List of Calgary municipal elections
This article provides a list of Mayors and Councillors elected to Calgary City Council, the governing body for the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Length of term
The first municipal election in Calgary took place in 1884 where Mayor George Murdoch and four councillors were elected to serve as Calgary's first council. Mayor and Councillors were elected for one year terms annually from 1884 until 1912, after which Councillors were elected to serve staggered two year terms. In 1923, the length of term for a Mayor was extended to two years to match the period for councillors. In 1971 the term for Mayor and Councillors was extended from two years, to three years and provisions related to staggered election of Councillors were removed.[1] In 2013, amendments to the Local Authorities Election Act extended the term for the Mayor and Councillors to four years.
Electoral wards
The Mayor of Calgary has always been elected at-large by the electors of the city.
Calgary became a town in 1884. In the early history of Calgary from 1884 to 1888, three Councillors were elected at-large by all electors, then from 1888 to 1893, six Councillors were elected.
Following the passage of the Calgary Charter (Ordinance 33 of 1893), which provided "City" status to Calgary, the Councillors were elected to represent wards of the City.[2]
From 1894 to 1904, the City was divided into three wards, each represented by three Councillors, for a total of nine Councillors.
Council expanded in 1905 with the introduction of a fourth ward, which also received three Councillors, for a total of 12 Councillors. with the structure remaining in place until 1912.
The ward system was eliminated in 1913, and a City Council consisting of twelve Councillors were elected at-large from 1914 to 1960, half of them up for election each time (with exceptions).[3]
In 1961, the City was divided into six wards with two Councillors elected for each ward. In 1977 the City was divided into fourteen wards with one Councillor elected to represent each ward, which has remained the structure of Calgary City Council to the present date.
Other elected officials
During the 1910s, and 1920s the residents elected City Commissioners, which were in charge of the Administration of the municipality. School board elections are also held in line with city council elections. Hospital boards were also elected in various city elections in Calgary.
Methods of voting
From 1906 to 1914, the 12 councillors were elected in four wards, three to each ward. Aldermanic elections were held yearly, using block voting (each voter had as many votes as there were seats to fill.
In 1914, Calgary moved to at-large elections with the city as one large district.
In 1917 Calgary brought in a system of Proportional Representation, under which city councillors were elected at-large using
Single Transferable Voting (STV) and one multiple-member district covering the whole city. (The mayor was elected through Instant-runoff voting.) This survived until 1961. This system is said to have produced the emergence and increased representation of neighbourhood or community-based political groups.[4]
In 1961, Calgary switched to a ward system in which multiple city councillors were elected in each ward using STV, in 1961 and 1971.
For other elections held from 1962 to 1970,councillors sat in staggered terms, with usually only one in each ward up for election each time. The elections in between were held according to
Alternative Voting in which one councillor was elected in each ward.[5]
After 1961, in the subsequent elections, staggered terms meant only one councillor was elected each election in each ward each year. That plus the retention of single transferable voting meant
Alternative Voting
, instead of Single Transferable Vote (STV). (Two times there were two vacancies in a ward due to resignation or other cause and multi-winner STV was used)
Previous to 1971 election, terms of aldermanic service were extended to three years, and all ward seats were elected simultaneously in 1971, through Single Transferable Vote. This was Calgary's last election held using Single Transferable Vote, and would be the last one in Canada up to the present.
Title of elected officials
From 1884 to 2010 the title for elected officials on Calgary City Council excluding the Mayor, was Alderman, although Councillor was used interchangeably during that period. On December 14, 2010, council voted to change the title to councillor, which took effect in the October 2013 election.[6]
List of Calgary Municipal Elections 1884-Present
| Election | Date | Term | Elected Mayor |
Aldermen/ Councillors |
Ballots | Notes | ||
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| Calgary uses at-large voting, with councillors elected through Plurality block voting | ||||||||
| 1 | 1884 | December 3 | December 4, 1884 January 18, 1886 (1 year, 45 days) |
George Murdoch | Simon John Clarke Simon Jackson Hogg |
Joseph Henry Millward Neville James Lindsay |
218 | [a] |
| 2 | (Jan) 1886 | January 4 | January 18, 1886 October 21, 1886 (276 days) |
George Murdoch | Joseph Henry Millward Isaac Sanford Freeze |
James Bannerman Neville James Lindsay |
208 | [b] |
| 3 | (Nov) 1886 | November 3 | November 4, 1886 January 16, 1888 (1 year, 73 days) |
George Clift King | Arthur Edwin Shelton John Ellis |
Alexander Allan James Morris Martin |
367 | |
| 4 | 1888 | January 3 | January 16, 1888 January 21, 1889 (1 year, 5 days) |
Arthur Edwin Shelton | Wesley Fletcher Orr Henry Collins James Campbell Linton |
