The 1911 Calgary municipal election was held on December 11, 1911, to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-eighth Calgary City Council from January 2, 1912, to January 2, 1913.
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 with a voter's designated ward. Mayor John William Mitchell and Commissioner Simon John Clarke was acclaimed as the only candidate for Mayor on December 4, 1911.
Results Mayor John William Mitchell - Acclaimed
Commissioner Arthur Garnet Graves - Acclaimed
Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Votes Percent Charles Henry Minchin 555 Adoniram Judson Samis 542 Magnus Brown 502 Alfred Bruce Cushing 474 Charles Riddock 316 Hyman King 178 Thomas Hart 123
Ward 2 Candidate Votes Percent Frank Russell Riley 530 Alexander Clarence McDougall 499 Shibley Goldsmith Carscallen 355 M.F. Batchelor 336 William Henry Ross 323 N.J. Duckworth 222 James Smalley 203 A.R. Vince 120
Ward 3 Candidate Votes Percent James Abel Hornby 333 Richard Addison Brocklebank 272 Stanley Brown Ramsey 255 S. Carson 200 Bert Fisher 103
Ward 4 Candidate Votes Percent George W. Morfitt 682 John Goodwin Watson 526 Reuben Switzer Whaley 398 A.C. Seratch 369 T.E. Jackson 362 Sidney Houlton 296
School board trustee Public School Board Candidate Votes Percent James Walker 1,802 Herbert Arthur Sinnott 1,530 A.C. Newcombe 1,208 S.B. Hillocks
Separate School Board Candidate Votes Percent John Burns J.J. Doyle J.L. Tobin
See also List of Calgary municipal elections
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