1919 Los Angeles mayoral election

1919 Los Angeles mayoral election
← 1917 May 6, 1919 (1919-05-06) and June 3, 1919 (1919-06-03) 1921 →
 
Candidate Meredith P. Snyder Frederic T. Woodman
First round 23,368
37.28%
19,504
31.12%
Runoff 26,779
63.22%
15,578
36.78%

 
Candidate Sylvester Weaver Gesner Williams
First round 13,864
22.12%
4,316
6.89%
Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

Mayor before election

Frederic T. Woodman

Elected Mayor

Meredith P. Snyder

The 1919 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on May 6, 1919, with a run-off election on June 3, 1919. Incumbent Frederic T. Woodman was defeated by Meredith P. Snyder. Snyder, the mayor of Los Angeles from 1896–98 and 1900–04, was elected to a third non-consecutive term.

Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[1]

  1. ^ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.