2013 Calgary municipal election

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. 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.

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. 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 Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

+Mayor Candidate Votes %Naheed K. Nenshi 193,393 73.6Jon Lord 56,226 21.4Sandra Hunter 4,181 1.6Carter Thomson 3,1571.2Larry R. Heather 1,857 0.7Bruce Jackman 1,397 0.5Norm Perrault 1,117 0.4Jonathan Joseph Sunstrum 775 0.3Milan Papez 492 0.2

Larry Heather - Christian radio show host Jon Lord - former PC MLA Alex Morozov Naheed Nenshi - incumbent Milan Papez Sr. - salesman Norm Perrault Carter Thomson - store owner

Ward 1

+Ward 1 Candidate Votes %Ward Sutherland 8,72139.0Chris Harper 8,63538.6Judi Vandenbrink 3,89117.4John Hilton-O'Brien 7263.2Dan Larabie 3781.7

Chris Harper Dan Larabie John Hilton O'Brian Ward Sutherland Judi Vandenbrink

Ward 2

+Ward 2 Candidate Votes %Joe Magliocca 5,43732.7Shawn Douglas Ripley 3,54621.3Bernie Dowhan 3,39120.4Terry Wong 2,94017.7Richard Poon 1,3067.9

Bernie Dowhan - teacher Joe Magliocca Terry Wong Shawn Ripley - planning consultant

Ward 3

+Ward 3 Candidate Votes %Jim Stevenson 9,42481.0Tanveer Taj 2,21719.0

Jim Stevenson - incumbent

Ward 4

+Ward 4 Candidate Votes %Sean Chu 9,01742.7Gael MacLeod 8,37039.6Blair Houston 2,44011.6Michael David Hartford 1,1385.4Yuri Shterngartz 1580.7

Sean Chu Michael Hartford Blair Houston Gael MacLeod - incumbent

Ward 5

+Ward 5 Candidate Votes %Ray Jones 9,77573.0Bev Hearn 1,91114.3Pritpal Dhaliwal 1,69612.7

Ray Jones - incumbent

Ward 6

+Ward 6 Candidate Votes %Richard Pootmans 10,84351.3Joe Connelly 7,71636.5Bob Bowles 2,17010.3James Donald Istvanffy 4101.9

Robert Bowles Richard Pootmans - incumbent

Ward 7

+Ward 7 Candidate Votes %Druh Farrell 8,92337.5Kevin Taylor 6,60027.7Brent Alexander 6,29926.5Joylin Nodwell 1,9888.3

Brent Alexander - financial manager Druh Farrell - incumbent Joylin Nodwell Kevin Taylor

Ward 8

+Ward 8 Candidate Votes %Evan Woolley 9,37751.1John Mar 7,90943.1Ian Newman 1,0665.8

John Mar - incumbent Ian Newman - company manager Evan Woolley

Ward 9

+Ward 9 Candidate Votes %Gian-Carlo Carra 9,22048.2Jordan Katz 4,88425.5Richard Wilkie 4,03721.1Stan The Man Waciak 6323.3Darwin Lahue 3471.8

Gian-Carlo Carra - incumbent Jordan Katz Richard Wilkie

Ward 10

+Ward 10 Candidate Votes %Andre Chabot 9,65486.4Nargis Dossa 9068.1Numan Elhussein 6085.4

Andre Chabot - incumbent Nargis Dossa

Ward 11

+Ward 11 Candidate Votes %Brian Pincott 11,07547.7James Maxim 9,79842.2Wayne Frisch 2,33410.1

Wayne Frisch James Maxim Brian Pincott - incumbent

Ward 12

+Ward 12 Candidate Votes %Shane Keating 11,94271.5Stephanie Kusie 4,76628.5

Shane Keating - incumbent

Ward 13

+Ward 13 Candidate Votes %Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart 9,43253.1Scott Sorokoski 4,85127.3Adam W. Frisch 3,49219.6

Diane Colley-Urquhart - incumbent Adam Frisch Scott Sorokoski

Ward 14

+Ward 14 Candidate Votes %Peter Demong 13,97467.1Shawn Kao 6,85132.9

Peter Demong - incumbent Shawn Kao

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

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

Mayoral opinion polling Polling firm Date NaheedNenshi JonLord Other Samplesize Pollingmethod 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 List of Calgary municipal elections Calgary City Council

References

Further reading

External links The City of Calgary: Elections 2013