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Municipal elections were held in Alberta, Canada on October 15, 2007. Mayors, councillors, and trustees from across the province - with the exception of Lloydminster, which is located partially in Saskatchewan and elected its municipal officers on Saskatchewan's schedule - will be elected.

Contents 1 Cities 1.1 Airdrie 1.2 Brooks 1.3 Calgary 1.4 Camrose 1.5 Cold Lake 1.6 Edmonton 1.7 Fort Saskatchewan 1.8 Grande Prairie 1.9 Leduc 1.10 Lethbridge 1.11 Medicine Hat 1.11.1 Declared candidates 1.11.1.1 Mayor 1.11.2 Incumbents not seeking re-election 1.11.2.1 Mayor 1.11.3 Incumbents who have yet to announce their intentions 1.11.3.1 Aldermen 1.11.3.2 Medicine Hat School District No. 76 1.11.3.3 Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20 1.12 Red Deer 1.12.1 Declared candidates 1.12.1.1 Mayor 1.12.1.2 Councillors 1.12.2 Incumbents who have yet to announce their intentions 1.12.2.1 Councillors 1.12.2.2 Red Deer School District No. 104 1.12.2.3 Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39 1.13 Spruce Grove 1.13.1 Declared candidates 1.13.1.1 Mayor 1.13.1.2 Aldermen 1.13.1.3 Parkland School Division No. 70 1.13.1.4 Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2 1.14 St. Albert 1.14.1 Declared Candidates 1.14.1.1 Mayor 1.14.1.2 Councillors 1.14.1.3 Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools 1.14.1.4 St. Albert Separate Protestant School 1.14.2 Incumbents not seeking re-election 1.14.2.1 Mayor 1.14.2.2 Councillors 1.14.3 Incumbents who have yet to announce their intentions 1.14.3.1 Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division No. 29 1.14.3.2 St. Albert Protestant Separate School Division No. 6 1.15 Wetaskiwin 1.15.1 Incumbents who have yet to announce their intentions 1.15.1.1 Mayor 1.15.1.2 Aldermen 1.15.1.3 Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11 1.15.1.4 St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38 2 Towns 2.1 Banff 2.2 Beaumont 2.3 Athabasca County No. 12 2.4 Barrhead County No. 11 2.5 Canmore 2.6 Chestermere 2.7 Coaldale 2.8 Cochrane 2.9 Crowsnest Pass 2.10 Devon 2.11 Drayton Valley 2.12 Drumheller 2.13 Edson 2.14 High River 2.15 Hinton 2.16 Innisfail 2.17 Lacombe 2.18 Morinville 2.19 Okotoks 2.20 Olds 2.21 Peace River 2.22 Ponoka 2.23 Rocky Mountain House 2.24 Slave Lake 2.25 Stettler 2.26 Stony Plain 2.27 St. Paul 2.28 Strathmore 2.29 Sylvan Lake 2.30 Taber 2.31 Vegreville 2.32 Wainwright 2.33 Westlock 2.34 Whitecourt 3 Counties and Municipal Districts 4 See also 4.1 Notes 4.2 External links

[edit] Cities

[edit] Airdrie

Main article: Airdrie municipal election, 2007

In Airdrie, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also participate in electing two of the Rocky View School Division's seven trustees, as the division's Ward 3 includes part of the city and its Ward 5 is located entirely within the city. Finally, it will participate in the election of one trustee to the Calgary Catholic School District, as the trustee who represents Calgary's wards 3 and 5 also represents Airdrie.

[edit] Brooks

Main article: Brooks, Alberta municipal election, 2007

In Brooks, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also participate in electing the Grasslands Regional Division No. 6's six trustees. Finally, it will participate in the election of one trustee to Christ the Redeemer Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 3, who will represent Brooks, Bassano, Tilley, Duchess, Millicent, Patricia, Rainier, Scandia, Rolling Hills, and the surrounding area.

[edit] Calgary

Main article: Calgary municipal election, 2007

The 2007 Calgary municipal election will take place on 15 October, 2007. This will be a joint election with the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 1. There is one position opened for mayor and 14 ward positions as alderman. All but one of the incumbents are running again in this election.

[edit] Camrose

Main article: Camrose, Alberta municipal election, 2007

In Camrose, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and eight councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect two of the Battle River Regional Division No. 31's seven trustees and one of the Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41's seven trustees.

