# 1920 Edmonton municipal election

The 1920 municipal election was held December 13, 1920, to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on the public school board. J Cormack, Joseph Gariépy and J J Murray were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. In the election's only plebiscite, Edmontonians rejected a proposal to pay their aldermen for the second consecutive election.
There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Percy Abbott, John Bowen, James East and Rice Sheppard were all elected to two-year terms in 1919 and were still in office. J. A. Kinney had also been elected to a two-year term in 1919, but had resigned. Accordingly, Samuel McCoppen, being the fifth most popular candidate, was elected to a one-year term.
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, J. W. H. Williams, J A McPherson, and Frank Scott had all been elected to two-year terms in 1919 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Henri Picard, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Thomas Malone were continuing.

## Voter turnout

There were 14,710 ballots cast out of 26,903 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 54.6%.

## Results

* bold indicates elected
* italics indicate incumbent
* South Side, 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 | % |
| Citizens' Progressive League | David Duggan | 7,537 | 51.78% |
| Labour | Joseph Clarke | 6,974 | 47.90% |
| Independent | Albert Stimmel | 47 | 0.32% |

### Aldermen

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Citizens' Progressive League | Joseph Adair | 7,023 |
| Citizens' Progressive League | Andrew McLennan | 6,996 |
| Citizens' Progressive League | Valentine Richards (South Side) | 6,385 |
| Citizens' Progressive League | James Collisson | 6,280 |
| Citizens' Progressive League | William Campbell McArthur | 5,679 |
| Dominion Labour | Samuel McCoppen | 5,478 |
| Dominion Labour | A. Boileau | 5,133 |
| Citizens' Progressive League | W. H. Speer | 5,111 |
| Dominion Labour | Alfred Farmilo | 4,638 |
| Dominion Labour | Daniel Kennedy Knott | 4,625 |
| Dominion Labour | J. J. Murray | 4,574 |
| Dominion Labour | G. Latham | 4,312 |
| Independent | John McKenzie | 3,040 |
| Independent Labor Party | George L. Ritchie | 1,610 |
| Independent Labor Party | Joseph White | 957 |
| Independent | Hyman King | 760 |

### Public school trustees

Multiple non-transferable voting was used - each voter cast up to three votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Citizens' Progressive League | Mrs. E. T. (Thryza) Bishop | 6,988 |
| Citizens' Progressive League | William Hardy Alexander | 6,711 |
| Citizens' Progressive League | William Rea | 6,667 |
| Labour | J. W. B. Williams | 5,599 |
| Labour | Frank Crang | 5,444 |
| Labour | J. Heron | 4,137 |

### Separate (Catholic) school trustees

| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | J. Cormack | acclaimed |
| Independent | Joseph Gariépy | acclaimed |
| Independent | J. J. Murray (South Side) | acclaimed |

### Plebiscite

Should Aldermen be paid? :
| | Votes | % |
| Yes | 4,234 | 32.46% |
| No | 8,811 | 67.54% |