2025 Edmonton municipal election

2025 Edmonton municipal election

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Mayor and 12 councillors to Edmonton City Council
Majority party Minority party Third party   RJ Candidate Tim Cartmell Tony Caterina Rahim Jaffer Party Better Edmonton Independent Independent   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   OM Candidate Andrew Knack Omar Mohammad Michael Walters Party Independent Independent Independent
Mayor before election Amarjeet Sohi Elected mayor TBD
City Council election
12 seats on Edmonton City Council [a] 7 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Independent – Better Edmonton Tim Cartmell PACE Doug Main This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2025 Edmonton municipal election will be held on October 20, 2025, to elect a mayor, twelve councillors to the Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to the Edmonton Public Schools board of trustees, and seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. Each of these are to be elected using the first-past-the-post voting election system.

Background

The 2025 election will be the first election (in many years) featuring political parties and slates. Two have been formed: the Principled Accountable Coalition for Edmonton (PACE) and Better Edmonton (led by sitting councillor Tim Cartmell). ^[1]

Incumbent mayor Amarjeet Sohi, elected in 2021, will not seek re-election. ^[2]

Mayoral election

Party		Candidate [3]	Votes	%
	Better Edmonton	Tim Cartmell
	Independent	Paul Bakhmut
	Independent	Ronald Stewart Billingsley, Jr.
	Independent	Tony Caterina
	Independent	Abdul Malik Chukwudi
	Independent	Vanessa Denman
	Independent	Andy Andrzej Gudanowski
	Independent	Rahim Jaffer
	Independent	Andrew Knack
	Independent	Omar Mohammad
	Independent	Utha Nadauk
	Independent	Olney Tugwell
	Independent	Michael Walters

Declared candidates: ^[4]

• Paul Bakhmut (Independent candidate)
• Ronald Stewart Billingsley, Jr. (Independent candidate)
• Tim Cartmell, Incumbent Ward pihêsiwin councillor since 2017 (Better Edmonton candidate)
• Tony Caterina, former councillor (Independent candidate) ^[5]
• Abdul Malik Chukwudi, 2021 mayoral candidate (Independent candidate)
• Vanessa Denman, 2021 mayoral candidate (Independent candidate)
• Andy Andrzej Gudanowski (Independent candidate)
• Rahim Jaffer, former Conservative MP (Independent candidate) ^[6]
• Andrew Knack, Incumbent Ward Nakota Isga councillor since 2013. (Independent candidate) ^[7]
• Omar Mohammad, pediatric dental surgeon (Independent candidate)
• Utha Nadauk (Independent candidate)
• Olney Tugwell (Independent candidate)
• Michael Walters, former councillor (Independent candidate)

Opinion polling

Polling firm	Date	Tim Cartmell	Tony Caterina	Abdul Malik Chukwudi	Vanessa Denman	Rahim Jaffer	Andrew Knack	Omar Mohammad	Michael Walters	Other	Sample size	MOE	Polling method	Lead
Janet Brown Opinion Research/Trend Research [8]	Oct 1-8, 2025	21%	6%	1%	1%	7%	41%	10%	10%	Paul Bakhmut 1% Ronald Stewart Billingsley, Jr. <1% Andy, Andrzej Gudanowski <1% Utha Nadauk <1% Olney Tugwell 0%	1,000	±3.1pp	online	20%
Abacus Data [9]	Sep 25-29, 2025	22%	—	—	—	7%	17%	8%	6%	Undecided 37%, Another candidate 3%	700	±3.8pp	online	5%
Léger [10]	Sep 26-28, 2025	14%	3%	1%	2%	3%	14%	6%	5%	Undecided 41% Olney Tugwell 1% Someone else 1% Andy Andrzej Gudanowski <1%	419	±4.8pp	online	Tie
Cardinal Research [11]	Sep 17-20, 2025	13%	—	—	—	5%	13%	4%	15%	Undecided 48%, Others 2%	914	±3.3pp	IVR	2%
Léger [12]	Aug 22-25, 2025	10%	2%	1%	1%	5%	12%	4%	7%	Undecided 48% Olney Tugwell <1% Andy Andrzej Gudanowski <1% Someone else <1%	401	±4.9pp	online	2%

City council elections

The following are Official Candidates for Edmonton's twelve council seats: ^[13]

Anirniq

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Ali Al Kassab
	Better Edmonton	Nurmaiya Brady
	PACE	Rob Fediuk
	Independent	Ali Haymour
	Independent	Erin Rutherford (X)
	Independent	Aggripa Wajo
	Independent	Jesse Watson

