1898 Calgary municipal election
{{short description|Election in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1898 Calgary municipal election
| country = Calgary
| type = Municipal
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1897 Calgary municipal election
| previous_year = 1897
| next_election = 1899 Calgary municipal election
| next_year = 1899
| election_date = {{start date|1898|12|12}}
| image1 = 150x150px
| color1 =
| candidate1 = James Reilly
| popular_vote1 = 185
| percentage1 = 52.56%
| image2 = 150x150px
| color2 =
| candidate2 = Silas Alexander Ramsay
| popular_vote2 = 167
| percentage2 = 47.44%
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| candidate3 =
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| popular_vote3 =
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| map_image =
| map_size = 350px
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| title = Mayor
| before_election = Arthur Leslie Cameron
| before_party =
| after_election = James Reilly
| after_party =
}}
The 1898 Calgary municipal election was held on December 12, 1898 to elect a Mayor and nine Councilors to sit on the fifteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1899 to January 2, 1900.{{cite news |title=Reilly is Mayor |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1898/12/15/8/ |accessdate=14 March 2020 |work=The Weekly Herald |issue=51 |date=December 15, 1898 |page=8}}
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 with a voter's designated ward.{{cite canlaw |short title=Ordinances of the North-West Territories; An Ordinance Respecting Municipalities |year= 1888 |chapter= 8 |abbr= R.O.N.W.T. |page=45-94 |link=https://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/digital/collection/p22007coll9/id/95263 |accessdate=March 14, 2020}}
Results
=Mayor=
{{Canadian election result/top|Calgary municipal|1898|List of mayors of Calgary|Mayor|percent=yes|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|James Reilly|185|52.53%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|Silas Alexander Ramsay|167|47.44%|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|352|-}}
{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite news |title=Reilly is Mayor |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1898/12/15/8/ |access-date=14 March 2020 |work=The Weekly Herald |issue=51 |date=December 15, 1898 |page=8}}}}
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=Councillors=
==Ward 1==
{{Canadian election result/top|Calgary municipal|1898|Calgary City Council|Councillor Ward 1|percent=yes|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford|118|29.35%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|Robert Wilson Begley|117|29.10%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|James Alexander McKenzie|114|28.36%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|H. Riddell|53|13.18%|}}
{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite news |title=Reilly is Mayor |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1898/12/15/8/ |access-date=14 March 2020 |work=The Weekly Herald |issue=51 |date=December 15, 1898 |page=8}}
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.}}
{{end}}
==Ward 2==
{{Canadian election result/top|Calgary municipal|1898|Calgary City Council|Councillor Ward 2|percent=yes|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|James Stuart Mackie|131|30.05%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|Robert John Hutchings|117|26.83%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|Thomas O'Brien|115|26.38%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|William Mahon Parslow|73|16.74%|}}
{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite news |title=Reilly is Mayor |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1898/12/15/8/ |access-date=14 March 2020 |work=The Weekly Herald |issue=51 |date=December 15, 1898 |page=8}}
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.}}
{{end}}
==Ward 3==
{{Canadian election result/top|Calgary municipal|1898|Calgary City Council|Councillor Ward 3|percent=yes|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|Thomas Underwood|59|31.38%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|George Albert Allen|57|30.32%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|Isaac Stephen Gerow Van Wart|47|25.00%|elected=yes}}
{{CANelec|CGY|-|Ralph Bell|25|13.30%|}}
{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite news |title=Reilly is Mayor |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/CWH/1898/12/15/8/ |access-date=14 March 2020 |work=The Weekly Herald |issue=51 |date=December 15, 1898 |page=8}}
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.}}
{{end}}
By-elections
Councilor George Albert Allen submitted his resignation to City Council effective April 20, 1899.{{cite news |title=Alderman Resigns |work=Calgary Herald |issue=107 |date=April 21, 1899 |page=4 |id={{ProQuest|2252276266}}}} William Henry Cushing won a by-election held on May 8, 1899 defeating Crispin E. Smith 52-22.{{cite news |title=Aldermanic Victory |work=Calgary Herald |issue=122 |date=May 9, 1899 |page=4 |id={{ProQuest|2252270394}}}}
See also
References
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