1895 Calgary municipal election

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.

1895 Calgary municipal election

December 9, 1895 (1895-12-09)

Candidate Alexander McBride

Mayor before election Wesley Fletcher Orr Elected Mayor Alexander McBride

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

• Alexander McBride

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

See also

• List of Calgary municipal elections

Sources

• Frederick Hunter: THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY Archived March 3, 2020