Alexander Allan Howard Douglas John Gillies McCallum |
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| 5 | 1889 | January 7 | January 21, 1889 January 20, 1890 (364 days) |
Daniel Webster Marsh | Wesley Fletcher Orr James Gerald Fitzgerald George Clift King |
James Bannerman Archibald Grant George Murdoch |
- | All Acclaimed |
| 6 | 1890 | January 6 | January 20, 1890 January 19, 1891 (364 days) |
James Delamere Lafferty | Wesley Fletcher Orr Howard Douglas Alexander McBride |
William Henry Cushing Joseph Maw Wesley Fletcher Orr |
240 | |
| 7 | 1891 | January 5 | January 19, 1891 January 18, 1892 (364 days) |
James Reilly | Frederick George Topp William Henry Cushing George Clift King |
James Bannerman Howard Douglas Alexander Lucas |
381 | |
| 8 | 1892 | January 4 | January 18, 1892 January 16, 1893 (364 days) |
Alexander Lucas | James Reilly Isaac Sanford Freeze Alexander McBride |
William Henry Cushing George Clift King Wesley Fletcher Orr |
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| 9 | 1893 | January 2 | January 16, 1893 January 2, 1894 (351 days) |
Alexander Lucas | Wendell Maclean Robert John Hutchings Joseph Henry Millward |
John Simcoe Feehan Wendell Maclean Wesley Fletcher Orr |
332 | |
| Calgary introduces a Ward system for Aldermen. | ||||||||
| 10 | (Jan) 1894 | January 15 | January 17, 1894 January 7, 1895 (355 days) |
Wesley Fletcher Orr | Ward 1: Alexander Lucas Ward 1: Arthur Leslie Cameron Ward 1: Joseph Mckay Bannerman Ward 2: Joseph Edward Jacques Ward 2: Robert John Hutchings |
Ward 2: John August Nolan Ward 3: John Simcoe Feehan Ward 3: Alexander McBride Ward 3: Thomas Underwood |
464 | [c][d][e][f] |
| 11 | (Dec) 1894 | December 10 | January 7, 1895 January 6, 1896 (364 days) |
Wesley Fletcher Orr | Ward 1: Silas Alexander Ramsay Ward 1: William Mahon Parslow Ward 1: Peter McCarthy Ward 2: James Stuart Mackie Ward 2: George Murdoch |
Ward 2: John Creighton Ward 3: Walter Jarrett Ward 3: Thomas Underwood Ward 3: William Henry Cushing |
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| 12 | 1895 | December 9 | January 6, 1896 January 4, 1897 (364 days) |
Alexander McBride | Ward 1: Silas Alexander Ramsay Ward 1: James Alexander McKenzie Ward 1: William Mahon Parslow Ward 2: John Creighton Ward 2: James Stuart Mackie |
Ward 2: Henry Brown Ward 3: William Henry Cushing Ward 3: Adam Robson McTavish Ward 3: Walter Jarrett |
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| 13 | 1896 | December 14 | January 4, 1897 January 3, 1898 (364 days) |
Wesley Fletcher Orr | Ward 1: William Pitman Jr. Ward 1: Silas Alexander Ramsay Ward 1: William Mahon Parslow Ward 2: Arthur Leslie Cameron Ward 2: Neville James Lindsay |
Ward 2: Henry Brown Ward 3: Walter Jarrett Ward 3: Adam Robson McTavish Ward 3: Thomas Underwood |
All Acclaimed[g] | |
| 14 | 1897 | December 13 | January 3, 1898 January 3, 1899 (1 year, 0 days) |
Arthur Leslie Cameron | Ward 1: Silas Alexander Ramsay Ward 1: Alexander McBride Ward 1: William Hugh Kinnisten Ward 2: James Stuart Mackie Ward 2: Thomas O'Brien |
Ward 2: Robert John Hutchings Ward 3: Adam Robson McTavish Ward 3: Thomas Underwood Ward 3: Walter Jarrett |
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| 15 | 1898 | December 12 | January 3, 1899 January 2, 1900 (364 days) |
James Reilly | Ward 1: Robert Wilson Begley Ward 1: James Alexander McKenzie Ward 1: Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford Ward 2: Robert John Hutchings Ward 2: James Stuart Mackie |
Ward 2: Thomas O'Brien Ward 3: George Albert Allen Ward 3: Isaac Stephen Gerow Van Wart Ward 3: Thomas Underwood |
352 | [h] |
| 16 | 1899 | December 11 | January 2, 1900 January 7, 1901 (1 year, 5 days) |
William Henry Cushing | Ward 1: Thomas Alexander Hatfield Ward 1: William Mahon Parslow Ward 1: Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford Ward 2: James Hedley Grierson Ward 2: John Creighton |
Ward 2: Hugh Neilson Ward 3: Donald J. Gunn Ward 3: Isaac Stephen Gerow Van Wart Ward 3: Thomas Underwood |
375 | [i] |
| 17 | 1900 | December 10 | January 7, 1901 January 6, 1902 (364 days) |
James Stuart Mackie | Ward 1: Thomas Alexander Hatfield Ward 1: James Alexander McKenzie Ward 1: Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford Ward 2: John Creighton Ward 2: Richard Benjamin O'Sullivan |
Ward 2: John Emerson |
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| 18 | 1901 | December 9 | January 6, 1902 January 5, 1903 (364 days) |
Thomas Underwood | Ward 1: Thomas Alexander Hatfield Ward 1: William Mahon Parslow Ward 1: Silas Alexander Ramsay Ward 2: John Creighton Ward 2: William Henry Cushing |
Ward 2: John Jackson Young Ward 3: William Charles Gordon Armstrong Ward 3: Isaac Stephen Gerow Van Wart Ward 3: James Abel Hornby |
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| 19 | 1902 | December 8 | January 5, 1903 January 5, 1904 (1 year, 0 days) |
Thomas Underwood | Ward 1: | Ward 2: John Irwin Ward 3: William Charles Gordon Armstrong Ward 3: James Abel Hornby Ward 3: Richard Addison Brocklebank |
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| 20 | 1903 | December 14 | January 5, 1904 January 2, 1905 (363 days) |
Silas Alexander Ramsay | Ward 1: John Emerson Ward 1: John Thomas Macdonald Ward 1: James Alexander McKenzie Ward 2: William Henry Cushing Ward 2: John Irwin |
Ward 2: John Hamilton Kerr Ward 3: Simon John Clarke Ward 3: Thomas Underwood Ward 3: James Abel Hornby |
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| 21 | 1904 | December 12 | January 2, 1905 January 2, 1906 (1 year, 0 days) |
