2025 Calgary municipal election

2025 Calgary municipal election

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Mayor and 14 councillors to Calgary City Council
Majority party Minority party Third party   Candidate Jyoti Gondek Jeromy Farkas Jeff Davison Party Independent Independent Independent   Fourth party Fifth party   BT Candidate Sonya Sharp Brian Thiessen Party Communities First The Calgary Party
Mayor before election Jyoti Gondek Elected mayor TBD

The 2025 Calgary municipal election will be held on October 20, 2025, to elect a mayor and fourteen councillors to the Calgary City Council.

Background

The 2025 Calgary election will be the first election (in many years) featuring municipal political parties. Parties with candidates include Communities First, The Calgary Party, and the A Better Calgary Party.

Candidates

Mayor

• Jeff Davison, 2021 mayoral candidate and former councillor. (Independent candidate) ^[1]
• Sarah Elder (Independent candidate)
• Jeromy Farkas, 2021 mayoral candidate and former councillor. (Independent candidate) ^[2]
• Jaeger Gustafson (Independent candidate)
• Jyoti Gondek, Incumbent Mayor since 2021. (Independent candidate)
• Larry R. Heather (Independent candidate)
• Grant Prior (Independent candidate)
• Sonya Sharp, Ward 1 councillor since 2021. (Communities First candidate) ^[3]
• Brian Thiessen, lawyer. (The Calgary Party candidate) ^[4]

Mayoral opinion polling

Polling firm	Date	Jeff Davison	Jeromy Farkas	Jyoti Gondek	Sonya Sharp	Brian Thiessen	Other	Sample size	MOE	Polling method	Lead
Cardinal Research [5]	Sept 17-20, 2025	14%	34%	15%	10%	3%	Undecided 21% Others 3%	910	±3.3pp	IVR	19%
Leger [6]	Aug 22-25, 2025	6%	14%	15%	8%	3%	Undecided 45% Jeffery Clauson 2% Someone else 2% Jaeger Gustafson 1% Grant Prior <1%	471	±4.5pp	Online	1%

References

1. Michael Franklin (October 11, 2024). "Former Calgary city councillor announces he will run for mayor". CTV News. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
2. "Jeromy Farkas announces 2nd run for Calgary mayor - Calgary | Globalnews.ca". Global News. February 26, 2025. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
3. "Coun. Sonya Sharp joins race to be Calgary's next mayor". CBC News. April 1, 2025. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
4. Wilhelm, Steven; Kaufmann, Bill (October 24, 2024). "Brian Thiessen will run with a municipal political party in 2025". Calgary Herald. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
5. "Calgary Mayoral Survey". Cardinal Research. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
6. "Calgary Municipal Polling" (PDF). Leger. August 29, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.