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1926 Calgary municipal election information


1926 Calgary municipal election
1926 Calgary municipal election
← 1925 December 15, 1926 1927 →
 
Candidate Frederick Ernest Osborne Andrew Davison
Popular vote 5,501 5,280
Percentage 51.02% 48.98%

Mayor before election

George Harry Webster

Elected Mayor

Frederick Ernest Osborne
Civic Government Association

The 1926 Calgary municipal election was held on December 15, 1926 to elect a Mayor seven Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Along with positions on Calgary City Council, three trustees for the Public School Board two trustees for the Separate School Board, and a number of plebiscites were held, all requiring a two-thirds majority to pass.

Calgary City Council governed under "Initiative, Referendum and Recall" which is composed of a Mayor, Commissioner and twelve Aldermen all elected to staggered two year terms. Mayor Frederick Ernest Osborne and five Aldermen: Frank Roy Freeze, Robert Cadogan Thomas, Robert H. Parkyn, Thomas Alexander Hornibrook and Sam S. Savage elected in 1925 continued in their positions.

The 1926 election was the second incidence in Calgary history where a woman was elected to Calgary City Council, as Edith Patterson garnered 767 votes. Annie Gale was the first member of Calgary City Council elected in 1917.

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