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20. Taylor notes
Council added about 78 names to the voter list without notice of sworn testimony, but the names added appeared to have the qualifications necessary to be entitled to be on the voters list. Taylor found treating the actions of council as a case of personal corruption was erroneous in law and irregular in form. Furthermore, Taylor noted the punishment of removal from office, disqualification from re-election for two years and fines "extreme". Taylor also notes when the voters' list was being revised and the "corrupt practices" were occurring, Murdoch was visiting his former home in Eastern Canada and not in Calgary.
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brought a charge of corruption against
Murdoch and council over irregularities in the voters' list. Travis found Murdoch and the councillors guilty, disqualifying them from running in the 1886 election, barring them from municipal office for two years, and fining Murdoch $ 100, and the councillors $
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and supporter of the temperance movement, was appalled by the open traffic of liquor, gambling and prostitution in
Calgary despite legal prohibition in the Northwest Territories. Murdoch and the town solicitor Henry Bleeker were alleged to be members of a whisky ring, and rumors were rampant that
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with a judicial order forbidding him from receiving any vote for
Murdoch which would have the effect of showing Murdoch's opponents having received more votes than Murdoch. The returning officer ignored Travis' order as there was no authority for it to be issued. The final result of the election
326:(Calgary Hook, Ladder and Bucket Corps) was held in the Canadian Pacific Railway's storage yard due to lack of payment. Members of the Calgary Hook, Ladder and Bucket Corps broke into the storage yard on the day of the fire to retrieve the engine, but their need to do so slowed the response.
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Travis would find
Murdoch in contempt of court and disallowed the result of the election, instead installing James Reilly as mayor and other members as the council. The municipal government under Mayor Reilly was ineffective when the town's books and seal disappeared.
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The federal government acted, even before officially receiving Taylor's report, by reorganizing the courts of the
Northwest Territories. The Territorial Council called for a new municipal election in Calgary on
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It is hereby declared that no
Council of the Municipality of the Town of Calgary exists, and that any and every alleged election of Mayor and Councillors of the said Municipality, for the year 1886, is
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499:. Each voter could cast up to four votes. Perhaps 208 cast a ballot in the aldermanic contest. (Percentage indicated is percentage of voters who endorsed the candidate, not percentage of votes.)
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Murdoch along with councillors Issac
Sanford Freeze and Dr. Neville James Lindsay were removed from office effective October 21, 1886 by a special Territorial Ordinance issued by
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were provided to any male
British subject over twenty-one years of age who are assessed on the last revised assessment roll with a minimum property value of $ 300.
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Precis of the Case of
Jeremiah Travis (Late Stipendiary Magistrate at Calgary) As Presented By the Report of Mr. Justice Taylor and the Correspondence and Evidence
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Precis of the case of Jeremiah Travis (late stipendiary magistrate at Calgary) as presented by the report of Mr. Justice Taylor and the correspondence and evidence
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both Murdoch and the town's police chief James Ingram was receiving kickbacks from brothels and saloon keepers. Travis' behavior would soon reach Ottawa and Judge
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The election occurred as planned in on January 6, 1886 with Murdoch and the councillors on the ballot and the "irregular voter list" in use. Travis served the
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with 18. Of the 78 names irregularly added to the voters' list, only 41 of them voted.
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An Ordinance Respecting Municipal Matters in the Town of Calgary
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The January 1886 town election took place 11 months before the
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from January 18, 1886 (or April 3, 1886) to October 21, 1886.
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showed Murdoch with a majority 180 votes and his opponent
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THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS OF THE CORPORATION OF CALGARY
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Foundations of Justice: Alberta's Historic Courthouses
825:. Ottawa, Ontario: Privy Council Office. pp. 5–6.
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790:Ordinances of the North-West Territories
738:. University of Toronto/Université Laval
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363:January 1886 Calgary municipal election
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763:"Yesterday's Election"
497:Plurality block voting
249:stipendiary magistrate
237:Plurality block voting
207:Stipendiary Magistrate
625:Neville James Lindsay
264:Thomas Wardlaw Taylor
156:Mayor before election
961:Elections in Calgary
597:Issac Sanford Freeze
320:Calgary Fire of 1886
314:Calgary Fire of 1886
200:Calgary Town Council
968:Municipal elections
225:Election Procedures
212:. Travis contended
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861:Ward, Tom (1975).
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458:Total valid votes
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118:Popular vote
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132:Percentage
1500:Categories
1025:1894 (Dec)
1020:1894 (Jan)
985:1886 (Nov)
980:1886 (Jan)
718:References
521:Candidate
511:Councillor
378:Candidate
259:teetotaler
257:Travis, a
220:Background
100:Candidate
49:1886-01-04
685:Source(s)
475:Source(s)
801:14 March
706:See also
670:Davidson
652:A. Grant
530:Elected
387:Elected
268:Winnipeg
915:Sources
903:9 March
773:8 March
742:7 March
350:Results
190:Calgary
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604:65.38%
576:71.63%
548:72.60%
518:Party
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375:Party
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135:86.5%
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524:Votes
451:4.81%
433:8.65%
381:Votes
368:Mayor
355:Mayor
344:void.
196:Mayor
141:4.8%
138:8.7%
113:Dick
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