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).

2013 Calgary municipal election
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October 21, 2013
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

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 large majority of votes cast.

Candidates

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor
Mayor[6]
CandidateVotes %
Naheed K. Nenshi193,39373.6
Jon Lord56,22621.4
Sandra Hunter4,1811.6
Carter Thomson3,1571.2
Larry R. Heather1,8570.7
Bruce Jackman1,3970.5
Norm Perrault1,1170.4
Jonathan Joseph Sunstrum7750.3
Milan Papez4920.2

Ward 1

Ward 1[6]
CandidateVotes %
Ward Sutherland8,72139.0
Chris Harper8,63538.6
Judi Vandenbrink3,89117.4
John Hilton-O'Brien7263.2
Dan Larabie3781.7
  • Chris Harper[8]
  • Dan Larabie[9]
  • John Hilton O'Brian[10]
  • Ward Sutherland[11]
  • Judi Vandenbrink[12]

Ward 2

Ward 2[6]
CandidateVotes %
Joe Magliocca5,43732.7
Shawn Douglas Ripley3,54621.3
Bernie Dowhan3,39120.4
Terry Wong2,94017.7
Richard Poon1,3067.9
  • Bernie Dowhan - teacher[13]
  • Joe Magliocca[13]
  • Terry Wong[10]
  • Shawn Ripley - planning consultant[14]

Ward 3

Ward 3[6]
CandidateVotes %
Jim Stevenson9,42481.0
Tanveer Taj2,21719.0

Ward 4

Ward 4[6]
CandidateVotes %
Sean Chu9,01742.7
Gael MacLeod8,37039.6
Blair Houston2,44011.6
Michael David Hartford1,1385.4
Yuri Shterngartz1580.7
  • Sean Chu[16]
  • Michael Hartford[10]
  • Blair Houston[10]
  • Gael MacLeod - incumbent[17]

Ward 5

Ward 5[6]
CandidateVotes %
Ray Jones9,77573.0
Bev Hearn1,91114.3
Pritpal Dhaliwal1,69612.7
  • Ray Jones - incumbent[17]

Ward 6

Ward 6[6]
CandidateVotes %
Richard Pootmans10,84351.3
Joe Connelly7,71636.5
Bob Bowles2,17010.3
James Donald Istvanffy4101.9

Ward 7

Ward 7[6]
CandidateVotes %
Druh Farrell8,92337.5
Kevin Taylor6,60027.7
Brent Alexander6,29926.5
Joylin Nodwell1,9888.3

Ward 8

Ward 8[6]
CandidateVotes %
Evan Woolley9,37751.1
John Mar7,90943.1
Ian Newman1,0665.8

Ward 9

Ward 9[6]
CandidateVotes %
Gian-Carlo Carra9,22048.2
Jordan Katz4,88425.5
Richard Wilkie4,03721.1
Stan The Man Waciak6323.3
Darwin Lahue3471.8
  • Gian-Carlo Carra - incumbent[20]
  • Jordan Katz[10]
  • Richard Wilkie[16]

Ward 10

Ward 10[6]
CandidateVotes %
Andre Chabot9,65486.4
Nargis Dossa9068.1
Numan Elhussein6085.4

Ward 11

Ward 11[6]
CandidateVotes %
Brian Pincott11,07547.7
James Maxim9,79842.2
Wayne Frisch2,33410.1
  • Wayne Frisch[10]
  • James Maxim[11]
  • Brian Pincott - incumbent[11]

Ward 12

Ward 12[6]
CandidateVotes %
Shane Keating11,94271.5
Stephanie Kusie4,76628.5
  • Shane Keating - incumbent[17]

Ward 13

Ward 13[6]
CandidateVotes %
Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart9,43253.1
Scott Sorokoski4,85127.3
Adam W. Frisch3,49219.6

Ward 14

Ward 14[6]
CandidateVotes %
Peter Demong13,97467.1
Shawn Kao6,85132.9

Public school trustees
Calgary School District[6]
CandidateVotes %
Ward 1/2
Joy Bowen-Eyre11,24647.0
Roberta Maclise McDonald6,54827.3
Erin Stabbler6,15125.7
Ward 3/4
Lynn Cameron Ferguson10,44448.3
Rick Lundy8,20938.0
Wilf Phillips2,96013.7
Ward 5/10
Pamela King7,67744.7
Larry Leach6,63738.7
A. Najeeb Butt2,84816.1
Ward 6/7
Trina Hurdman14,87751.7
George S. Lane9,68133.6
Misty Hamel4,22014.7
Ward 8/9
Judy Hehr15,98366.5
Steve Chapman6,05125.2
Irina Kuperis1,3025.4
Steven Urvald6942.9
Ward 11/13
Sheila Taylor20,77579.3
Randy Sweet5,43320.7
Ward 12/14
Amber Stewart669328.6
Malik Amery522422.3
Christina Brewerton Steed388316.6
Greg Humphreys357715.3
Todd Neuman284112.1
Helen Mowat11675.0

Separate school trustees
Calgary Catholic School District[6]
CandidateVotes %
Ward 1/2/Cochrane
Serafino Scarpino5,06751.7
Torr Haglund2,49325.4
Myra D'Souza Kormann2,24022.9
Ward 3/5/Airdrie
Linda WellmanAcclaimed
Ward 4/7
Margaret Belcourt6,28775.7
Emmerson Brando2,02124.3
Ward 6/8
Peter Teppler3,57151.3
Mark Franssen1,91927.6
Antoni Grochowski1,46721.1
Ward 9/10/Chestermere
Cheryl Low495571.0
Brad Gaida202029.0
Ward 11/12
Cathie WilliamsAcclaimed
Ward 13/14
Mary Louise Martin804378.9
John Stephen Vyboh214521.1

Mayoral opinion polling
Polling firm Date Naheed
Nenshi		 Jon
Lord		 Other Sample
size		 Polling
method
Insights West 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

References
  1. "1968 Bill 23". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  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. City of Calgary (October 25, 2013). "Official Results". Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  7. 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. Young, Gavin (August 25, 2013). "Who's running, council and school board". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  11. Markusoff, Jason (August 12, 2013). "Floods dominate campaign trail". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  12. 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. 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. blogs.calgaryherald.com http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2013/09/12/calgary-votes-2013-whos-running/. Retrieved September 17, 2013. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. Cuthbertson, Richard (April 15, 2013). "Calgary public school board election could be the one to watch, come October". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  16. 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.
  17. Markusoff, Jason (October 10, 2012). "Nenshi playing coy on re-election plans, according to observers". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Klingbeil, Annalise (August 19, 2013). "Alberta civic election campaigns get creative". Metro Edmonton. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
  21. 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
  • 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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