1922 Calgary municipal election

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The 1922 municipal election was held on December 13, 1922 to elect a mayor, commissioner, 7 councillors, 7 members for the public school board and 5 members for the separate school board.<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>

A swimming pool bylaw was defeated by a large majority.

Three plebiscites were held, one regarding compensation for aldermen, one to change the position of commissioner to an appointment, and one for a service tax. All three plebiscites were defeated.

The election was held under the Single Transferable Voting/Proportional Representation (STV/PR) with the term for candidates being one year.

==Results==
* '''bold''' indicates elected
===Mayor===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! %

|'''[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]'''
|'''[[George Harry Webster]]'''
|align="right"|'''7,038'''
|align="right"|'''53.45%'''

|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|[[Michael Copps Costello]]
|align="right"|5,077
|align="right"|38.56%

|[[Labor (politician)|Labor]]
|[[J. E. Worsley (Alberta politician)|J. E. Worsley]]
|align="right"|1,053
|align="right"|8.99%
|}
George Harry Webster was elected on the first ballot.

===Council===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"| Party
! Candidate
! Votes
! Count

|'''[[Independent (politician)|Labor]]'''
|'''[[Fred J. White]]'''
|align="right"|'''1,962'''
|align="right"|'''First'''

|'''[[Independent (politician)|Civic Government Association]]'''
|'''[[Frederick Ernest Osborne]]'''
|align="right"|'''1,811'''
|align="right"|'''First'''

|'''[[Independent (politician)|Civic Government Association]]'''
|'''[[Thomas H. Crawford (Alberta politician)|Thomas H. Crawford]]'''
|align="right"|'''1,344'''
|align="right"|'''Fifth'''

|'''[[Independent (politician)|Civic Government Association]]'''
|'''[[Frederick Arthur Johnston (Alberta politician)|Frederick Johnston]]'''
|align="right"|'''1,329'''
|align="right"|'''Eighth'''

|'''[[Independent (politician)|Civic Government Association]]'''
|'''[[Neil McDermid]]'''
|align="right"|'''1,053'''
|align="right"|'''Tenth'''

|[[Independent (politician)|Civic Government Association]]
|[[John Sidney Arnold]]
|align="right"|964
|

|'''[[Independent (politician)|Labor]]'''
|'''[[John Walker Russell]]'''
|align="right"|'''876'''
|align="right"|'''Tenth'''

|'''[[Independent (politician)|Labor]]'''
|'''[[Walter Little (Alberta politician)|Walter Little]]'''
|align="right"|'''822'''
|align="right"|'''Tenth'''

|[[Independent (politician)|Civic Government Association]]
|[[M. B. Peacock]]
|align="right"|865
|

|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|[[Alexander McTaggart (Alberta politician)|Alexander McTaggart]]
|align="right"|682
|

|[[Independent (politician)|Labor]]
|[[Mary Corse (Alberta politician)|Mary Corse]]
|align="right"|551
|

|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|[[Harry Pryde]]
|align="right"|353
|

|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|[[Charles Bell (Alberta politician)|Charles Bell]]
|align="right"|203
|
|}

There were 12,972 total ballots cast.

==References==

[[Category:Municipal elections in Calgary]][[Category:Canadian election stubs]]

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