1895 Calgary municipal election
Election in Alberta, Canada
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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.
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December 9, 1895
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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.[1]
Results
Mayor
Councillors
Ward 1
- James Alexander McKenzie
- William Mahon Parslow
- Silas Alexander Ramsay
Ward 2
- John Creighton
- James Stuart Mackie
- Henry Brown
Ward 3
- William Henry Cushing
- Adam Robson McTavish
- Walter Jarrett