1900 Calgary municipal election

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1900 Calgary municipal election
← 1899 December 10, 1900 (1900-12-10) 1901 →
  JSMackie.jpg Silas Alexander Ramsay.jpg
Candidate James Stuart Mackie Silas Alexander Ramsay
Popular vote 217 216
Percentage 50.12% 49.88%
Mayor before election

William Henry Cushing

 Elected Mayor

James Stuart Mackie

The 1900 Calgary municipal election took place on December 10, 1900 to elect a Mayor and nine Aldermen to sit on the seventeenth Calgary City Council from January 7, 1901 to January 6, 1902. The election for Mayor was very close, with the Calgary Herald reporting James Stuart Mackie defeating his opponent Silas Alexander Ramsay by a single vote.[1]

Results[]

Mayor[]

Councillors[]

Ward 1[]

  • - 124 votes
  • - 111 votes
  • - 106 votes
  • William Pittman Jr. - 65 votes
  • Spoiled - 5 votes

Ward 2[]

  • - 163 votes
  • - 105 votes
  • - 86 votes
  • Robert Cadogan Thomas - 82 votes
  • Spoiled - 1 vote

Ward 3[]

  • Thomas Underwood - 91 votes
  • John Emerson - 78 votes
  • - 74 votes
  • William Charles Gordon Armstrong - 65 votes
  • Spoiled - 0 votes

School trustees[]

  • Arthur Leslie Cameron - 232 votes
  • Robert John Hutchings - 207 votes
  • Richard Benjamin O'Sullivan - 182 votes

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Civic Elections: A very large vote polled in all wards. - Mackie only one vote ahead of Ramsay". The Daily Herald. No. 4976. Calgary, AB. December 11, 1900. p. 1.

Sources[]

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