2013 Red Deer municipal election

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2013 Red Deer municipal election
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  2010 October 21, 20132017 

Mayor and 8 councillors to Red Deer City Council
 
Candidate Tara Veer Cindy JefferiesDennis Trepanier
Popular vote9,4007,9711,514
Percentage46.439.47.5

Mayor before election

Morris Flewwelling

Elected Mayor

Tara Veer

The 2013 Red Deer municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013. The citizens of Red Deer, Alberta, elected one mayor, eight councillors (all at large) to the Red Deer City Council, the seven Red Deer School District No. 104 trustees (at large), and five of the Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39's seven trustees (as Red Deer Ward). The election also featured a non-binding plebiscite about adopting a city council ward system. [1]

Contents

From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years. [2] The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. [3] Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle. [4] Incumbent three-term Mayor Morris Flewwelling retired following the election, two councillors ran for the vacant seat. [5] Of the 63,979 eligible voters, only 20,364 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 31.8%. [6]

Candidates

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

Mayor [6]
CandidateVotes %
Tara Veer 9,40046.4
Cindy Jefferies7,97139.4
Dennis Trepanier1,5147.5
William (Joe) Horn9514.7
Chad Mason4092.0
  • William Horn - taxi driver [7]
  • Cindy Jefferies - incumbent councillor [7]
  • Chad Mason - accounting [7]
  • Dennis Trepanier
  • Tara Veer - incumbent councillor [7]

Councillors

Councillors [6]
CandidateVotes %CandidateVotes %
Dianne Wyntjes9,84148.3Darren Young3,47017.0
S.H. (Buck) Buchanan8,43541.4Calvin Yzerman3,45217.0
Lawrence Lee8,40641.3David Helm3,29816.2
Lynne Mulder8,34141.0Bob Bevins3,13915.4
Frank Wong8,01939.4Ben Ordman2,98414.7
Ken Johnston 7,13435.0Bettylyn Baker2,97514.6
Paul Harris6,63132.6Jonathan Wieler2,74713.5
Tanya Handley6,62332.5Dan McKenna2,46212.1
Dennis Moffat5,43726.7Jerry Anderson2,33211.5
Terry Balgobin4,74323.3Tim Lasiuta1,9749.7
Serge Gingras4,73423.2Lloyd Erland Johnson1,6858.3
Janella Spearing3,83818.8Matt Chapin1,1635.7
Calvin Goulet-Jones3,59117.6Steve Coop1,1395.6
Dawna Morey3,54017.4Victor Mobley9794.8
Garry I Didrikson3,51717.3Troy Wavrecan4692.3
  • Jerry Anderson - retired businessman [8]
  • Terry Balgobin - business owner [8]
  • Bob Bevins - business owner [8]
  • Buck Buchanan - incumbent councillor [8]
  • Matt Chapin - community volunteer [8]
  • Serge Gingras - college instructor [8]
  • Calvin Goulet-Jones - business owner [8]
  • Tanya Handley
  • Paul Harris - incumbent councillor
  • David Helm - grain farmer [8]
  • Ken Johnston - bank manager [8]
  • Lawrence Lee - incumbent public school board trustee [8]
  • Dan McKenna - casino gaming consultant [8]
  • Victor Mobley - Agricultural Partsperson [8]
  • Dawna Morey
  • Lynne Mulder - incumbent councillor [8]
  • Janella Spearing
  • Troy Wavercan - computer technician [8]
  • Jonathan Wieler - business owner [8]
  • Frank Wong - incumbent councillor [8]
  • Dianne Wyntjes - incumbent councillor [8]
  • Darren Young - information technology manager [8]

Public school trustees

Red Deer School District No. 104 [6]
CandidateVotes
Bill Stuebing6,759
Bev Manning6,754
Bill Christie5,833
Cathy Peacocke4,943
Jim Watters4,943
Dianne Macaulay4,849
Dick Lemke4,823
Lianne Kruger4,442
Shari Hanson3,811
Milt Williams3,587
Ben Ordman3,299
Kerri Kenworthy3,227
Raymond Yaworski2,553
Kurt Victor Spady2,314

Separate school trustees

Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39 [6]
CandidateVotesCandidateVotesCandidateVotes
Red Deer WardHighway 11 WardQE II Ward
Adriana LaGrange3,274Liam McNiff Acclaimed Diane J. MacKayAcclaimed
Anne Marie Watson3,168
David Bouchard2,845
Guy Pelletier2,804
Murray Hollman2,056
Cory G. Litzenberger1,809
Brandie Towers1,585

Plebiscite

Red Deer City Council approved a non-binding plebiscite question and choices on May 27, 2013. [1] [9]

Do you want the city of Red Deer divided into wards?
ChoiceVotes %
No, I want to keep voting for Council candidates for the whole city, not just the area where I live.13,31571.8
Yes, I want to be able to vote for the Council candidates who run in the area I live in (my ward).5,24028.2

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