The election was to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one-year term), five trustees for the public school division and four trustees for the separate school division.
Voter turnout figures for the 1897 municipal election are no longer available.
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) William S. Edmiston was acclaimed as mayor.
Those elected were to serve one-year terms.
N D Beck, Sandy Larue, Antonio Prince, and Georges Roy were elected.