John Emerson |
Ward 1: Charles Allan Stuart |
Ward 2: Robert Cadogan Thomas Ward 3: Richard Addison Brocklebank Ward 3: Clifford Teasdale Jones Ward 3: Simon John Clarke |
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| 22 | 1905 | December 11 | January 2, 1906 January 14, 1907 (1 year, 12 days) |
John Emerson |
Ward 1: Charles McMillan Ward 1: William Pitman Jr. Ward 1: Silas Alexander Ramsay Ward 2: John Smythe Hall Ward 2: William George Hunt Ward 2: George Thomas Young |
Ward 3: Simon John Clarke Ward 3: John William Mitchell Ward 4: David Carter Ward 3: Arthur Garnet Graves Ward 4: Clifford Teasdale Jones Ward 4: Robert James Stuart |
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| 23 | 1906 | December 10 | January 14, 1907 January 2, 1908 (353 days) |
Arthur Leslie Cameron | Ward 1: Alfred Moodie Ward 1: Silas Alexander Ramsay Ward 1: Robert Suitor Ward 2: William Henry Manarey Ward 2: Harry William White Ward 2: George Thomas Young |
Ward 3: Simon John Clarke Ward 3: John William Mitchell Ward 4: Charles McMillan Ward 3: Arthur Garnet Graves Ward 4: Clifford Bernard Reilly Ward 4: John Goodwin Watson |
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| 24 | 1907 | December 9 | January 2, 1908 January 2, 1909 (1 year, 0 days) |
Arthur Leslie Cameron | Ward 1: Alfred Moodie Ward 1: Adoniram Judson Samis Ward 1: Robert Suitor Ward 2: William Henry Manarey Ward 2: George Thomas Callender Robinson Ward 2: Alfred Marmaduke Terrill |
Ward 3: Arthur Garnet Graves Ward 3: John William Mitchell Ward 4: William Mahon Parslow Ward 3: James Abel Hornby Ward 4: Robert James Stuart Ward 4: John Goodwin Watson |
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| 25 | 1908 | December 14 | January 2, 1909 January 3, 1910 (1 year, 1 day) |
Reuben Rupert Jamieson | Ward 1: George Nelson Erb Ward 1: Alfred Moodie Ward 1: John Leslie Speer Ward 2: Frederick Joseph Green Ward 2: Edward George King Ward 2: William Henry Manarey |
Ward 3: Richard Addison Brocklebank Ward 3: Milton Ross Wallace Ward 4: William Egbert Ward 3: John William Mitchell Ward 4: Clifford Bernard Reilly Ward 4: John Goodwin Watson |
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| 26 | 1909 | December 13 | January 3, 1910 January 2, 1911 (364 days) |
Reuben Rupert Jamieson | Ward 1: Malcolm Halladay Ward 1: George Henry Ross Ward 1: George Ernest Wood Ward 2: William Ross Ward 2: James Smalley Ward 2: One Vacancy |
Ward 3: Richard Addison Brocklebank Ward 3: Milton Ross Wallace Ward 4: William Egbert Ward 3: John William Mitchell Ward 4: Clifford Teasdale Jones Ward 4: Clifford Bernard Reilly |
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| 27 | 1910 | December 12 | January 2, 1911 January 2, 1912 (1 year, 0 days) |
John William Mitchell | Ward 1: Magnus Brown Ward 1: Alfred Bruce Cushing Ward 1: Adoniram Judson Samis Ward 2: William Thomas Daniel Lathwell Ward 2: Donald McDonald Ward 2: William Ross Sr. |
Ward 3: Richard Addison Brocklebank Ward 3: Stanley Brown Ramsey Ward 4: James Hay Garden Ward 3: James Abel Hornby Ward 4: Clifford Teasdale Jones Ward 4: John Goodwin Watson |
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| 28 | 1911 | December 11 | January 2, 1912 January 2, 1913 (1 year, 0 days) |
John William Mitchell | Ward 1: Magnus Brown Ward 1: Charles Henry Minchin Ward 1: Adoniram Judson Samis Ward 2: Shibley Goldsmith Carscallen Ward 2: Alexander Clarence McDougall Ward 2: Frank Russell Riley |
Ward 3: Richard Addison Brocklebank Ward 3: Stanley Brown Ramsey Ward 4: George W Morfitt Ward 3: James Abel Hornby Ward 4: John Goodwin Watson Ward 4: Reuben Switzer Whaley |
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| 29 | 1912 | December 9 | January 2, 1913 January 2, 1914 (1 year, 0 days) |
Herbert Arthur Sinnott | Ward 1: Stanley Gordon Freeze Ward 1: Thomas Alfred Presswood Frost Ward 1: George Henry Ross Ward 2: Herbert Bealey Adshead Ward 2: Shibley Goldsmith Carscallen Ward 2: William Ross Sr. |
Ward 3: Samuel Allen Carson Ward 3: Stanley Brown Ramsey Ward 4: Michael Copps Costello Ward 3: Douglas Ralph Crichton Ward 4: James Hay Garden Ward 4: William John Tregillus |
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| The Mayor is elected to a one-year term. Wards are dropped. Aldermen are elected at-large to one- or two-year terms. | ||||||||
| 30 | 1913 | December 8 | January 2, 1914 January 2, 1915 (1 year, 0 days) January 2, 1914 January 3, 1916 (2 years, 1 day) |
Herbert Arthur Sinnott | Donald Hope (1Y) Douglas Ralph Crichton (1Y) Herbert Bealey Adshead (1Y) Isaac Gideon Ruttle (1Y) William John Tregillus (1Y) William George Hunt (1Y) |
Edward Henry Crandell (2Y) Harold William Hounsfield Riley (2Y) Michael Copps Costello (2Y) Stanley Gordon Freeze (2Y) Thomas Alfred Presswood Frost (2Y) William Ross Sr. (2Y) |
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| The Mayor is elected to a one-year term. Aldermen are elected to alternating two-year terms. | ||||||||
| 31 | 1914 | December 14 | January 2, 1915 January 2, 1917 (2 years, 0 days) |
Michael Copps Costello | John William Mitchell Arthur Walter Ellson Fawkes Isaac Gideon Ruttle |
James Abel Hornby John Leslie Jennison John Sidney Arnold Douglas Ralph Crichton (1Y) |
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| 32 | 1915 | December 13 | January 3, 1916 January 2, 1918 (1 year, 364 days) |
Michael Copps Costello | Samuel Hunter Adams Robert Colin Marshall John McNeill Allan Poyntz Patrick (1Y) |
