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Election in Alberta, Canada

1895 Calgary municipal election

← (Dec) 1894 December 9, 1895 (1895-12-09) 1896 →
 
Candidate Alexander McBride

Mayor before election

Wesley Fletcher Orr

Elected mayor

Alexander McBride

The 1895 Calgary municipal election was scheduled for December 9, 1895 to elect a Mayor and nine Councillors to sit on the twelfth Calgary City Council from January 6, 1896 to January 4, 1897.

Background

Voting rights were provided to any male, single woman, or widowed British subject over twenty-one years of age who are assessed on the last revised assessment roll with a minimum property value of $200.

The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors.

Results

Mayor

Councillors

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

See also

References

  1. Ordinances of the North-West Territories; An Ordinance Respecting Municipalities, R.O.N.W.T. 1888, c. 8. March 14, 2020.

Sources

Elections in Calgary
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