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The 1892 Edmonton municipal election, held February 10, 1892, was the first after the incorporation of Edmonton as a town in the North-West Territories on January 9, 1892,[1] and was held to elect the new town's first town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen) for a one-year term.[2] Matthew McCauley was acclaimed as Edmonton's first mayor, Voters elected six aldermen -Colin Strang, Daniel Fraser, Edward Carey, James Goodridge, John Cameron, and Philip Daly - from a field of fourteen candidates.
Ordinance of the North-West Territories, Ordinance #7 1891-92, Effective Date January 9, 1892