Adoniram Judson Samis Thomas John Searle Skinner George Frederick Tull Robert John Tallon (1Y) |
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| 33 | 1916 | December 11 | January 2, 1917 January 2, 1919 (2 years, 0 days) |
Michael Copps Costello | John Sidney Arnold Herbert Bealey Adshead Alexander McTaggart |
Allan Poyntz Patrick Isaac Gideon Ruttle Robert John Tallon Andrew Graham Broatch (1Y) |
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| Calgary changed to STV/PR system for councillors. Mayor to be elected through Instant-runoff voting. | ||||||||
| 34 | 1917 | December 10 | January 2, 1918 January 2, 1920 (2 years, 0 days) |
Michael Copps Costello | (1Y) | Albert Mahaffy Robert Colin Marshall Andrew Graham Broatch Philip Dorland Sprung (1Y) |
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| 35 | 1918 | December 9 | January 2, 1919 January 3, 1921 (2 years, 1 day) |
Robert Colin Marshall | David Ernest Black Frederick Arthur Johnston John McCoubrey Isaac Gideon Ruttle (1Y) |
Alexander McTaggart Frederick Ernest Osborne Fred J. White |
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| 36 | 1919 | December 10 | January 2, 1920 January 3, 1922 (2 years, 1 day) |
Robert Colin Marshall | Hannah Gale |
Frank Roy Freeze George Harry Webster Samuel Hunter Adams |
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| 37 | 1920 | December 15 | January 3, 1921 January 2, 1923 (1 year, 364 days) |
Samuel Hunter Adams | John Sidney Arnold John William Hugill Alexander McTaggart Neil I. McDermid (1Y) |
Charles Stevenson Fred J. White Walter Little Geoffrey Silvester (1Y) |
[p] | |
| 38 | 1921 | December 14 | January 3, 1922 January 2, 1924 (1 year, 364 days) |
Samuel Hunter Adams | George Harry Webster George David Batchelor Andrew Davison |
Hannah Gale James Hay Garden |
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| 39 | 1922 | December 13 | January 2, 1923 January 2, 1925 (2 years, 0 days) |
George Harry Webster | Thomas Henry Crawford Frederick Arthur Johnston Frederick Ernest Osborne Walter Little (1Y) |
Neil I. McDermid Fred J. White John Walker Russell |
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| The Mayor is elected to a two-year term. Aldermen are elected to alternating two year terms. | ||||||||
| 40 | 1923 | December 12 | January 2, 1924 January 2, 1926 (2 years, 0 days) |
George Harry Webster | Andrew Davison Thomas Alexander Hornibrook Walter Little |
William Henry Ross Samuel Stanley Savage Robert Cadogan Thomas |
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| 41 | 1924 | December 10 | January 2, 1925 January 2, 1927 (2 years, 0 days) |
Continuing in Office | Peter Turner Bone Thomas Henry Crawford Eneas Edward McCormick |
John Walker Russell Reuben Weldon Ward Fred J. White |
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| 42 | 1925 | December 16 | January 2, 1926 January 3, 1928 (2 years, 1 day) |
George Harry Webster | (1Y) | Thomas Alexander Hornibrook Frank Roy Freeze Samuel Stanley Savage |
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| 43 | 1926 | December 15 | January 3, 1927 January 2, 1929 (1 year, 365 days) |
Frederick Ernest Osborne | (1Y) | John Walker Russell Reuben Weldon Ward Peter Turner Bone |
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| 44 | 1927 | December 14 | January 3, 1928 January 1, 1930 (1 year, 363 days) |
Frederick Ernest Osborne | Frank Roy Freeze Thomas Alexander Hornibrook Frederick Charles Manning |
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| 45 | 1928 | December 12 | January 2, 1929 December 31, 1930 (1 year, 363 days) |
Continuing in Office | Peter Turner Bone Andrew Davison Eneas Edward McCormick |
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| 46 | 1929 | November 20 | January 1, 1930 December 31, 1931 (1 year, 364 days) |
Andrew Davison | (1Y) | Joseph Hope Ross Samuel Stanley Savage Jean Romeo Cyr-Miquelon |
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| 47 | 1930 | November 19 | January 1, 1931 December 31, 1932 (1 year, 365 days) |
Continuing in Office | Wilmot Douglas Milner Fred J. White Charles Edward Carr |
Lloyd Hamilton Fenerty Ralph William Patterson John Walker Russell |
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| 48 | 1931 | November 18 | January 1, 1932 December 31, 1933 (1 year, 364 days) |
Andrew Davison | Harold William Hounsfield Riley Jean Romeo Cyr-Miquelon Samuel Stanley Savage |
Edith Patterson Pansy Louise Pue Robert Henry Weir |
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| 49 | 1932 | November 23 | January 1, 1933 December 31, 1934 (1 year, 364 days) |
Continuing in Office | Robert Henry Parkyn (1Y)Joseph Hope Ross |
John Walker Russell Fred J. White Harry Humble |
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| 50 | 1933 | November 22 | January 1, 1934 December 31, 1935 (1 year, 364 days) |
Andrew Davison | Joseph Brown Seymour Alexander John MacMillan William George Southern |
Joseph Hope Ross Harold William Hounsfield Riley Robert Henry Weir |
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| 51 | 1934 | November 21 | January 1, 1935 December 31, 1936 (1 year, 365 days) |
Continuing in Office | Douglas Cunnington Frank Roy Freeze William Ayer Lincoln |
Aylmer John Eggert Liesemer Fred J. White |
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| 52 | 1935 | November 20 | January 1, 1936 December 31, 1937 (1 year, 364 days) |
Andrew Davison | James Gourley (1Y) |
Robert Henry Weir Douglas Cameron Sinclair James William Gillman |
