Draft:Alan Emmott
Alan Emmott | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Burnaby | |
| In office 1958–1968 | |
| Preceded by | Charles MacSorley |
| Succeeded by | Bob Prittie |
| Chair of the GVRD Board of Directors | |
| In office 1979–1982 | |
| Burnaby city councillor | |
| In office 1971–1987 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 16, 1921 Victoria, British Columbia |
| Died | September 20, 2010 (aged 89) Burnaby, British Columbia |
| Political party | Burnaby Citizens Association The Electors' Action Movement |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Alan Herbert Emmott (February 16, 1921 – September 20, 2010) was a Canadian municipal politican who was the mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia from 1958 to 1968.[1] In 1955, Emmott and Eileen Dailly co-founded the Burnaby Citizens Association, a municipal political party in Burnaby aligned with the British Columbia New Democratic Party, which has grown to dominate municipal politics in Burnaby.[2] Emmott resigned as mayor after 10 years in 1968 to run in Vancouver's mayoral election, but was defeated by the incumbent Tom Campbell.[3] He later returned to Burnaby municipal politics and served on Burnaby City Council from 1974 to 1987.
Electoral record
[edit]| 1968 Vancouver municipal election: Mayor | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Elected | |||
| NPA | Tom Campbell (incumbent) | 63,035 | 56.34 | +9.32[a] | 
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| TEAM | Alan Emmott | 41,956 | 37.50 | – | ||||
| Independent | Peter Graham | 4,912 | 4.39 | – | ||||
| Independent | John Norstrom | 986 | 0.88 | – | ||||
| Independent | Charles Patterson | 383 | 0.34 | – | ||||
| Independent | Robert Reeds | 360 | 0.32 | – | ||||
| Independent | James Whitham | 255 | 0.23 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 111,887 | |||||||
| NPA hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Vancouver Sun[3] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Alan EMMOTT Obituary". Legacy.com. Vancouver Sun and/or The Province. September 25, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ "About the BCA". Burnaby Citizens Association. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "Tom Still Terrific With City Voters". Vancouver Sun. December 12, 1968. p. 1.
- ^ "Final Result of Civic Vote Race". Vancouver Sun. December 15, 1966. p. 15.
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