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1927 Edmonton municipal election

The 1927 municipal election was held December 12, 1927 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards. Voters also voted on two plebiscite questions.

Voter turnout
A total of 12,907 votes were cast out of 37,106 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 34.7%. ==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 Aldermen Five to be elected. Quota approx. 2151. This vote tally guaranteed election. Keillor and Findlay initially received more votes than Dineen, but Dineen, not them, won a seat, due to having more votes at the end (caused by votes transferred from other candidates under the Single Transferable Voting election system). Public school trustees Separate (Catholic) school trustees Plebiscites Assessing Improvements on Industrial Establishments To authorize the Council to fix the Assessment of improvements for industrial establishments. • Yes - 2,224 • No - 1,038 Abolition of Single Transferable Vote To abolish the Proportional Representation System of electing mayor and aldermen. • Yes - 6,695 • No - 5,473 ==References==
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