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| 53 | 1936 | November 18 | January 1, 1937 December 31, 1938 (1 year, 364 days) |
Continuing in Office | James Gourley |
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| 54 | 1937 | November 17 | January 1, 1938 December 31, 1939 (1 year, 364 days) |
Andrew Davison | Ernest Arlington McCullough Rose Wilkinson Hedley Robert Chauncey George Marshall Brown (1Y) |
Robert Henry Weir James Caven Mahaffy William George Southern |
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| 55 | 1938 | November 23 | January 1, 1939 December 31, 1940 (1 year, 365 days) |
Continuing in Office | George Marshall Brown Frank Roy Freeze George Cullis Lancaster |
Robert Henry Parkyn |
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| 56 | 1939 | November 22 | January 1, 1940 December 31, 1941 (1 year, 364 days) |
Andrew Davison | Robert Henry Weir James Caven Mahaffy William George Southern Fred J. White (1Y) |
Hedley Robert Chauncey Ernest Arlington McCullough Rose Wilkinson |
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| 57 | 1940 | November 20 | January 1, 1941 December 31, 1942 (1 year, 364 days) |
Continuing in Office | Ernest Henry Starr (1Y) |
Reginald George Smith George Marshall Brown George Cullis Lancaster |
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| 58 | 1941 | November 24 | January 1, 1942 December 31, 1943 (1 year, 364 days) |
Andrew Davison | Hedley Robert Chauncey Ernest Arlington McCullough William George Southern |
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| 59 | 1942 | November 18 | January 1, 1943 December 31, 1944 (1 year, 365 days) |
Continuing in Office | Robert Thomas Alderman George Marshall Brown Frank Roy Freeze |
George Cullis Lancaster David Smith Moffat Reginald George Smith |
All Council Acclaimed | |
| 60 | 1943 | November 17 | January 1, 1944 December 31, 1945 (1 year, 364 days) |
Andrew Davison | Frederick James Chalk Hedley Robert Chauncey Ernest Arlington McCullough |
All Council Acclaimed | ||
| 61 | 1944 | November 22 | January 1, 1945 December 31, 1946 (1 year, 364 days) |
Continuing in Office | James Mitchell Cairns Robert Thomas Alderman George Marshall Brown |
Reginald George Smith George Cullis Lancaster Frank Roy Freeze |
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| 62 | 1945 | November 21 | January 1, 1946 December 31, 1947 (1 year, 364 days) |
James Cameron Watson | Donald Hugh Mackay Peter Newton Russel Morrison Rose Wilkinson |
Ernest Henry Starr |
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| 63 | 1946 | November 20 | January 1, 1947 December 31, 1948 (1 year, 365 days) |
Continuing in Office | Robert Thomas Alderman Frederick Charles Colborne George Marshall Brown |
Frank Roy Freeze George Cullis Lancaster Donald Fraser McIntosh |
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| 64 | 1947 | November 19 | January 1, 1948 December 31, 1949 (1 year, 364 days) |
James Cameron Watson | Paul Ralph Brecken (1Y) |
Gordon Gilbert Cushing Rose Wilkinson Peter Newton Russel Morrison |
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| 65 | 1948 | November 17 | January 1, 1949 December 31, 1950 (1 year, 364 days) |
Continuing in Office | George Marshall Brown Arthur Noel Hutchinson Donald Fraser McIntosh |
Paul Ralph Brecken Charles Constantine Connolly |
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| 66 | 1949 | November 23 | January 1, 1950 December 31, 1951 (1 year, 364 days) |
Donald Hugh MacKay |
Mary Julia Cross Dover Robert Bryson Corley Neil Douglas McDermid James Leslie Hill (1Y) |
Ernest Henry Starr (1Y) |
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| 67 | 1950 | November 22 | January 1, 1951 October 20, 1952 (1 year, 293 days) |
Continuing in Office | William Ross Upton James Leslie Hill Donald Fraser McIntosh |
Walter Herbert Sydney Boote Arthur Noel Hutchinson Frederick Parker |
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| 68 | 1951 | November 21 | January 1, 1952 October 19, 1953 (1 year, 291 days) |
Donald Hugh MacKay |
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| 69 | 1952 | October 15 | October 20, 1952 October 18, 1954 (1 year, 363 days) |
2nd year of two year term | Donald Fraser McIntosh Elmer Bowling Lyle Isabella Kathleen Little Stevens |
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| 70 | 1953 | October 14 | October 19, 1953 October 24, 1955 (2 years, 5 days) |
Donald Hugh MacKay |
Rosamond Elizabeth Owens Wilkinson Arthur Ryan Smith |
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| 71 | 1954 | October 13 | October 18, 1954 October 22, 1956 (2 years, 4 days) |
2nd year of two year term | Walter Herbert Sydney Boote Donald Fraser McIntosh Frederick Parker |
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| 72 | 1955 | October 19 | October 24, 1955 October 21, 1957 (1 year, 362 days) |
Donald Hugh MacKay |
Isabella Kathleen Little Stevens James David Macdonald Clarence Frank Mack |
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| 73 | 1956 | October 17 | October 22, 1956 October 20, 1958 (1 year, 363 days) |
2nd year of two year term | Walter Peter Rowan Mary Julia Cross Dover Ernest John Munson |
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| 74 | 1957 | October 16 | October 21, 1957 October 19, 1959 (1 year, 363 days) |
Donald Hugh MacKay |
Paul Ralph Brecken James David Macdonald |
Arthur J. Dixon Grant MacEwan Asa Milton Harradence Peter Newton Russel Morrison |
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| 75 | 1958 | October 15 | October 20, 1958 October 24, 1960 (2 years, 4 days) |
