1941 Edmonton municipal election

The 1941 municipal election was held November 12, 1941 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board, while four trustees were acclaimed to the separate school board.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: James Ogilvie, Sidney Bowcott, Athelstan Bissett (SS), Sidney Parsons, and Frederick John Mitchell were all elected to two-year terms in 1940 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross, E M Gunderson, and W G McConachie had been acclaimed to two-year terms in 1940 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate board, where Adrien Crowe (SS), James O’Hara, and J O Pilon were continuing.

The seats were contested by the powerful business-oriented Citizens' Committee, the Labour Party/CCF and the Civic Progressive Association, a United front of leftist groups that had been formed the previous year.

Voter turnout

There were 17,566 ballots cast out of 56,808 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 30.9%.

Results

• bold or Y indicates elected
• italics indicate incumbent
• "SS", where data is available, indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Wesley Fry	11,632	68.78%
	Citizens' Committee	George Campbell	5,281	31.22%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Labour Party	Harry Ainlay	9,134	SS	Y
	Citizens' Committee	James McCrie Douglas	8,113	SS	Y
	Civic Progressive Association	Gwendolen Clarke	7,369		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Charles Gariepy	6,718		Y
	Civic Progressive Association	Guy Patterson	6,378		Y
	Civic Progressive Association	Margaret Crang	6,082	SS
	Independent	Dan Knott	6,070
	Citizens' Committee	John E. Sydie	5,251
	Citizens' Committee	Milo M. Case	4,921
	Citizens' Committee	Albert E. Knowler	4,485
	Independent	Joseph Adair	4,148
	Independent	Mack McColl	4,053
	Labour Party	W. H. O'Neill	3,928
	Independent	Rice Sheppard	3,691	SS

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Citizens' Committee	Melvin Downey	10,993	SS	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Roy Sutherland	10,794		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Albert Ottewell	10,532	SS	Y
	Citizens' Committee	James Hyndman	10,532		Y
	Labour	William Tree	6,604

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

William Wilde (SS), Robert Tighe, Thomas Malone, and Romeo Bouchard were acclaimed.

References

• Election History, City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office