1899 Calgary municipal election

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Candidate	William Henry Cushing	Silas Alexander Ramsay
Popular vote	200	175
Percentage	53.33%	46.67%

Mayor before election

James Reilly

Elected Mayor

William Henry Cushing

The 1899 Calgary municipal election took place on December 11, 1899 to elect a Mayor to sit on the sixteenth Calgary City Council from January 2, 1900 to January 7, 1901. All Aldermen candidates for council were acclaimed, and there was only a contest for the position of Mayor.^[1]

Results

Mayor

1899 Calgary municipal election: Mayor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	-	William Henry Cushing	200	53.33%	Y
	-	Silas Alexander Ramsay	175	46.66%
Total valid votes			375	-
Source(s) ^[2]

Councillors

Ward 1

Thomas Alexander Hatfield
William Mahon Parslow
Solomon Sheldwyn Spafford

Ward 2

John Creighton
James Hedley Grierson
Hugh Neilson

Ward 3

Donald J. Gunn
Thomas Underwood
Isacc Stephen Gerow Van Wart

References

^ "Mayoralty Contest". The Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 14, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
^ "Mayoralty Contest". The Weekly Herald. No. 52. December 14, 1899. p. 8. Retrieved March 14, 2020.