[edit] Cold Lake

Main article: Cold Lake, Alberta municipal election, 2007

In Cold Lake, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect three of the Northern Lights School Division No. 69's eight trustees and three of the Lakeland Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 150's seven trustees.

[edit] Edmonton

Main article: Edmonton municipal election, 2007

The 2007 municipal election will be held October 15, 2007 to elect a mayor and twelve councillors to Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to the public school board, and seven trustees to the separate school board.[1]

[edit] Fort Saskatchewan

Main article: Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta municipal election, 2007

In Fort Saskatchewan, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect two of the Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14's nine trustees and one of the Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41's seven trustees.

[edit] Grande Prairie

Main article: Grande Prairie, Alberta municipal election, 2007

In Grande Prairie, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and eight councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elected the Grande Prairie School District No. 2357's five trustees and the Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 28's six trustees.

[edit] Leduc

Main article: Leduc, Alberta municipal election, 2007

In Leduc, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect two of the Black Gold Regional Schools' seven trustees and three of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees.

[edit] Lethbridge

Main article: Lethbridge, Alberta municipal election, 2007

In Lethbridge, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and eight aldermen, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect the Lethbridge School District No. 51's seven trustees and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4's nine trustees.

[edit] Medicine Hat

In Medicine Hat, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and eight aldermen, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect the Medicine Hat School District No. 76's five trustees and the Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20's five trustees.

[edit] Declared candidates

Incumbents are italicized.

[edit] Mayor

• Normand Boucher - 10551
• Ted Grimm - 4471
• Bill Cocks^[1] - 2112
• Stewart Boyd - 1580
• Dave R. B. MacLean - 268

[edit] Incumbents not seeking re-election

[edit] Mayor

• Garth Vallely^[2]

[edit] Incumbents who have yet to announce their intentions

[edit] Aldermen

• Robert Dumanowski
• Julie Friesen
• John Hamill
• Darren Hirsch
• Graham Kelly
• Cathy Smith
• Harv Speers

[edit] Medicine Hat School District No. 76

• Deborah Forbes
• Gitta Hashizume
• Terry Riley
• Greg Bender
• Roy Wilson

[edit] Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20

• Immanuel Moritz
• Mario Rossetto
• Lee Little
• Mike Tivadar
• Kelly Van Ham

[edit] Red Deer

In Red Deer, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and eight councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect seven trustees to each of the Red Deer School District No. 104 and the Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39.

[edit] Declared candidates

Incumbents are italicized.

[edit] Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
Morris Flewwelling	7,019	52.85
Jeffrey Dawson	5,704	42.95
Matt Chapin	559	4.21

[edit] Councillors

• Tara Veer^[3]
• Bev Hughes^[4]
• Lynne Mulder^[5]
• Frank Wong^[6]

[edit] Incumbents who have yet to announce their intentions

[edit] Councillors

• Larry Pimm
• Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer
• Cindy Jefferies
• Jeffrey Dawson

[edit] Red Deer School District No. 104

• Bill Stuebing
• Bev Manning
• Gail Holland
• Lawrence Lee
• Dick Lemke
• Dianne Macaulay
• Jim Watters

[edit] Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39

• Stephen Taylor
• Gord Bontje
• Liam McNiff
• Lloyd Baumgarten
• Christine Moore
• Bev Heisler
• Elaine Halter

[edit] Spruce Grove

In Spruce Grove, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect two of the Parkland School Division No. 70's seven trustees and three of the Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2's nine trustees.

[edit] Declared candidates

[edit] Mayor

• Stuart Houston - 2080
• Bill Kasenko - 1575
• Dan Saunders - 780

[edit] Aldermen

• BAXTER, Louise^{[citation needed]}
• ACEVEDO, John “Ace”
• ACKER, Jeff
• CAIRNS, Ron
• JENSEN, Glenn
• PALIVODA, Randy
• ROTHE, Wayne
• STEINBURG, Bill

[edit] Parkland School Division No. 70

• KILDUFF, Dorcas
• KOLODNICKI, Darcy Clayton
• RUBIN, Chrysi

[edit] Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2

• Gerald Bernakevitch
• Robert Vasseur
• Richard Yaceyko

[edit] St. Albert

In St. Albert, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, and five trustees to each of the public and separate school boards (The Greater St. Albert Catholic School division includes Morinville and Legal, each of which elects one trustee to the board in addition to the five elected in St. Albert). All of these positions are elected at large.

