1906 Los Angeles mayoral election

1906 Los Angeles mayoral election
	December 4, 1906
Mayor before election; Owen McAleer; Republican	Elected Mayor ; Arthur Cyprian Harper; Democratic

The 1906 Los Angeles mayoral election was held on December 4, 1906. Arthur Cyprian Harper was elected. It was the last partisan mayoral election held in the city.

The candidates as they appeared in the Los Angeles Examiner.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Lee Gates (I)	Walter Lindley (R)	Arthur Harper (D)	Stanley Wilson (PO)	Other / Undecided
Los Angeles Express^[1]	November 1906	11,067 (CV)	± 4.3%	38%	28%	19%	14%	2%

Results

Los Angeles mayoral general election, December 4, 1906^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Arthur Cyprian Harper	11,064	33.63
	Independent	Lee C. Gates	9,004	27.37
	Republican	Walter Lindley	7,209	21.91
	Public Ownership Party	Stanley B. Wilson	4,011	12.19
	Socialist	Frank A. Marek	959	2.91
	Prohibition	Wiley J. Phillips	655	1.99
Total votes			32,902	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Notes

^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
CV – certain voters
V – unclear

References

^ Los Angeles Express
^ "Machine rebuked at polls". The Los Angeles Herald. Los Angeles. December 6, 1906. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

External links

Office of the City Clerk, City of Los Angeles

[key-1] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
CV – certain voters
V – unclear

[2] Los Angeles Express

[3] "Machine rebuked at polls". The Los Angeles Herald. Los Angeles. December 6, 1906. Retrieved September 5, 2023.

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Polling

Results

Notes

References

Further reading

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