The 1915 municipal election was held December 13, 1915 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Hugh Calder, R N Frith, Joseph Henri Picard, James Ramsey, and Samuel Williamson were all elected to two-year terms in 1914 and were still in office.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Charles Gibbs, J J McKenzie, and William Rea had been elected to two-year terms in 1914. The same was true of the separate board, where A H Esch, Joseph Gariépy, and M J O'Farrell were continuing.
Electoral System The election of mayor was conducted by First past the post.
The election of aldermen was conducted through Plurality block voting, with each voter having ability to cast as many as five votes, no more than one per candidate.
Voter turnout
There were 7235 ballots cast out of 17990 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 40.2%.
Results
bold indicates elected italics indicate incumbent Data for 1915 is unavailable regarding South Side representatives, instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.
Mayor
William Thomas Henry was acclaimed for a second term as mayor.
Aldermen Each successful candidate was elected to two-year term.
Robert Douglas - 5,488 James Macfie MacDonald - 3,504 Orlando Bush - 3,339 Charles Wilson - 3,300 William Campbell McArthur - 2,933 James Kinney - 2,857 C C Tatham - 2,428 Joseph Clarke - 1,633 Joseph Driscoll - 1,523 Rice Sheppard - 1,379 H H Hull - 1,359 Joseph Adair - 1,146 Adevdat Boileau - 872 Frederick C. Humberstone - 461
Public school trustees
Walter Ramsey - 4180 Samuel Barnes - 3942 Henry Douglas - 3261 J A McPherson - 3200 W A Lewis - 2124 J S Wright - 2010 Avery Smith - 1353 Amy Keane - 601 Marion Seymour - 591
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Joseph Henri Picard - 444 I. Tremblay - 404 Joseph O'Neill - 389 M. J. Kelly - 359
Referendum Following the election, city burgesses (property-owners) were asked if they endorsed the city operating the power plant or whether it should go into private hands. about 7000 voted in favour of privatization, 5000 against. As by-law did not receive two-thirds support, the city maintained its power plant. The City created a city-owned corporation, "EPCOR", in 1996.Edmonton Bulletin, Nov. 23, 1915
References
Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office