2nd year of two year term | Ernest Henry Starr |
John Jeffery Hanna Donald Fraser McIntosh James David Macdonald Edward Bruce Watson (1Y) |
[s][t] | |
| 76 | 1959 | October 14 | October 19, 1959 October 23, 1961 (2 years, 4 days) |
Harry Hays | Edward Bruce Watson James Logan Hannah Grant MacEwan |
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| 77 | 1960 | October 19 | October 24, 1960 October 23, 1961 (364 days) |
2nd year of two year term | Ernest Henry Starr |
David John Russell |
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| All council seats become vacant as city switched to ward systems (while continuing the use of STV). In each ward the candidate for alderman with the most votes was elected for two years, candidates with the second most votes were elected for one. Elections held through the STV/PR system if multi-members elected, otherwise instant-runoff voting . | ||||||||
| 78 | 1961 | October 18 | October 23, 1961 October 21, 1963 (1 year, 363 days) |
Harry Hays | Ward 1: Roy Alexander Farran (2Y) (1Y)Ward 2: Donald Fraser McIntosh (1Y) Ward 3: Edward David Duncan (2Y) Ward 3: Runo Carl Berglund |
Ward 4: William Daniel Dickie (1Y) |
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| Half the council seats become vacant each year as aldermen began to serve staggered terms. One seat in each ward elected through Alternative Voting each election. Only use of STV until 1970 was when a ward had two open seats through resignation or other cause. | ||||||||
| 79 | 1962 | October 17 | October 22, 1962 October 19, 1964 (1 year, 363 days) |
2nd year of two year term | Ward 1: Harold Raymond Ballard Ward 2: Harold Philip Runions Ward 3: Runo Carl Berglund |
Ward 4: William Daniel Dickie |
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| 80 | 1963 | October 16 | October 21, 1963 October 18, 1965 (1 year, 362 days) |
Grant MacEwan | Ward 1: George Ho Lem Ward 2: Mark Tennant Ward 3: Edward David Duncan |
Ward 4: David John Russell |
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| 81 | 1964 | October 14 | October 19, 1964 October 24, 1966 (2 years, 5 days) |
2nd year of two year term | Ward 1: Roy Alexander Farran Ward 3: Adrian Douglas Berry |
Ward 4: Ernest Henry Starr Ward 6: John Ellwood Davis |
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| 82 | 1965 | October 13 | October 18, 1965 October 23, 1967 (2 years, 5 days) |
Jack Leslie | Ward 1: Luther H. Goodwin Ward 2: Mark Tennant Ward 3: Bruce Edgar Langridge |
Ward 4: David John Russell |
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| 83 | 1966 | October 19 | October 24, 1966 October 23, 1968 (1 year, 365 days) |
2nd year of two year term | Ward 1: Roy Alexander Farran Ward 3: John Carleton Ayer |
Ward 4: Marion Albert Law Ward 5: James Vernon Gilkes Ward 6: John Ellwood Davis |
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| 84 | 1967 | October 18 | October 23, 1967 October 22, 1969 (1 year, 364 days) |
Jack Leslie | Ward 1: Eric Charles Musgreave Ward 2: Mark Tennant Ward 3: Adrian Douglas Berry |
Ward 4: Luther H. Goodwin Ward 5: James Alexander McCambly Ward 6: Leslie Carter Blackburn |
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| 85 | 1968 | October 16 | October 23, 1968 October 25, 1971 (3 years, 2 days) |
2nd year of two year term | Ward 1: | Ward 4: Edward James Dooley Ward 5: John Kushner Ward 6: John Ellwood Davis |
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| 86 | 1969 | October 15 | October 22, 1969 October 25, 1971 (2 years, 3 days) |
Rod Sykes | Ward 1: Eric Charles Musgreave Ward 2: Donald Adam Hartman Ward 3: Adrian Douglas Berry |
Ward 4: Luther H. Goodwin Ward 5: Robert Stuart Harvey Greene Ward 6: Thomas Priddle |
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| All Council terms are extended to three years and elected simultaneously, through the STV/PR system and wards. | ||||||||
| 87 | 1971 | October 13 | October 25, 1971 October 28, 1974 (3 years, 3 days) |
Rod Sykes | Ward 1: Eric Charles Musgreave Ward 1: Peter Petrasuk Ward 2: Donald Adam Hartman Ward 2: Robert Archibald Simpson Ward 3: Adrian Douglas Berry Ward 3: John Carleton Ayer |
Ward 4: Ross Patterson Alger Ward 6: Thomas Priddle |
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| Calgary ended its use of STV/PR and went to first past the post Block Voting system. | ||||||||
| 88 | 1974 | October 16 | October 28, 1974 October 31, 1977 (3 years, 3 days) |
Rod Sykes | Ward 1: Marguerite Patricia Shook Donnelly Ward 1: Maurice Edgar Ryan Ward 2: Donald Adam Hartman Ward 2: Robert Archibald Simpson Ward 3: Virnetta Nelson Anderson Ward 3: John Carleton Ayer |
Ward 4: | [z] | |
| Council moves to a 14-ward system, with one Alderman being elected in each ward. | ||||||||
| 89 | 1977 | October 19 | October 31, 1977 October 27, 1980 (2 years, 362 days) |
Ross Alger | Ward 1: Brian Craig Lee Ward 7: Elaine Pauline Husband |
Ward 8: Gordon Wells Shrake Ward 11: Douglas Craig Somers Reid Ward 12: Naomi Sylvia Shapiro Whalen Ward 13: Anna Blough Ward 14: Sue Higgins |
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| 90 | 1980 | October 15 | October 27, 1980 October 24, 1983 (2 years, 362 days) |
Ralph Klein | Ward 1: Brian Craig Lee Ward 7: Elaine Pauline Husband |
Ward 8: Gordon Wells Shrake Ward 11: Douglas Craig Somers Reid Ward 12: Lawrence Alexander Gilchrist Ward 13: James Richard Bell Ward 14: Sue Higgins |
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| 91 | 1983 | October 17 | October 24, 1983 October 27, 1986 (3 years, 3 days) |
