The 1904 Calgary municipal election was held on December 12, 1904, to elect a Mayor and nine Aldermen to sit on the twenty-first Calgary City Council from January 2, 1905, to January 2, 1906.
Nominations closed on December 5, 1904. Incumbent Mayor Silas Alexander Ramsay did not contest the election and instead contested an Aldermanic position in Ward 1. This resulted in incumbent Ward 1 Aldermen John Emerson defeating his opponents and incumbent Aldermen William Henry Cushing and James Abel Hornby to become the 15th Mayor of Calgary.
Background The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors within a voter's designated ward.
Results Mayor Candidate Votes Percent John Emerson 398 40.12% William Henry Cushing 372 37.50% James Abel Hornby 222 22.38%
Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Votes Percent Silas Alexander Ramsay 265 John Rawlings Thompson 235 William Leigh Bernard 169 William Pittman 124
Ward 2 Candidate Votes Percent Charles Allan Stuart 207 Robert Cadogan Thomas 174 William Head 170 Charles McMillan 118 John Hamilton Kerr 85 Samuel Bartholomew 51 W. J. Dunn 32
Public School Board Nominations included: Alexander Allan Robert John Hutchings Arthur Leslie Cameron James Short Edward Henry Crandell Thomas Underwood
Ward 3 Candidate Votes Percent Richard Addison Brocklebank 259 Simon John Clarke 237 Clifford Teasdale Jones 217 David Carter 204
By-election William Leigh Bernard declined the office of Aldermen and his seat was declared unclaimed on January 2, 1905. James Abel Hornby was elected in by-election as Aldermen for Ward 1 on January 18, 1905.
Candidate Votes Percent James Abel Hornby 161 William Pittman 159
See also List of Calgary municipal elections
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