2013 Edmonton municipal election


The 2013 Edmonton municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the city council, seven of the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. Two incumbent public school trustees had no challengers. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle.
The 12 electoral wards are the same as that of the 2010 election; each represented by a single councillor. Of the estimated 619,138 eligible voters, only 213,585 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 34.5%. A municipal census conducted in 2012 showed a population of 817,498, meaning approximately 75.7% of the population was eligible to vote. Three incumbent councillors retired from politics, Jane Batty, Kim Krushell, and Linda Sloan, while incumbent councillors Kerry Diotte, Don Iveson and Karen Leibovici ran for the position left by incumbent Mayor Stephen Mandel, guaranteeing at least six new councillors. The six vacancies were the only new councillors, as the remaining seven incumbents were re-elected. While the mayoral election was billed as a three-way race between the incumbent councillors, on election night Iveson won by a large margin.

Candidates

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

CandidateVotes%
Don Iveson132,16262.2
Karen Leibovici41,18219.4
Kerry Diotte32,91715.5
Joshua Semotiuk2,5961.2
Gordon Ward2,2481.1
Kristine Acielo1,2920.6

CandidateVotes%
Andrew Knack7,49144.7
Bryan Sandilands3,37420.1
Sharon Maclise2,55115.2
Sean Amato1,67410.0
Jamie Kenneth Post1,0166.1
Rob Pasay6654.0

CandidateVotes%
Bev Esslinger4,55329.4
Don Koziak3,31621.4
Nita Jalkanen1,92112.4
Ted Grand1,68410.9
Shelley Tupper1,4009.0
Mustafa Ali1,3558.7
Jason Millar1,2788.2

CandidateVotes%
Dave Loken6,56445.2
David Dodge6,06241.7
Rob Bernshaw1,1357.8
Hakin Isse7615.2

CandidateVotes%
Ed Gibbons10,75277.2
Sam Hachem3,18122.8

CandidateVotes%
Michael Oshry5,43329.2
Jim Gibbon4,80525.8
Terry Diane Demers3,31317.8
Rob Hennigar2,24912.1
Rodolfo 'Rudy' Arcilla1,0815.8
Allan Santos1,0025.4
Brian Kendrick2971.6
Alla Ternikova2821.5
Mark Grandish1730.9

CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%
Scott McKeen6,35236.0Carla Frost2681.5
Heather MacKenzie4,69826.6Kyle Brown2541.4
Dexx Williams1,94211.0Taz Bouchier1991.1
Derrick Forsythe1,1636.6Adil Pirbhai1771.0
Bryan George Kapitza9285.3Andrzej Gudanowski1711.0
Candas Jane Dorsey4782.7Javed Sommers*850.5
Melinda Hollis4692.7Alfie White730.4
Terry Parada3101.8Erin Northey660.4

* indicates withdrew from race after nomination day
CandidateVotes%
Tony Caterina6,06442.1
Dave Colburn4,89234.0
Mimi Williams1,77012.3
Tish Prouse1,0537.3
Terry Rolls4763.3
A. Daniel Eniafe1541.1

CandidateVotes%
Ben Henderson14,65174.5
Heather Workman2,60313.2
Brian A. Deacon1,4177.2
Kris Szczepanski5352.7
Nicholas Reading4482.3

CandidateVotes%
Bryan Anderson18,73582.6
Andrew Gorman3,95217.4

CandidateVotes%
Michael Walters11,80763.9
Richard Feehan3,81820.7
Hafis Devji1,5098.2
Dan 'Can Man Dan' Johnstone9074.9
Ray Bessel4442.4

CandidateVotes%
Mike Nickel8,23547.8
Sonia Bitar2,48814.4
Harvey Panesar2,31813.5
Brent Schaffrick1,4338.3
Dennis John Gane1,1236.5
Mujahid Chak9205.3
Roberto Maglalang4752.8
Rob Aromin2281.3

CandidateVotes%
Amarjeet Sohi13,42776.8
Chinwe Okelu3,57220.4
Raja Abbas4792.7

Separate school trustees

Mayoral opinion polling

2015 by-election

On May 5, 2015, Sarah Hoffman left her position as Ward G trustee for Edmonton Public Schools, and was elected as an MLA in the Alberta general election for Edmonton-Glenora. The 2015 Edmonton municipal by-election was held on Monday September 28, 2015 to elect one trustee to replace Hoffman.
CandidateVotes%
Bridget Stirling52847.1
Ros Smith37130.2
Rob Bernshaw1109.0
Kristen Kuefler554.5
Aminah Aboughoushe534.3
Wayde Lever332.7
Christopher Suchit221.8
R.J. Koopmans50.4

2016 by-election

In October 2015 Amarjeet Sohi left his position as Ward 12 city councillor, after being elected as an MP in the Canadian federal election for Edmonton Mill Woods. The 2016 Edmonton municipal by-election was held on Monday February 22, 2016 to elect one councillor to replace Sohi. With 32 candidates running, the by-election had a record number of candidates for a by-election in Alberta.
CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%
Moe Banga2,35917.76Nick Chamchuk2221.67
Laura Thibert1,2839.66Nicole Szymanowka1931.45
Arundeep Singh Sandhu1,1068.33Jag Gill1691.27
Irfan Chaudhry9507.15Lincoln Ho1461.10
Nav Kaur8886.69Jagat Singh Sheoran1220.92
Danisha Bhaloo8436.35Steve 'CP' Toor930.70
Preet Toor6655.01Jeri Stevens900.68
Sam Jhajj6124.61Terry J. Mckinnon490.37
Rakesh Patel5424.08Andrew Gorman400.30
Brian Henderson5414.07Jason Bale370.28
Balraj Singh Manhas4663.51Victor Viorel Bujor370.28
Dan 'Can Man Dan' Johnstone4363.28Kelly A. Kadla330.25
Mike Butler3712.79Nirpal Sekhon290.22
Yash Sharma3342.52Stephen Wutzke230.17
Field Pieterse3152.37Shani Ahmad200.15
Don Koziak2601.96R. Joey Koopmans50.04