The 1912 Calgary municipal election was held on December 9, 1912 to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-eighth Calgary City Council from January 2, 1913 to January 2, 1914. Nominations closed on December 4, 1912.

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.

Incumbent Mayor John William Mitchell was predicted to contest the Ward 3 Alderman's office, but did not file nomination papers. The Weekly Albertan called Mitchell the most popular Mayor in Calgary's history.

The Morning Albertan claimed the city prepared an insufficient number of polling booths and election officials, which resulted in many voters being unable to cast their ballot.

Results Election results from the Calgary Daily Herald and Morning Albertan.

Mayor Candidate Votes Percent Herbert Arthur Sinnott 3,761 Richard Addison Brocklebank 1,449

Commissioner Candidate Votes Percent Adoniram Judson Samis 2,599 Charles Henry Minchin 1,012 George M. Lang 787 James Abel Hornby 616

Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Votes Percent George Henry Ross 842 Stanley Gordon Freeze 802 Thomas Alfred Presswood Frost 717 R.J. Frizzle 468 Magnus Brown 333 York Shaw 309 J.M. Lowndes 240 John McCoubrey 192 M. McCannel 181

Ward 2 Candidate Votes Percent Shibley Goldsmith Carscallen 1,014 Herbert Bealey Adshead 940 William Ross Sr. 906 Frank Russell Riley 768 Alex Ross 692 George E. Wood 679 Alexander Clarence McDougall 640 J. C. McFarlane 539

Ward 3 Candidate Votes Percent Stanley Brown Ramsey 367 Douglas Ralph Crichton 301 Samuel Allen Carson 278 Thomas Hart 183 Bert Fisher 144

Ward 4 Candidate Votes Percent James Hay Garden 1,587 William John Tregillus 1,450 Michael Copps Costello 1,363 E. D. Benson 1,268

School board trustee Candidate Votes Percent James Short 3,221 S.Y. Taylor 2,731 John T. MacDonald 2,703 A.C. Newcombe 2,568 R.J. Hutchings 2,375 F.W. Mapson 2,153

See also List of Calgary municipal elections

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