Ralph Klein | Ward 1: Timothy Walter Bardsley |
Ward 8: Barbara Ann Scott Ward 9: Al Duerr Ward 10: Raymond William Arthur Clark Ward 11: Douglas Craig Somers Reid Ward 12: Lawrence Alexander Gilchrist Ward 13: James Richard Bell Ward 14: Verna Diane Scown Hunter |
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| 92 | 1986 | October 20 | October 27, 1986 October 23, 1989 (2 years, 361 days) |
Ralph Klein | Ward 1: Timothy Walter Bardsley |
Ward 8: Barbara Ann Scott Ward 9: Al Duerr Ward 10: Raymond William Arthur Clark Ward 11: Douglas Craig Somers Reid Ward 12: Sue Higgins Ward 13: Anna Blough Ward 14: Verna Diane Scown Hunter |
[ab] | |
| 93 | 1989 | October 16 | October 23, 1989 October 26, 1992 (3 years, 3 days) |
Al Duerr | Ward 1: | Ward 8: Barbara Ann Scott Ward 9: Richard Gordon Smith Ward 10: Raymond William Arthur Clark Ward 11: Douglas Craig Somers Reid Ward 12: Sue Higgins Ward 13: William Glen Johnston Ward 14: Carol Ann Macdonald Kraychy |
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| 94 | 1992 | October 19 | October 26, 1992 October 23, 1995 (2 years, 362 days) |
Al Duerr | Ward 1: | Ward 8: Barbara Ann Scott Ward 9: Richard Gordon Smith Ward 10: Raymond William Arthur Clark Ward 11: Barry Erskine Ward 12: Sue Higgins Ward 13: William Glen Johnston Ward 14: Carol Ann Macdonald Kraychy |
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| 95 | 1995 | September 18 | October 23, 1995 October 26, 1998 (3 years, 3 days) |
Al Duerr | Ward 1: Dale Hodges Ward 2: Joanne Louise Craig Kerr Ward 3: John Schmal Ward 4: Bob Hawkesworth Ward 5: Ray Jones Ward 6: Dave Bronconnier Ward 7: Bev Longstaff |
Ward 8: Jon Lord Ward 9: Joe Ceci Ward 10: Raymond William Arthur Clark Ward 11: Barry Erskine Ward 12: Sue Higgins Ward 13: Patricia Rosalynn Mogridge Grier Ward 14: Linda Fox-Mellway |
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| 96 | 1998 | October 19 | October 26, 1998 October 22, 2001 (2 years, 361 days) |
Al Duerr | Ward 1: Dale Hodges Ward 2: Joanne Louise Craig Kerr Ward 3: John Schmal Ward 4: Bob Hawkesworth Ward 5: Ray Jones Ward 6: Dave Bronconnier Ward 7: Bev Longstaff |
Ward 8: Jon Lord Ward 9: Joe Ceci Ward 10: Diane Danielson Ward 11: Barry Erskine Ward 12: Sue Higgins Ward 13: Patricia Rosalynn Mogridge Grier Ward 14: Linda Fox-Mellway |
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| 97 | 2001 | October 15 | October 22, 2001 October 25, 2004 (3 years, 3 days) |
Dave Bronconnier | Ward 1: Dale Hodges Ward 2: Gord Lowe Ward 3: John Schmal Ward 4: Bob Hawkesworth Ward 5: Ray Jones Ward 6: Craig Burrows Ward 7: Druh Farrell |
Ward 8: Madeleine King Ward 9: Joe Ceci Ward 10: Diane Danielson Ward 11: Barry Erskine Ward 12: Ric McIver Ward 13: Diane Colley-Urquhart Ward 14: Linda Fox-Mellway |
221,513 | |
| 98 | 2004 | October 18 | October 25, 2004 October 22, 2007 (2 years, 362 days) |
Dave Bronconnier | Ward 1: Dale Hodges Ward 2: Gord Lowe Ward 3: Helen Larocque Ward 4: Bob Hawkesworth Ward 5: Ray Jones Ward 6: Craig Burrows Ward 7: Druh Farrell |
Ward 8: Madeleine King Ward 9: Joe Ceci Ward 10: Margot Aftergood Ward 11: Barry Erskine Ward 12: Ric McIver Ward 13: Diane Colley-Urquhart Ward 14: Linda Fox-Mellway |
115,549 | [ac] |
| 99 | 2007 | October 15 | October 22, 2007 October 25, 2010 (3 years, 3 days) |
Dave Bronconnier | Ward 1: Dale Hodges Ward 2: Gord Lowe Ward 3: Jim Stevenson Ward 4: Bob Hawkesworth Ward 5: Ray Jones Ward 6: Joe Connelly Ward 7: Druh Farrell |
Ward 8: Jon Mar Ward 9: Joe Ceci Ward 10: Andre Chabot Ward 11: Brian Pincott Ward 12: Ric McIver Ward 13: Diane Colley-Urquhart Ward 14: Linda Fox-Mellway |
209,748 | |
| 100 | 2010 | October 18 | October 25, 2010 October 28, 2013 (3 years, 3 days) |
Naheed Nenshi | Ward 1: Dale Hodges Ward 2: Gord Lowe Ward 3: Jim Stevenson Ward 4: Gael Macleod Ward 5: Ray Jones Ward 6: Richard Pootmans Ward 7: Druh Farrell |
Ward 8: Jon Mar Ward 9: Gian-Carlo Carra Ward 10: Andre Chabot Ward 11: Brian Pincott Ward 12: Shane Keating Ward 13: Diane Colley-Urquhart Ward 14: Peter Demong |
354,090 | |
| 101 | 2013 | October 21 | October 28, 2013 October 23, 2017 (3 years, 360 days) |
Naheed Nenshi | Ward 1: Ward Sutherland Ward 2: Joe Magliocca Ward 3: Jim Stevenson Ward 4: Sean Chu Ward 5: Ray Jones Ward 6: Richard Pootmans Ward 7: Druh Farrell |
Ward 8: Evan Woolley Ward 9: Gian-Carlo Carra Ward 10: Andre Chabot Ward 11: Brian Pincott Ward 12: Shane Keating Ward 13: Diane Colley-Urquhart Ward 14: Peter Demong |
262,577[12] | |
| The Mayor and Councillors are elected 4 year terms. | ||||||||
| 102 | 2017 | October 16 | October 23, 2017 October 25, 2021 (4 years, 2 days) |
Naheed Nenshi | Ward 1: Ward Sutherland Ward 2: Joe Magliocca Ward 3: Jyoti Gondek Ward 4: Sean Chu Ward 5: George Chahal Ward 6: Jeff Davison Ward 7: Druh Farrell |
Ward 8: Evan Woolley Ward 9: Gian-Carlo Carra Ward 10: Ray Jones Ward 11: Jeromy Farkas Ward 12: Shane Keating Ward 13: Diane Colley-Urquhart Ward 14: Peter Demong |
387,306[13] | |
| 103 | 2021 | October 18 | October 25, 2021 Present (2 years, 163 days) |
Jyoti Gondek | Ward 1: Sonya Sharp Ward 2: Jennifer Wyness Ward 3: Jasmine Mian Ward 4: Sean Chu Ward 5: Raj Dhaliwal Ward 6: Richard Pootmans Ward 7: Terry Wong |
Ward 8: Courtney Walcott Ward 9: Gian-Carlo Carra Ward 10: Andre Chabot Ward 11: Kourtney Branagan Ward 12: Evan Spencer Ward 13: Dan McLean Ward 14: Peter Demong | ||
See also
Notes
- ^ Simon Jackson Hogg would resign May 20, 1885, and Issac Sanford Freeze would be acclaimed to Council and installed on June 10, 1885.
