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The 1957 municipal election was held November 3, 1957 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Michael O'Byrne, Orest Demco, Catherine McGrath, and Joseph Moreau were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board). Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The electorate also decided seven plebiscite questions.

The election would normally have fallen on October 16 (the third Wednesday in October), but was delayed because of the provincial plebiscite on October 30. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western The 1957 Alberta Liquor Plebiscite was the second province-wide Plebiscite conducted in Alberta, Canada, and it was held on October 30 1957 Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Frederick John Mitchell, Ethel Wilson, Laurette Douglas, Giffard Main, and Donald Bowen were all elected to two year terms in 1956 and were still in office. Frederick John Mitchell (born December 4, 1893; died December 25, 1979) was a politician in Alberta, Canada, a mayor The 1956 municipal election was held October 17, 1956 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: J. Percy Page, John Thorogood, and William Orobko were elected to two year terms in 1956 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Vincent Dantzer, John Bernard Kane, and Leo Lemieux were continuing. Vincent Martin Dantzer ( 2 October 1923 - 13 March 2001) was a Canadian lawyer economist and politician a member of the

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Voter Turnout

There were 49955 ballots cast out of 141532 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 35. 3%.

Results

(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)

Mayor

Party Candidate Votes  %
     Citizens' Committee William Hawrelak 32,312 65. William Hawrelak ( October 3 1915 – November 7 1975) was a politician in Alberta, Canada, the longest-serving 15%
     Independent Edwin Clarke 13,003 26. 22%
Edmonton Voters Association Charles Simmonds 4,282 8. 63%

Aldermen

Party Candidate Votes
     Citizens' Committee Cliffard Roy 25,459 SS
     Citizens' Committee William Connelly 25,100
     Citizens' Committee Hu Harries 24,833 SS
     Citizens' Committee Reginald Easton 24,545
     Citizens' Committee James Falconer 23,101
Edmonton Voters Association Charles Thompson 13,001
     Independent Ivor Dent 12,503 SS
     Edmonton Property Owners Association Edith Rogers 8,794
Edmonton Voters Association David Graham 8,240
     Independent Julia Kiniski 7,444
Edmonton Voters Association Orval Allen 7,072 SS
     Independent Tempest Aitken 6,744
     Independent Thomas Graham 6,333
     Edmonton Property Owners Association Vincent McMahon 5,391 SS
Edmonton Voters Association George Rankel 4,215
     Edmonton Property Owners Association James Bamber 3,785
     Edmonton Property Owners Association Gustave Querengesser 3,560
     Edmonton Property Owners Association Alfred Kynnersley 2,991 SS
     Independent Stan Rogalski 2,483

Public School Trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Citizens' Committee Ernest Hanna 20,477
     Citizens' Committee Angus MacDonald 20,690
     Citizens' Committee Robert Johnson 17,527 SS
     Citizens' Committee Douglas Thomson 16,861 SS
Edmonton Voters Association Oscar Krueger 14,200
     Edmonton Property Owners Association Elizabeth Scott 9,913 SS
Edmonton Voters Association Frances Shore 8,751
Edmonton Voters Association Jack Hennig 8,607 SS
     Edmonton Property Owners Association Clifford Hackett 6,341
Edmonton Voters Association John Lyon 6,123
     Edmonton Property Owners Association Herbert Nichols 5,528

Separate (Catholic) School Trustees

Party Candidate Votes
     Independent Michael O'Byrne Acclaimed
     Independent Orest Demco Acclaimed
     Independent Catherine McGrath Acclaimed
     Independent Joseph Moreau Acclaimed

Plebiscites

Fluoridation of Water

Shall fluorides, for the prevention of tooth decay, be added to the City water supply sufficient to bring the fluoride content of City water up to the level of one part fluoride to one million parts of water?

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $965,000. William “Bill” Connelly earned one cap with the US national team in a 6-3 loss to England on June 8 1953 Hu Harries ( 1921-12-08 &ndash 1986-08-26) was a Canadian economist and politician Ivor G Dent (born February 7, 1924) is politician from Alberta, Canada, a former mayor of Edmonton, and a former candidate for 00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

Parks

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $200,000. 00 for the improvement of City parks and the commencement of work on unsubdivided park land, circles, buffer zones, ravine side boulevards and similar works?

Traffic Lights

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000. 00 in order to purchase and install additional traffic lights at various locations within the City?

Library

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000. 00 in order to construct and equip a branch of the Edmonton Public Library in a location within the City?

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000. 00 to provide necessary renovations to the existing portion of the Royal Alexandra Hospital and equipment for the Hospital?

Fire Hall

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $245,000. 00 in order to build and provide equipment for a Fire Hall at 98th Street and 101A Avenue?

References

Edmonton election results (City of Edmonton webpage)

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