1888 Calgary municipal election

1888 Calgary municipal election

← 1886 (November) January 3, 1888 (1888-01-03) 1889 →
 
A.E.S.
Candidate Arthur Edwin Shelton George Murdoch George Clift King
Popular vote 85 73 74
Percentage 36.64% 31.47% 31.90%

Mayor before election

George Clift King

Elected mayor

Arthur Edwin Shelton

The 1888 Calgary municipal election was held on January 3, 1888 to elect a Mayor and six Councillors to sit on the fourth Calgary Town Council from January 16, 1888 to January 21, 1889.[1]

The 1888 election was the first after the Town Council had expanded from four councillors to six councillors.

  1. ^ "Calgary Elections". Calgary Tribune. January 4, 1888. p. 4.