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2013 Calgary municipal election

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2013 Calgary municipal election

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Mayor and 14 councillors to Calgary City Council
 
Candidate Naheed Nenshi Jon Lord
Popular vote 193,393 56,226
Percentage 73.6% 21.4%

Results of the City Council election

Mayor before election

Naheed Nenshi

Elected mayor

Naheed Nenshi

The 2013 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013, to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the city council, the seven trustees to the Calgary School District (each representing two of 14 wards), and five of the seven trustees to the Calgary Catholic School District (each representing two of 14 wards).

Two incumbent separate school trustees had no challengers.

From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation required every municipality to hold elections every three years.[1] The 28th Alberta Legislature introduced the Election Accountability Amendment Act (Bill 7) which among other reforms to provincial and municipal elections, amended the Local Authorities Election Act to extend the terms of local authorities including municipalities and school boards from three years to four years.[2][3][4]

The 14 electoral wards were once again each represented by a single member on council, although the wards were changed slightly from the previous term. The neighbourhood of Martindale was moved from ward 3 to ward 5, and the community that expanded the neighbourhood of Cougar Ridge into ward 1 was with the rest of the neighbourhood in ward 6.[5] This election also marked a change in title for council members from "Alderman" to "Councillor".

Naheed K. Nenshi was elected mayor with a large majority of votes cast.

Candidates

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Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

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Mayor[6]
Candidate Votes %
Naheed K. Nenshi 193,393 73.6
Jon Lord 56,226 21.4
Sandra Hunter 4,181 1.6
Carter Thomson 3,157 1.2
Larry R. Heather 1,857 0.7
Bruce Jackman 1,397 0.5
Norm Perrault 1,117 0.4
Jonathan Joseph Sunstrum 775 0.3
Milan Papez 492 0.2

Ward 1

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Ward 1[6]
Candidate Votes %
Ward Sutherland 8,721 39.0
Chris Harper 8,635 38.6
Judi Vandenbrink 3,891 17.4
John Hilton-O'Brien 726 3.2
Dan Larabie 378 1.7
  • Chris Harper[8]
  • Dan Larabie[9]
  • John Hilton O'Brian[10]
  • Ward Sutherland[11]
  • Judi Vandenbrink[12]

Ward 2

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Ward 2[6]
Candidate Votes %
Joe Magliocca 5,437 32.7
Shawn Douglas Ripley 3,546 21.3
Bernie Dowhan 3,391 20.4
Terry Wong 2,940 17.7
Richard Poon 1,306 7.9
  • Bernie Dowhan - teacher[13]
  • Joe Magliocca[13]
  • Terry Wong[10]
  • Shawn Ripley - planning consultant[10]

Ward 3

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Ward 3[6]
Candidate Votes %
Jim Stevenson 9,424 81.0
Tanveer Taj 2,217 19.0

Ward 4

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Ward 4[6]
Candidate Votes %
Sean Chu 9,017 42.7
Gael MacLeod 8,370 39.6
Blair Houston 2,440 11.6
Michael David Hartford 1,138 5.4
Yuri Shterngartz 158 0.7
  • Sean Chu[15]
  • Michael Hartford[10]
  • Blair Houston[10]
  • Gael MacLeod - incumbent[16]

Ward 5

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Ward 5[6]
Candidate Votes %
Ray Jones 9,775 73.0
Bev Hearn 1,911 14.3
Pritpal Dhaliwal 1,696 12.7
  • Ray Jones - incumbent[16]

Ward 6

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Ward 6[6]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Pootmans 10,843 51.3
Joe Connelly 7,716 36.5
Bob Bowles 2,170 10.3
James Donald Istvanffy 410 1.9

Ward 7

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Ward 7[6]
Candidate Votes %
Druh Farrell 8,923 37.5
Kevin Taylor 6,600 27.7
Brent Alexander 6,299 26.5
Joylin Nodwell 1,988 8.3

Ward 8

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Ward 8[6]
Candidate Votes %
Evan Woolley 9,377 51.1
John Mar 7,909 43.1
Ian Newman 1,066 5.8

Ward 9

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Ward 9[6]
Candidate Votes %
Gian-Carlo Carra 9,220 48.2
Jordan Katz 4,884 25.5
Richard Wilkie 4,037 21.1
Stan The Man Waciak 632 3.3
Darwin Lahue 347 1.8
  • Gian-Carlo Carra - incumbent[19]
  • Jordan Katz[10]
  • Richard Wilkie[15]

Ward 10

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Ward 10[6]
Candidate Votes %
Andre Chabot 9,654 86.4
Nargis Dossa 906 8.1
Numan Elhussein 608 5.4

Ward 11

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Ward 11[6]
Candidate Votes %
Brian Pincott 11,075 47.7
James Maxim 9,798 42.2
Wayne Frisch 2,334 10.1
  • Wayne Frisch[10]
  • James Maxim[11]
  • Brian Pincott - incumbent[11]

Ward 12

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Ward 12[6]
Candidate Votes %
Shane Keating 11,942 71.5
Stephanie Kusie 4,766 28.5
  • Shane Keating - incumbent[16]

