1957 Edmonton municipal election

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). 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.

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.

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.

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	65.15%
	Independent	Edwin Clarke	13,003	26.22%
	Edmonton Voters Association	Charles Simmonds	4,282	8.63%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes		Elected
	Citizens' Committee	Cliffard Roy	25,459	SS	Y
	Citizens' Committee	William Connelly	25,100		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Hu Harries	24,833	SS	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Reginald Easton	24,545		Y
	Citizens' Committee	James Falconer	23,101		Y
	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		Elected
	Citizens' Committee	Ernest Hanna	20,477		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Angus MacDonald	20,690		Y
	Citizens' Committee	Robert Johnson	17,527	SS	Y
	Citizens' Committee	Douglas Thomson	16,861	SS	Y
	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	Elected
	Independent	Michael O'Byrne	Acclaimed	Y
	Independent	Orest Demco	Acclaimed	Y
	Independent	Catherine McGrath	Acclaimed	Y
	Independent	Joseph Moreau	Acclaimed	Y

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?

• Yes - 30420
• No - 16626

Paving

Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $965,000.00 for the City share of standard paving of arterial and residential streets?

• Yes - 22182
• No - 5022

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?

• Yes - 20202
• No - 6479

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?

• Yes - 21048
• No - 5692

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?

• Yes - 15287
• No - 10521

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?

• Yes - 21258
• No - 5657

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?

• Yes - 18418
• No - 7696

References

City of Edmonton: Edmonton Elections