The first of two 1896 municipal elections was held January 13, 1896 to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one year term), five trustees for the public school division and four trustees for the separate school division.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout figures for the January 1896 municipal election are no longer available.

Aldermen

• Matthew McCauley
  Matthew McCauley (politician)
  Matthew "Matt" McCauley was the first mayor of the city of Edmonton, and a member of the legislative assemblies of both the Northwest Territories and Alberta....
  
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• William S. Edmiston
  William S. Edmiston
  William Sommerville Edmiston was a politician in present day Alberta, Canada, and a mayor of Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
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• Thomas Bellamy
  Thomas Bellamy
  Thomas Bellamy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Bellamy was born in Durham County, Ontario in 1853. He moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1881 after marrying Lora Davis in 1875...
  
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• Isaac Cowie
  Isaac Cowie
  Isaac Cowie was a Canadian pioneer, fur trader, and politician. He served on the town council of Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
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• Charles Sutter
  Charles Sutter
  Charles William Sutter was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
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• John Kelly
  John Kelly (Canadian politician)
  John Edmund Kelly was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Kelly was born in Glengarry County, Ontario July 2, 1852. He was trained as a marine and mechanical engineer...
  
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• Joseph Henri Picard
  Joseph Henri Picard
  Joseph Henri Picard was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:...
  
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• Colin Strang
  Colin Strang
  Colin Ferrie Strang was a politician in Alberta, Canada and an alderman on Edmonton Town Council.-Biography:...
  
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Public school trustees

Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Bellamy was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Bellamy was born in Durham County, Ontario in 1853. He moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1881 after marrying Lora Davis in 1875...

, John Cameron

John Cameron (Alberta politician)

John A. Cameron was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.-Biography:Cameron moved from Winnipeg to Edmonton in 1881 by ox-cart, bringing with him of freight on a journey that took three months. Once in Edmonton, he used this freight as the initial inventory of a...

, J McBride, Matthew McCauley

Matthew McCauley (politician)

Matthew "Matt" McCauley was the first mayor of the city of Edmonton, and a member of the legislative assemblies of both the Northwest Territories and Alberta....

, and Frank Oliver were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

N D Beck, Sandy Larue, Antonio Prince, and Georges Roy were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.