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   Candidate Tim Cartmell Tony Caterina Rahim Jaffer Party Better Edmonton Independent Independent   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Andrew Knack Omar Mohammad Michael Walters Party Independent Independent Independent
Mayor before election Amarjeet Sohi Elected mayor TBD

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

The 2025 Edmonton election will be the first election (in many years) featuring political parties and slates. By provincial law, only Edmonton municipal parties and slates can participate in the election. At least three have been formed: the Principled Accountable Coalition for Edmonton (PACE), the Better Edmonton Party (led by sitting councillor Tim Cartmell), and Edmonton First (Yeg1st). ^[1]

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

Candidates

Mayor

Declared candidates: ^[3]

• 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) ^[4]
• Abdul Malik Chukwudi, 2021 mayoral candidate (Independent candidate)
• Vanessa Denman (Independent candidate)
• Andy Andrzej Gudanowski (Independent candidate)
• Rahim Jaffer, former Conservative MP (Independent candidate) ^[5]
• Andrew Knack, Incumbent Ward Nakota Isga councillor since 2013. (Independent candidate) ^[6]
• Omar Mohammad, pediatric dental surgeon (Independent candidate)
• Utha Nadauk (Independent candidate)
• Olney Tugwell (Independent candidate)
• Michael Walters, former councillor (Independent candidate)

Mayoral 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
Cardinal Research [7]	Sep 17-20, 2025	13%	—	—	—	5%	13%	4%	15%	Undecided 48%, Others 2%	914	±3.3pp	IVR	2%
Léger [8]	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%

References

1. "Slates and Political Parties | City of Edmonton". www.edmonton.ca. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
2. "Election 2025: Sohi loses in Edmonton Southeast as Conservative Mahal clinches victory". edmontonjournal. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
3. "2025 Edmonton Election Candidates | City of Edmonton". www.edmonton.ca.
4. "Former Edmonton city councillor Tony Caterina running for mayor - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
5. "Former federal politician who once faked radio interview plans to run for mayor in Edmonton - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca". Global News.
6. Carmichael, Jackie (May 22, 2025). "Andrew Knack, Edmonton's longest-serving councillor, enters mayoral race". Edmonton Journal . Archived from the original on June 4, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
7. "Edmonton Municipal Polling". Cardinal Research. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
8. "Edmonton Municipal Polling" (PDF). Leger. August 29, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.