The 2025 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 20, 2025, to elect a mayor, twelve councillors to the Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to the Edmonton Public Schools board of trustees, and seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. Each of these were elected using the first-past-the-post voting election system.
Of Edmonton's 679,945 eligible voters, a total of 206,799 voters voted in this election.Edmonton Elections, Official 2025 Edmonton election results. https://www.edmonton.ca/sites/default/files/public-files/2025-election-results-official-declaration.pdf?cb=1770091047
Background The 2025 election was the first election (in many years) featuring political parties and slates. Two were formed: the Principled Accountable Coalition for Edmonton (PACE) and Better Edmonton (led by sitting councillor Tim Cartmell).
Incumbent mayor Amarjeet Sohi, elected in 2021, did not seek re-election.
Mayoral election Party Candidate Votes %IndependentAndrew Knack78,51937.98Better EdmontonTim Cartmell 61,66829.83IndependentMichael Walters24,59611.90IndependentOmar Mohammad20,5059.92IndependentRahim Jaffer8,9804.34IndependentTony Caterina6,5023.14IndependentVanessa Denman1,7190.83IndependentPaul Bakhmut 1,1920.58IndependentRonald Stewart Billingsley, Jr.1,0660.52IndependentAbdul Malik Chukwudi7780.38IndependentAndy Andrzej Gudanowski5730.28IndependentOlney Tugwell3560.17IndependentUtha Nadauk2910.14
Candidates Paul Bakhmut (Independent candidate) Ronald Stewart Billingsley, Jr. (Independent candidate) Tim Cartmell, Incumbent Ward pihêsiwin councillor since 2017 (Better Edmonton candidate) Tony Caterina, former councillor (Independent candidate) Abdul Malik Chukwudi, 2021 mayoral candidate (Independent candidate) Vanessa Denman, 2021 mayoral candidate (Independent candidate) Andy Andrzej Gudanowski (Independent candidate) Rahim Jaffer, former Conservative MP (Independent candidate) Andrew Knack, Incumbent Ward Nakota Isga councillor since 2013. (Independent candidate) Omar Mohammad, pediatric dental surgeon (Independent candidate) Utha Nadauk (Independent candidate) Olney Tugwell (Independent candidate) Michael Walters, former councillor (Independent candidate)
Opinion polling
Polling firm Date TimCartmell Tony Caterina Abdul MalikChukwudi VanessaDenman RahimJaffer AndrewKnack OmarMohammad MichaelWalters Other Samplesize MOE Pollingmethod LeadJanet Brown Opinion Research/Trend ResearchOct 1-8, 202521%6%1%1%7% 41%10%10%Paul Bakhmut 1%Ronald Stewart Billingsley, Jr. <1%Andy, Andrzej Gudanowski <1%Utha Nadauk <1%Olney Tugwell 0%1,000±3.1pponline 20%Abacus DataSep 25-29, 2025 22%———7%17%8%6%Undecided 37%, Another candidate 3%700±3.8pponline 5% Léger Sep 26-28, 2025 14% 3% 1% 2% 3% 14% 6% 5% Undecided 41% Olney Tugwell 1% Someone else 1% Andy Andrzej Gudanowski <1% 419 ±4.8pp online Tie Cardinal ResearchSep 17-20, 202513% — — —5%13%4% 15%Undecided 48%, Others 2%914±3.3ppIVR 2% Léger Aug 22-25, 2025 10% 2% 1% 1% 5% 12% 4% 7% Undecided 48% Olney Tugwell <1% Andy Andrzej Gudanowski <1% Someone else <1% 401 ±4.9pp online 2%
City council elections Summary Party Party leader Candidates Seats won Popular vote %— 60 9 135,290 66.40Tim Cartmell 12 3 50,712 24.89 Doug Main 9 0 17,754 8.71
Eight incumbent councillors were re-elected. One incumbent trying for re-election was not re-elected. Incumbents are marked with an X below.
The following are official candidates for Edmonton's twelve council seats:
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sipiwiyiniwak A preliminary recount took place in this ward on October 22, after Darrell Friesen won the initial count by six votes. The recount changed the result to Thu Parmar winning, after human error in the hand-counting ballot process was discovered. Party Candidate Vote %
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Edmonton Public Schools trustee elections The following are Official Candidates for Edmonton's nine Public School Board seats:
Candidate Votes % Ward A Sherri O'Keefe (X) 3,946 35.70 Marcelle Kosman 2,644 23.92 Nicole Renaud 2,394 21.66 Hassan Tukade Mohamed 2,069 18.72 Ward B Linda Lindsay 8,204 69.66 Ahmed Muruh Ali 1,869 15.87 Erik Scott Olesen 1,705 14.48 Ward C Holly Nichol 12,800 83.99 Amyjoy Clow 2,440 16.01 Ward D Nickela Anderson 9,039 47.21 Nancy Hunt 5,545 28.96 Colette Bachand 3,825 19.98 Rufino Comia Ranon 738 3.85 Ward E Sarah Doll 8,741 59.45 Chuck Smit 2,981 20.27 Jodi Howard 2,447 16.64 Raine Turner 535 3.64 Ward F Julie Kusiek (X) 13,364 64.96 Alex Marshall 7,209 35.04 Ward G Saadiq Sumar (X) 7,522 43.53 Corrine Rondeau 4,785 27.69 Aleen Lenana 3,073 17.78 Pranshu Patel 1,901 11.00 Ward H Melanie Hoffman 7,849 61.45 Edison Li 2,397 18.77 Dhaval Patel 1,040 8.14 Rajesh Kumar 995 7.79 Joshua Boateng Akom 492 3.85 Ward I Jan Sawyer (X) 6,091 65.89 Gursharan Singh Chohan 1,764 19.08 Sanjay Patel 1041 11.26 Tamilvanan Mani 348 3.76
Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division trustee elections The following are Official Candidates for Edmonton's seven Catholic Separate School Division seats:
Candidate Votes % Ward 71 Leah Fiorillo 2,654 57.60 Mona-Lee Feehan 1,954 42.40 Ward 72 Sandra Palazzo (X) 4,772 75.85 Annette Valstar 1,519 24.15 Ward 73 Kara Pelech 2,170 50.62 Ron Fernandes 1,432 33.40 Mark Swanson 685 15.98 Ward 74 Debbie Engel (X) 4,875 78.23 Berchman Parcon 1,357 21.77 Ward 75 Alene Mutala (X) Acclaimed Ward 76 Lisa Castell Turchansky (X) 4,835 57.85 Susan Johnson 3,523 42.15 Ward 77 Laura Thibert (X) 4,483 74.32 Santo Chines 1,549 25.68
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