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, and five of the seven trustees to the Calgary Catholic School District.
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 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

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

CandidateVotes%
Ward Sutherland8,72139.0
Chris Harper8,63538.6
Judi Vandenbrink3,89117.4
John Hilton-O'Brien7263.2
Dan Larabie3781.7

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

Ward 2

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
  • Joe Magliocca
  • Terry Wong
  • Shawn Ripley - planning consultant

Ward 3

CandidateVotes%
Jim Stevenson9,42481.0
Tanveer Taj2,21719.0

Ward 4

CandidateVotes%
Sean Chu9,01742.7
Gael MacLeod8,37039.6
Blair Houston2,44011.6
Michael David Hartford1,1385.4
Yuri Shterngartz1580.7

  • Sean Chu
  • Michael Hartford
  • Blair Houston
  • Gael MacLeod - incumbent

Ward 5

CandidateVotes%
Ray Jones9,77573.0
Bev Hearn1,91114.3
Pritpal Dhaliwal1,69612.7

  • Ray Jones - incumbent

Ward 6

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

Ward 7

CandidateVotes%
Druh Farrell8,92337.5
Kevin Taylor6,60027.7
Brent Alexander6,29926.5
Joylin Nodwell1,9888.3

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

Ward 8

CandidateVotes%
Evan Woolley9,37751.1
John Mar7,90943.1
Ian Newman1,0665.8

Ward 9

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
  • Jordan Katz
  • Richard Wilkie

Ward 10

CandidateVotes%
Andre Chabot9,65486.4
Nargis Dossa9068.1
Numan Elhussein6085.4

Ward 11

CandidateVotes%
Brian Pincott11,07547.7
James Maxim9,79842.2
Wayne Frisch2,33410.1

  • Wayne Frisch
  • James Maxim
  • Brian Pincott - incumbent

Ward 12

CandidateVotes%
Shane Keating11,94271.5
Stephanie Kusie4,76628.5

  • Shane Keating - incumbent

Ward 13

CandidateVotes%
Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart9,43253.1
Scott Sorokoski4,85127.3
Adam W. Frisch3,49219.6

Ward 14

CandidateVotes%
Peter Demong13,97467.1
Shawn Kao6,85132.9