1906 Calgary municipal election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/50px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png)
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← 1905 | December 10, 1906 (1906-12-10) | 1907 → |
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| | R.A.B. | R.J.S. | Candidate | Arthur Leslie Cameron | Richard Addison Brocklebank | Robert James Stuart | Popular vote | 821 | 338 | 297 | Percentage | 56.39% | 23.21% | 20.40% | |
Mayor before election John Emerson | Elected mayor Arthur Leslie Cameron | |
The 1906 Calgary municipal election was held on December 10, 1906 to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-third Calgary City Council from January 14, 1907 to January 2, 1908.[1]
Arthur Leslie Cameron was elected Mayor of Calgary for the second time, his first occurring in the 1897 Calgary municipal election.
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.
The requirements for a candidate to be eligible to run for the office of Mayor or Aldermen included being a male or female over the age of 21. Property ownership requirements included owning real property with an assessed value of $200, or tenants of real property with a value of $400, or income in the amount of $400.[2]
All Aldermen candidates for Ward 3 and Ward 4 were acclaimed upon the close of nomination on December 3, 1906.[3]
Richard Addison Brocklebank was convinced to run as a candidate for Mayor in November prior to the election, he did so with the backing of Labour on the condition he would run as an independent.[4] In order to be eligible as a candidate for the Mayoral election, Brocklebank resigned from the License Commission a day prior to the election.[2]
Results
Mayor
Candidate | Votes | Percent |
Arthur Leslie Cameron | 821 | 56.39% |
Richard Addison Brocklebank | 338 | 23.21% |
Robert James Stuart | 297 | 20.40% |
Councillors
Ward 1
Candidate | Votes | Percent |
Alfred Moodie | 259 | |
Silas Alexander Ramsay | 190 | |
Robert Suitor | 177 | |
James Abel Hornby | 163 | |
William Pittman | 136 | |
Adoniram Judson Samis | 120 | |
Henry Haskins | 57 | |
Ward 2
Candidate | Votes | Percent |
William Henry Manarey | 352 | |
Harry William White | 302 | |
George Thomas Young | 238 | |
William George Hunt | 186 | |
Ward 3
Candidate | Votes | Percent |
John William Mitchell | Acclaimed | |
Simon John Clarke | Acclaimed | |
Arthur Garnet Graves | Acclaimed | |
Ward 4
Candidate | Votes | Percent |
Charles McMillan | Acclaimed | |
John Goodwin Watson | Acclaimed | |
Clifford Bernard Reilly | Acclaimed | |
Public School Board Trustees
Candidate | Votes | Percent |
Thomas Underwood | 616 | |
A. McTavish | 581 | |
James Short | 580 | |
R.J. Hutchings | 191 | |
Separate School Board Trustees
- J.J. Chamberlain
- J.R. Miquelon
See also
References
- ^ "Cameron Is Chosen by the Citizens FOR MAYOR". Calgary Herald. No. 6749 - EXTRA. December 10, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "Labor Candidate Still in the Field". Calgary Herald. No. 6749. December 10, 1906. p. 7. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ "Calgary Nominates Candidates". Calgary Herald. No. 6743. December 3, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ Bright, David (1998). The limits of labour : Class Formation and the Labour Movement in Calgary, 1883-1929. Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7748-5236-4.