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The second of two 1896 municipal elections was held December 14, 1896. This was the first election to take place on the second Monday of December instead of the second Monday in January. The election was to elect the town 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
editVoter turnout figures for the December 1896 municipal election are no longer available.
Results
edit(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent)
Mayor
editJohn Alexander McDougall was acclaimed as mayor.
Aldermen
edit- Kenneth McLeod - 111
- Joseph Gariépy - 109
- Thomas Hourston - 105
- Alfred Jackson - 103
- Cornelius Gallagher - 96 (incumbent mayor)
- Daniel Fraser - 90
- William Thomas Henry - 87
- Alfred Brown - 84
- Joseph Henri Picard - 84
Public school trustees
editThomas Bellamy, John Cameron, J Lauder, Matthew McCauley, and Hedley C. Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.
Separate (Catholic) school trustees
editN D Beck, Sandy Larue, Antonio Prince, and Georges Roy were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.