[edit] Declared Candidates

Incumbents are italicized.

(Source: City of St. Albert)

[edit] Mayor

• Nolan Crouse - 8857
• Garry Woo - 4308
• Richard Plain - 2043

[edit] Councillors

• Frances Badrock
• Len Bracko
• Wes Brodhead
• James Burrows
• David Climenhaga
• Lorie Garritty
• Stanley Haroun
• Gareth Jones
• Roger Lemieux
• Malcolm Parker
• Bob Russell
• Bill Shields
• Carol Watamaniuk

[edit] Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools

• Dave Caron
• Neill Fitzpatrick
• Jacqueline Hansen
• Rosaleen McEvoy

(As there are four positions for election, all candidates in this race have been acclaimed.)

[edit] St. Albert Separate Protestant School

• Judy Huisman
• Gerry Martins
• Morag Pansegreau
• John Smith
• Joan Trettler
• Ernie Wynychuk

[edit] Incumbents not seeking re-election

[edit] Mayor

• Paul Chalifoux^[7]

[edit] Councillors

• Neil Korotash^[8]
• Christine Brown^[9]

[edit] Incumbents who have yet to announce their intentions

[edit] Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division No. 29

• Gordon Boddez
• Dave Caron
• Neill Fitzpatrick
• Jacquie Hansen
• Rosaleen McEvoy

[edit] St. Albert Protestant Separate School Division No. 6

• Joan Alexander
• Gerry Martins
• Morag Pansegrau
• Joan Trettler
• Ernie Wynychuk

[edit] Wetaskiwin

In Wetaskiwin, the elections will elect a city council consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect three of the Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11's eight trustees and participate in the election of two of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees.

[edit] Incumbents who have yet to announce their intentions

[edit] Mayor

• Don Montgomery - acclaimed

[edit] Aldermen

• Dave Anderson
• Donna Andres
• Bill Elliot
• Kevin Miller
• Gail Taylor
• Dale Unland

[edit] Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11

• Donna Hogg
• Barb Johnson
• Ed Zacharko

[edit] St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38

• Angela Camilla Greenidge
• Kelly Whalen

[edit] Towns

[edit] Banff

In Banff, the elections will elect a town council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect three of the Canadian Rockies Regional Division No. 12's seven trustees. John Stutz was re-elected as mayor.

[edit] Beaumont

In Beaumont, the elections will elect a town council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect one of the Black Gold Regional Schools' seven trustees.

Mayoral results

• Camille Berube - 1232
• Gill Poitras - 801
• Bill McNamara - 798

[edit] Athabasca County No. 12

In the Athabasca County, the elections will elect a county council consisting of nine councillors, who will elect from their number a reeve. Each councillor is elected from one of nine districts.

[edit] Barrhead County No. 11

In Barrhead County, the elections will elect a county council consisting of seven councillors, who will elect from their number a reeve. Each councillor is elected from one of seven districts. It will also elect two of the Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7's seven trustees.

[edit] Canmore

In Canmore, the elections will elect a town council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect three of the Canadian Rockies Regional Division No. 12's seven trustees. Mayor Ron Casey was acclaimed.

[edit] Chestermere

In Chestermere, the elections will elect a town council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also participate in electing one of the Rocky View School Division's seven trustees, as the division's Ward 2 includes the town.

Mayoral results:

• Patricia Matthews - 1281
• Jeff Colvin - 637
• Ada Rawlings - 483

[edit] Coaldale

• Kim Craig was elected as mayor.

[edit] Cochrane

In Cochrane, the elections will elect a town council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect one of the Rocky View School Division's seven trustees, as the division's Ward 6's boundaries are the same as those of the town. Finally, it will participate in the election of one trustee to the Calgary Catholic School District, as the trustee who represents Calgary's wards 1 and 2 also represents Cochrane.

Mayoral results:

• Truper McBride - 1695
• Ken Bech - 1464
• Linda Campbell - 414
• Thomas Pateman - 237

[edit] Crowsnest Pass

Electors will elect six town councillors and one mayor. Councillors will be elected at large.

Mayoral results:

• John Irwin - 1284
• John Prince - 916

[edit] Devon

In Devon, the elections will elect a town council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect one of the Black Gold Regional Schools' seven trustees.

