The 1895 Edmonton municipal election was held on January 14, 1895 in Edmonton, Alberta to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one-year term) and four trustees for each of the public and separate school divisions. This was the first election in Edmonton history in which there was a contested race for mayor, and also the first during which school trustee elections were held concurrently with those for town council.
Wilson, the successful mayoral candidate, was an opponent of Matthew McCauley and although he won against McDougall (McDougall was put up as a last-minute candidate by council members who supported McCauley, even though they expected Wilson to win), the majority of the elected town council were McCauley supporters.
Voter turnout
Voter turnout figures for the 1895 municipal election are no longer available.
Results (bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor Candidate Votes %Herbert Charles Wilson12958.64%John Alexander McDougall9141.36%
Aldermen Candidate VotesWilliam S. Edmiston175John Kelly120Colin Strang119John Cameron114Thomas Bellamy111Joseph Henri Picard110Charles Sutter108George Hutton105A. D. Osborne68
Public school trustees Candidate VotesMatthew McCauley103John Cameron99Thomas Bellamy93James Lauder87George Sanderson82John Alexander McDougall79Henry Goodridge73
St. Joachim Separate School District Candidate VotesN. D. BeckAcclaimedJ. G. FairbanksAcclaimedJohn KellyAcclaimedSandy LarueAcclaimed
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