- ^ Northwest Territorial Ordinance 1-1886 voided the results of the January 1886 election and stated no Council existed in Calgary.[7]
- ^ First election in Calgary under three ward system.
- ^ *Howard Douglas acclaimed on February 28, 1894, after Thomas Underwood failed to be sworn in within one month of the January 1894 election due to inability to return from England in time.[8][9]
- ^ Joseph Henry Millward elected in a by-election scheduled July 4, 1894, following Joseph Edward Jacques' resignation which was accepted by Council on June 12, 1894. Millward defeated Thomson, and George Murdoch for the seat.[10]
- ^ James Stuart Makie elected in a by-election scheduled October 2, 1894, following Joseph Henry Millward's resignation.
- ^ Henry Brown resigned from Council effective April 6, 1897, and Thomas O'Brien was acclaimed to the seat after nominations closed April 21, 1897.
- ^ George Albert Allen resigned from Council effective April 20, 1899, and William Henry Cushing won the seat in a by-election.
- ^ All Alderman candidates for council were acclaimed.
- ^ John Creighton died on July 29, 1902, and John Hamilton Kerr was acclaimed as Alderman for Ward 2 after close of nominations on September 1, 1902.
- ^ William Carson declined office in letter to City Clerk on December 18, 1902, William Henry Cushing was elected Alderman for Ward 2 in a by-election.
- ^ John Thomas Macdonald and James Alexander McKenzie would resign from office on April 2, 1904, with Owen Herbert Bott and John Rawlings Thompson elected in a by-election to sit as Ward 1 Aldermen.
- ^ William Leigh Bernard declined the office of Aldermen, James Abel Hornby was elected in by-election as Aldermen for Ward 1.
- ^ David Carter died on July 1, 1906, and was replaced by John Goodwin Watson in a by-election as Alderman for Ward 4. John Smythe Hall resigned as Alderman for Ward 2 effective November 30, 1906.
- ^ Issac G. Ruttle was elected for a one-year term to replace Robert Colin Marshall who resigned half way through his term as Alderman.
- ^ Geoffrey Silvester and Neil I. McDermid were both elected to one year terms following the resignation of Samuel Hunter Adams to run for Mayor.
- ^ Melvin Earl Shannon was elected to a one year term as Alderman following the resignation of Donald Fraser McIntosh earlier in 1953 part way through his two year term.
- Ernest Henry Starrwho resigned September 15, 1957, half way through his two year term.
- ^ James David Macdonald resigned effective August 17, 1959.
- ^ Edward Bruce Watson elected to a single year term to replace Grant MacEwan who resigned October 10, 1958, half way through his two year term.
- ^ The 1960 Calgary municipal election was the final election under the at-large system. The six elected Alderman would be in office for one year.
- ^ The 1961 Calgary municipal election was the first election under the new Ward system, the candidate which received the highest number of ballots was elected for a two year term (2Y), and the second highest ballot total is elected for a one year term (1Y).
- ^ Harry Hays would resign as Mayor on June 30, 1963, and Grant MacEwan was appointed Mayor by council effective July 4, 1963.
- ^ Lorne Leslie Anger was elected for a one year term following the resignation of Mark Tennant half way through his two year term.
- ^ Candidates in the 1968 Calgary municipal election served for a three year period until October 25, 1971, so all 12 members of council (half of council on overlapping terms) would expire together for the 1971 Calgary municipal election on October 13, 1971.
- ^ Thomas Priddle resigned from Council September 2, 1976.
- ^ Bob Hawkesworth would resign May 12, 1986, no by-election was held.
- ^ Ralph Klein would resign March 21, 1989, and Donald Adam Hartman would be appointed by Council as mayor the same day.
- ^ Ward 10 Alderman Margot Aftergood resigned November 30, 2004, following allegations of ballot stuffing by her campaign.[11]
References
- ^ "Calgary Civic Elections". AM 770. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ Calgary Charter, 1893, c. 33
- ^ An Act to amend the Acts and Ordinances relating to the City of Calgary and to Validate By-law No. 1576 of the said City, SA 1913(2), c 30, retrieved on 2020-11-13
- ^ J. Paul Johnston and Miriam Koene, "Learning History's Lessons Anew. The Use of STV in Canadian Municipal Elections," in Shawn Bowler and Bernard Grofman, Elections in Australia, Ireland and Malta under the Single Transferable Vote, p. 218-219, 229
- ^ J. Paul Johnston and Miriam Koene, "Learning History's Lessons Anew. The Use of STV in Canadian Municipal Elections," in Shawn Bowler and Bernard Grofman, Elections in Australia, Ireland and Malta under the Single Transferable Vote, p. 218-219, 229
- ^ Jason Markusoff (December 14, 2010). "Calgary rejects alderman label after 116 years". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ Ordinances of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Ordinances of the Lieut.-Governor and Council of the Northwest Territories. Regina: Government Printer [etc.] 1886.
- ^ "City and District". The Calgary Herald. No. 50. February 27, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "City and District". The Calgary Herald. No. 51. March 2, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "City and District". The Calgary Herald. No. 86. July 6, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Clark, Robert C. (June 22, 2005). INSPECTOR’S REPORT on the October 18, 2004 City of Calgary Ward 10 Election (PDF). Edmonton: Government of Alberta. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "General Election Results". calgary.ca. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
- ^ "Election Results". calgary.ca. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
External References
- Frederick Hunter: THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY Archived March 3, 2020
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