowan	5,344	Civic Democratic Alliance	Robert Boutilier	4,701	Civic Democratic Alliance	William Chmiliar	4,031	Independent	Frederick Speed	1,416

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Weldon Bateman, Joseph Gallant, Thomas Malone, and Joseph Pilon were acclaimed.

Civic Auditorium/Art and Recreation Centre

Shall the Council pass a bylaw to create a debt in the sum of $1,500,00.00 for the purpose of constructing, within the City of Edmonton, a municipal building to be used as a Civic Auditorium and an Art and Recreation Centre and issue serial debentures in the sum not exceeding 30 years with interest not exceeding 4% payable semi-annually?

• Yes - 4362
• No - 4105