Ward 13

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Ward 13[6]
Candidate Votes %
Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart 9,432 53.1
Scott Sorokoski 4,851 27.3
Adam W. Frisch 3,492 19.6

Ward 14

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Ward 14[6]
Candidate Votes %
Peter Demong 13,974 67.1
Shawn Kao 6,851 32.9

Public school trustees

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Calgary School District[6]
Candidate Votes %
Ward 1/2
Joy Bowen-Eyre 11,246 47.0
Roberta Maclise McDonald 6,548 27.3
Erin Stabbler 6,151 25.7
Ward 3/4
Lynn Cameron Ferguson 10,444 48.3
Rick Lundy 8,209 38.0
Wilf Phillips 2,960 13.7
Ward 5/10
Pamela King 7,677 44.7
Larry Leach 6,637 38.7
A. Najeeb Butt 2,848 16.1
Ward 6/7
Trina Hurdman 14,877 51.7
George S. Lane 9,681 33.6
Misty Hamel 4,220 14.7
Ward 8/9
Judy Hehr 15,983 66.5
Steve Chapman 6,051 25.2
Irina Kuperis 1,302 5.4
Steven Urvald 694 2.9
Ward 11/13
Sheila Taylor 20,775 79.3
Randy Sweet 5,433 20.7
Ward 12/14
Amber Stewart 6693 28.6
Malik Amery 5224 22.3
Christina Brewerton Steed 3883 16.6
Greg Humphreys 3577 15.3
Todd Neuman 2841 12.1
Helen Mowat 1167 5.0

Separate school trustees

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Calgary Catholic School District[6]
Candidate Votes %
Ward 1/2/Cochrane
Serafino Scarpino 5,067 51.7
Torr Haglund 2,493 25.4
Myra D'Souza Kormann 2,240 22.9
Ward 3/5/Airdrie
Linda Wellman Acclaimed
Ward 4/7
Margaret Belcourt 6,287 75.7
Emmerson Brando 2,021 24.3
Ward 6/8
Peter Teppler 3,571 51.3
Mark Franssen 1,919 27.6
Antoni Grochowski 1,467 21.1
Ward 9/10/Chestermere
Cheryl Low 4955 71.0
Brad Gaida 2020 29.0
Ward 11/12
Cathie Williams Acclaimed
Ward 13/14
Mary Louise Martin 8043 78.9
John Stephen Vyboh 2145 21.1

Mayoral opinion polling

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Polling firm Date Naheed
Nenshi
Jon
Lord
Other Sample
size
Polling
method
Insights West[usurped] October 17–18, 2013 71 20 Other 9% 420 online
Leger Marketing October 11–14, 2013 81 15 Sandra Hunter, Bruce Jackman, and Carter Thomson 3% 526 online

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1968 Bill 23". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved December 9, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 - Section 105" (PDF). 2012 Bill 7, First Session, 28th Legislature. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. ^ "More disclosure of donors required under new election laws". CBC News. Edmonton. November 20, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "28th Legislature, 1st Session (2012)". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  5. ^ "Ward Boundaries". City of Calgary. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q City of Calgary (October 25, 2013). "Official Results". Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e Markusoff, Jason (August 30, 2013). "Longshots line up to take on Nenshi in mayoral race". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  8. ^ Fletcher, Robson (August 25, 2013). "Calgary election campaign playing out 140 characters at a time". Metro News. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  9. ^ "Dan Larabie". Calgary Democracy News. Archived from the original on June 9, 2014. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Young, Gavin (August 25, 2013). "Who's running, council and school board". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  11. ^ a b c d e Markusoff, Jason (August 12, 2013). "Floods dominate campaign trail". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  12. ^ a b Markusoff, Jason (May 24, 2013). "Council candidates embrace push to make donor lists public before vote". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  13. ^ a b Markusoff, Jason (May 6, 2013). "Gord Lowe won't run for re-election in northwest Calgary's Ward 2". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  14. ^ Cuthbertson, Richard (April 15, 2013). "Calgary public school board election could be the one to watch, come October". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  15. ^ a b Bell, Rick (July 31, 2013). "This election matters as council hopefuls offer up other ideas following city's $52 million tax grab". Calgary Sun. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  16. ^ a b c d e f Markusoff, Jason (October 10, 2012). "Nenshi playing coy on re-election plans, according to observers". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  17. ^ Fletcher, Robson (August 6, 2013). "Motive questioned in hose attack on Calgary candidate's campaign headquarters". Metro Calgary. Archived from the original on August 24, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  18. ^ a b Markusoff, Jason (July 29, 2013). "Council opts to spend $52-million tax hike on flood recovery". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  19. ^ Klingbeil, Annalise (August 19, 2013). "Alberta civic election campaigns get creative". Metro Edmonton. Retrieved September 2, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ Platt, Michael (April 2, 2013). "Calgary Alderman Diane Colley-Urquhart saves struggling surfer in San Diego". Calgary Sun. Archived from the original on June 2, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

Further reading

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  • Bodet, Marc André; Thomas, Melanee; Tessier, Charles (September 2016). "Come hell or high water: An investigation of the effects of a natural disaster on a local election". Electoral Studies. 43: 85–94. doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2016.06.003. ISSN 0261-3794.
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