2017 Red Deer municipal election

2017 Red Deer municipal election

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Mayor and 8 councillors to Red Deer City Council
Candidate Tara Veer Sean Burke Popular vote 16,619 2,176 Percentage 88.4% 11.6%
Mayor before election Tara Veer Elected mayor Tara Veer

The 2017 Red Deer municipal election was held Monday, October 16, 2017. 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).

Incumbent Mayor Tara Veer was re-elected to a second term in a landslide victory over Sean Burke. Of the 66,897 eligible voters, only 19,285 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 28.8%. ^[1]

Candidates

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

Mayor ^[1]

Candidate	Votes	%
Tara Veer	16,619	88.4
Sean Burke	2,176	12.6

• Tara Veer - incumbent mayor
• Sean Burke- CEO of A Moment Like This Productions

Councillors

Councillors ^[1]

Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Michael Dawe	12,258	10.1	Brice Unland	3,090	2.5
Tanya Handley	9,671	7.9	Sam Bergeron	2,766	2.3
Dianne Wyntjes	9,193	7.6	Valdene Callin	2,754	2.3
Lawrence Lee	8,796	7.2	Matthew Slubik	2,163	1.8
Buck Buchanan	7,453	6.1	Doug Manderville	2,008	1.7
Ken Johnston	7,373	6.1	Robert Friss	1,866	1.5
Frank Wong	6,306	5.2	Bobbi McCoy	1,694	1.4
Vesna Hingham	6,296	5.2	Jim Kristinson	1,552	1.3
Lynne Mulder	6,115	5.0	Bayo Nshombo Bayongwa	1,385	1.1
Rick More	5,669	4.7	Cory Kingsfield	1,377	1.1
Jonathan Wieler	4,709	3.9	Ian Miller	1,189	1.0
Ted Johnson	3,537	2.9	Matt Chapin	979	0.8
Jeremy Moore	3,504	2.9	Kris Maciborksky	935	0.8
Jordy Smith	3,309	2.7	Jason Habuza	539	0.4
Calvin Goulet-Jones	3,260	2.7

Public school trustees

Red Deer School District No. 104 ^[1]

Candidate	Votes	%
Bev Manning	5,618	9.4
Bill Stuebing	5,015	8.4
Diane Macaulay	4,730	7.9
Nicole Buchanan	4,603	7.7
Bill Christie	4,439	7.4
Laurette Woodward	4,140	6.9
Cathy Peacocke	4,127	6.9
Jim Waters	4,081	6.8
Jaelene Tweedle	3,696	6.2
Dick Lemke	3,614	6.1
Chris Woods	3,561	6.0
Angela Sommers	3,545	5.9
Jason Chilibeck	2,554	4.3
Patrick O'Connor	2,221	3.7
Ben Ordman	2,143	3.6
Matt Chapin	1,560	2.6

Separate school trustees

Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39 ^[1]

Red Deer Area Ward			Highway 11 Ward			QE II Ward
Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Status
Adriana LaGrange	3,720	20.7	Dorraine Lonsdale	572	57.7	Sharla Heistad	Acclaimed
Anne Marie Watson	3,603	20.0	Liam McNiff	420	42.3
Murray Hollman	3,236	18.0
Kim Pasula	2,859	15.9
Cynthia Leyson	2,367	13.2
Carlene Smith	2,199	12.2

References

1. City of Red Deer (October 16, 2017). "Official 2017 Election Results" (PDF). Retrieved May 20, 2025.