Mayoral results:

• Anita Fisher - 834
• Jerry Topola - 653

[edit] Drayton Valley

In Drayton Valley, the elections will elect a town council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also participate in the election of two of the Wild Rose School Division No. 66's six trustees (the division's Ward 1, which elected two trustees, includes Drayton Valley) and two of the St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 38's nine trustees.

Mayor Diana McQueen was acclaimed.

[edit] Drumheller

Mayoral results:

• Bryce Nimmo - 1341
• Bob Jackson - 1046

[edit] Edson

• Mayor Greg Pasychny was acclaimed.

[edit] High River

Mayoral results:

• Les Rempel - 2068
• Floyd Langenhoff - 924

[edit] Hinton

Mayoral results:

• Glenn Taylor - 1166
• Dale Currie - 1128

[edit] Innisfail

Mayor Ken Graham defeated Dale Miller.

[edit] Lacombe

Mayor Judy Gordon was acclaimed.

[edit] Morinville

• Mayor Lloyd Bertschi was acclaimed.

[edit] Okotoks

Mayoral results:

• Bill McAlpine - 1813
• Dave Clark - 517
• Dave R. Clarke - 240

[edit] Olds

• Mayor Judy Dahl was re-elected.

[edit] Peace River

Mayoral results:

• Iris Callioux - 797
• Lorne Mann - 628

[edit] Ponoka

• Mayor Larry Henkelman was acclaimed.

[edit] Rocky Mountain House

• Mayor Jim Bague was acclaimed.

[edit] Slave Lake

Election 2007

Unofficial Election Results:

Mayor

Christopher Jones – 530 Karina Pillay-Kinnee (Incumbent) – 731 Declared

Council

Elain Carmichael (incumbent) – 814 Declared Rob Chalmers – 845 Declared Rob Irwin (Incumbent) – 788 Declared Ed Procyshyn – 930 Declared George Snider (Incumbent)– 701 Valerie Tradewell (Incumbent) – 880 Declared Laura Vanderwell-Ross (Incumbent) – 731 Declared

High Prairie School Division #48

Natasha Albert – 352 Lenny Richer – 703 Declared Monica Smears – 538 Declared

Slave Lake Roman Catholic Separate School District Plebiscite

Those in favour of withdrawing from the living Waters Catholic School Division #42 – 179

Those opposed to withdrawing from the living Waters Catholic School Division #42– 73

Public support of clearing additional beach front within or adjacent to the Town for public use on Devonshire Beach?

In favour – 878 Opposed – 186

Public support of reducing the speed limit on Highway 2 through the Town of Slave Lake from 80km to 60km.

In Favour – 970 Opposed - 275

Living Waters Catholic Regional Division No. 42 Trustee

Darrell Ghostkeeper Robert Dias

Living Waters Catholic Regional Division No. 42 Ward Representative

Bob Osmond Shirley Torresan-Chykerda Robert Irwin

Please Remember: These are the unofficial results, official results will not be available until Friday, October 19th.

[edit] Stettler

Mayor Jim Hunter is re-elected.

[edit] Stony Plain

Mayoral results:

• Ken Lemke - 1306
• Paul McCann - 1047
• Ingrid Schulz - 559
• Harold Olson - 217

[edit] St. Paul

Mayoral results:

• Glenn Anderson - 1223
• Pat O'Neill - 502

[edit] Strathmore

Mayoral results:

• George Lattery - 953
• Peter Renny - 881
• Keith Schneider - 809

[edit] Sylvan Lake

Mayoral results:

• Susan Samson - 1474
• Tina Thiel - 173

[edit] Taber

• Mayor Ray Bryant was re-elected.

[edit] Vegreville

• Mayor Richard Coleman was acclaimed.

[edit] Wainwright

• Mayor Norman Coleman was acclaimed.

[edit] Westlock

In Westlock, the elections will elect a town council consisting of a mayor and six councillors, all of whom will be elected at large. It will also elect one of the Pembina Hills Regional Division No. 7's seven trustees and one of the Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 2's nine trustees.

Mayor Bruce Lennon was acclaimed.

[edit] Whitecourt

Mayoral results:

• Trevor Thain 1274
• Larry McConnell 911

[edit] Counties and Municipal Districts

Main article: Alberta County and Municipal District Elections, 2007

[edit] See also

• Municipal elections in Canada

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Project Alberta's forum for Municipal Election Issues