Election results for Vancouver Mayor & Aldermen for 1890

This document was transcribed by volunteer Gerald Soon in July of 2018.

These election results were published in the “Vancouver Daily World” on December 10, 1889.  The winners took office in January of 1890 for a term of one year.  To see the early Vancouver Ward boundaries aldermen were elected to represent, click here.

The official vote is as follows:–

FOR MAYOR

	OPPENHEIMER.	TEMPLETON.
Ward 1	168	126
Ward 2	167	114
Ward 3	152	80
Ward 4	77	88
Ward 5	21	26
Total	585	434
Oppenheimer’s Majority	151

Spoiled ballots in all wards 20

FOR ALDERMEN.

Ward II.

Horne	235	Horne	128
Garden	223	Whetham	156
Cotton	178	Beckingsale	39
Spoiled ballots	8	Spoiled	12

Ward III.

Fox	168	Clark	163
Sentell	162	Brewer	82
McGuigan	138	Sentell	81
Spoiled ballots	6	Spoiled	3

Ward IV.

Costello	140	McConnell	66
McLeod	125	Costello	56
McConnell	91	Lockerby	48
McGeer	75
Spoiled ballots	6	Spoiled	3

Ward V.

Mason		Oppenheimer	37
Doering		Lefevre	28
		Edmonds	16
By acclamation	109	Spoiled ballots

The above vote will indicate the growth of the city since last year. In ward V. the ratio is even greater than in any of the other divisions of the city.

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