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1925 Edmonton municipal election

The 1925 municipal election was held December 14, 1925 to elect a mayor and seven aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. In the election's only plebiscite, the voters also rejected a proposal to increase the mayor's term from one year to two.

Voter turnout
There were 15,304 ballots cast out of 35,343 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 43.3%. ==Results==
Results
bold or indicates elected • italics indicate incumbent • "SS", where data is available, indicates representative for Edmonton's South Side, with a minimum South Side representation instituted after the city of Strathcona, south of the North Saskatchewan River, amalgamated into Edmonton on February 1, 1912. Mayor This election was conducted using Instant-runoff voting but no vote transfers were conducted in this case because Blatchford received a majority of votes on the first count. Aldermen This election was conducted using Single transferable voting. Quota approximately 1825. This was the number of votes that guaranteed election. Because of the single transferable vote system, Tighe received more initial votes, but Farmilo won (and Robson held) based on votes subsequently transferred from other candidates. Douglas resigned less than a year later to run for mayor in the 1926 Edmonton municipal election. Public school trustees Separate (Catholic) school trustees Under the minimum South Side representation rule, Crossland was elected over Jenvrin. Mayoral Term Plebiscite Are you in favour of the Mayor holding office for the term of two years? • Yes - 7251 • No - 8945 ==References==
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