There were eight aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Wilfrid Gariépy, John Lundy, Herman McInnes, and James McKinley had been elected to two-year terms in 1908 and were still in office.
Some expected him to be challenged by alderman Wilfrid Gariépy, but the latter announced that he had no interest in running, and would support Manson provided that he endorsed some reforms to the city's commission.
[3] Lee promised to devote his entire time to serving as mayor, as he had done during his first term, despite his earlier statements that he was not running because he did not feel confident that he would be able to do so.
[8] He also planned to eliminate the deficits that the city's utilities ran by instituting a system of "frontage assessment".
A bylaw to grant Pinisch Compressing Co., a special franchise for the supply of Artificial Gas for the lighting of railway coaches.