This is an incomplete list of Los Angeles municipal election returns. In general, they are the semiofficial returns as provided to the public by the city clerk's office. The list does not include municipal judgeships, Board of Education races, boards of freeholders nor propositions, which can be found in the sources cited.
Mayor Edward F. Spence (Republican) 2.073? (elected) / Cameron E. Thom (Democrat) 1,519? / Hamilton (Greenback) 108? / Greene (People's) 86
City attorney James Wilfred McKinley (Republican) 1,947 (elected) / H.K.S. O'Melveny (Democrat) 1,778 / Blanchard (People's) 96
Assessor, tax collector and treasurer, see [5] "The City Election," Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1884, page 4
lst Yelsir (Democrat) 422 (elected) / Gherkins (Democrat) 305 / Hanly (People's) 24 / Cuyas (Independent) 24
2nd Holbrook (Republican) 573 (elected) / Northcraft (Democrat) 476 (elected) / Bonebrake (Republican) 458 / and three others
3rd Brown (Republican) 514 (elected) / Mesmer (Democrat) 384 / Palmer (People's) 38
4th Milton Santee (Republican) 326 (elected) / James D. Bullis (Republican) 305 (elected) / Woodworth (Democrat) 243 / and two others
5th Hiram Sinsabaugh (Republican) 268 (elected) / Rickenback (Democrat) 140 / McArthur (People's) 14
1st G.L. Stearns 342 (elected) / J. Goss 336 (elected) / J. Baldwin 291 / and four others
2nd J. Kuhrtz 576 (elected) / S. Rees 387
3rd J. Bryson 384 (elected) / A.F. Mackay 369 (elected) / L.N. Breed 496 / and one other
4th S.M. Perry, 300 (elected) / B. Cohn, 272
5th Willard 266 (elected) / Frankenfeld 258 (elected) / Barrett 164 / and three others
Mayor Owen McAleer (Rep) 14,293 (elected) / Meredith Snyder (Dem) 10,949
City Clerk Harry J. Lelande (Rep) 16,426 (elected) / Murphy (Dem) 7,544
Treasurer Myers (Rep) 11,273 (elected) / Workman (Dem) 13,613
Auditor Schwaebe (Rep) 13,409 (elected) / Plant (Dem) 7.907