Dene

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Paul Brake
	PACE	Albert Mazzocca
	Independent	Lana Palmer
	Independent	Aaron Paquette (X)
	Better Edmonton	Banisha Sandhu
	Independent	Jean Pierre Valois

Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Ramey Demian
	Independent	Beth Mathison
	Independent	Jon Morgan
	Independent	Fahad Mughal
	Independent	Funke Olokude
	Better Edmonton	Nicholas Rheubottom
	Independent	Jennifer Rice (X)

Karhiio

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Jason Bale
	Independent	Manny Bautista
	Better Edmonton	Joti Buttar
	Independent	Yogesh Garg
	PACE	Hali Kaur
	Independent	Paul Mah
	Independent	Atiq Rehman
	Independent	Avinash Soochit
	Independent	Keren Tang (X)

Métis

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Abdulhakim Dalel
	Independent	James Gosse
	Better Edmonton	Caroline Matthews
	Independent	Norm Paradis
	Independent	Ashley Salvador (X)
	PACE	Justin Thomas

Nakota Isga

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Better Edmonton	Reed Clake
	Independent	Nicky Gocuan
	Independent	Rajah Maggay
	Independent	Joseph Mugodo
	PACE	Diana Steele
	Independent	Jordan Woodruff

O-Day'Min

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	David Aaron
	Better Edmonton	Stephen Hammerschmidt
	Independent	James Miller
	Independent	Lee Permann
	Independent	Adil Pirbhai
	Independent	Anand Pye
	Independent	Anne Stevenson (X)
	Independent	Patrick Stewart
	Independent	Mully Tesfay

Papastew

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Better Edmonton	Josh Doyle
	PACE	Mark Hillman
	Independent	Terrie Holgerson
	Independent	Rozalia Janiszewska
	Independent	Micheal Janz (X)

Pihêsiwin

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Sara Awatta
	Better Edmonton	Michael Elliott
	Independent	Mohammed Ali Kamal
	Independent	Larry Langley
	Independent	Jackie Liu
	Independent	Rupesh Patel

Sipiwiyiniwak

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Bassam Fares
	Better Edmonton	Darrell Friesen
	Independent	Giselle General
	Independent	Danny Heikkinen
	Independent	Roger Kotch
	Independent	Thu Parmar
	PACE	Ken Ropcean

Sspomitapi

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Imran Bashir
	Independent	Annie Chua-Frith
	Better Edmonton	Harman Kandola
	Independent	Sukhi Randhawa
	Independent	Sandeep Singh
	Independent	Ashok Sui
	PACE	Steve Van Diest
	Independent	Jo-Anne Wright (X)

Tastawiyiniwak

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	PACE	Fidel Ammar
	Independent	Farhan Chak
	Independent	Jimmy Clement
	Independent	Jennifer Porritt
	Better Edmonton	Karen Principe (X)

Edmonton Public School Board elections

The following are Official Candidates for Edmonton's nine Public School Board seats:

Candidate	Votes	%
Ward A
Marcelle Kosman
Hassan Tukade Mohamed
Sherri O'Keefe (I)
Nicole Renaud
Ward B
Muruh Ali
Linda Lindsay
Erik Scott Olesen
Ward C
Amyjoy Clow
Holly Nichol
Ward D
Nickela Anderson
Colette Bachand
Nancy Hunt
Rufino Comia Ranon
Ward E
Sarah Doll
Jodi Howard
Chuck Smit
Raine Turner
Ward F
Julie Kusiek (I)
Alex Marshall
Ward G
Aleen Lenana
Pranshu Patel
Corrine Rondeau
Saadiq Sumar (I)
Ward H
Joshua Boateng Akom
Melanie Hoffman
Rajesh Kumar
Edison Li
Dhaval Patel
Ward I
Gursharan Singh Chohan
Tamilvanan Mani
Sanjay Patel
Jan Sawyer (I)

Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division elections

The following are Official Candidates for Edmonton's seven Catholic Separate School Division seats:

Candidate	Votes	%
Ward 71
Mona-Lee Feehan
Leah Fiorillo
Ward 72
Sandra Palazzo (I)
Annette Valstar
Ward 73
Ron Fernandes
Kara Pelech
Mark Swanson
Ward 74
Debbie Engel (I)
Berchman Parcon
Ward 75
Alene Mutala (I)	Acclaimed
Ward 76
Lisa Castell Turchansky (I)
Susan Johnson
Ward 77
Santo Chines
Laura Thibert (I)

References

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1. The mayor is a member of City Council, but for the purposes of documentation is treated as their own individual.