The 1897 municipal election was held December 13, 1897. This was the last election to elect a full town council for a one-year term, as the1898 election was conducted under a staggered system. The election was to elect thetown council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one-year term), five trustees for the public school division and four trustees for the separate school division.

Voter turnout figures for the 1897 municipal election are no longer available.

(bold indicates elected,italics indicate incumbent)

William S. Edmiston was acclaimed as mayor.^[1]

Election conducted usingPlurality block voting, with each voter casting as many as six votes.Those elected were to serve one-year terms.

Elected

• Kenneth McLeod - 86
• James Ross - 80
• Joseph Henri Picard - 80
• Thomas Hourston - 75
• Alfred Jackson (A.E. Jackson) - 75
• William Humberstone - 74

Not elected

• Phillip Heiminck - 60
• J V E Carpenter - 58
• Joseph Gariépy - 57

Thomas Bellamy,R J W Mathers,A G Randall,James Ross, andHedley C. Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

N D Beck,Sandy Larue,Antonio Prince, andGeorges Roy were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.

• Municipal elections in Edmonton
• 1897 elections in Canada
• December 1897
• 1890s in Edmonton
• 1897 in the Northwest Territories

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