1897 Calgary municipal election

The 1897 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for December 13, 1897 to elect a Mayor and nine Councillors to sit on the fourteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1898 to January 3, 1899. Arthur Leslie Cameron was acclaimed as mayor.^[1]

Results[edit]

Mayor[edit]

Arthur Leslie Cameron — Acclaimed

Councillors[edit]

Ward 1[edit]

1897 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 1
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	William Hugh Kinnisten	78	30.23%	Y
	-	Alexander McBride	67	25.97%	Y
	-	Silas Alexander Ramsay	67	25.97%	Y
	-	William Pitman	46	17.83%
Source(s) ^[2] 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.

Ward 2[edit]

1897 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 2
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	Thomas O'Brien	106	32.52%	Y
	-	James Stuart Mackie	77	23.62%	Y
	-	Robert John Hutchings	77	23.62%	Y
	-	William Henry Cushing	66	20.25%
Source(s) ^[3] 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.

Ward 3[edit]

1897 Calgary municipal election: Councillor Ward 3
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	Thomas Underwood	34	36.56%	Y
	-	Walter Jarrett	26	27.96%	Y
	-	Adam Robson McTavish	25	26.88%	Y
	-	Thomas O'Brien	8	8.60%
Source(s) ^[4] 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.

School Trustee[edit]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Independent	McKenzie	144	40.22%	Y
	Independent	Parslow	114	31.84%	Y
	Independent	McNeill	100	27.93%
Total valid votes			358

References[edit]

^ "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
^ "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
^ "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
^ "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

Sources[edit]

Frederick Hunter: THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY Archived March 3, 2020

[1897CgyHerald-1] "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

[2] "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

[3] "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

[4] "O'Brien on Top". The Calgary Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 16, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

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