1899 Edmonton municipal election
Municipal election in Canada
The 1899 municipal election was held December 11, 1899. It was the first municipal election in which only a portion of the aldermen were to be elected; in 1898, three of the six aldermen elected were elected to two-year terms in preparation for a system in which only half of the aldermen would be up for election each year. Kenneth McLeod, Alfred Jackson, and Kenneth W. MacKenzie were all only halfway through their two-year terms at the time of the election. However, MacKenzie resigned in order to become mayor, leaving council with four vacancies. Only three were filled by the election; council appointed Henry Goodridge to fill the fourth seat until the 1900 election.
Voter turnout
221 ballots were cast out of 613 eligible voters, for a turnout of 36.0%.
Results
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor
Kenneth W. MacKenzie was acclaimed as mayor.
Aldermen
Robert Lee - 156
Colin Strang - 147
Alfred Brown - 124
Information about defeated candidates for this election is no longer available.
Public school trustees
Matthew McCauley, William Short, Colin Strang, Alex Taylor, and Hedley C. Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
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