Calgary municipal election, 2010

Last updated

Calgary municipal election, 2010
Flag of Calgary, Alberta.svg
  2007 October 18, 2010 2013  

Mayor and 14 aldermen to Calgary City Council

  Naheed Nenshi cropped.jpg Ric McIver cropped.jpg Barb Higgins.jpg
Candidate Naheed Nenshi Ric McIver Barb Higgins
Popular vote 140,263 112,386 91,359
Percentage 39.6% 31.7% 25.8%

Calgary City Council election, 2010 results by ward.svg

Results of the City Council election

Mayor before election

Dave Bronconnier

Elected Mayor

Naheed Nenshi

The 2010 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010 to elect a mayor and 14 aldermen to the city council, the seven trustees to the Calgary School District (each representing 2 of 14 wards), and four of the seven trustees to the Calgary Catholic School District (each representing 2 of 14 wards). Three incumbent separate school trustees had no challengers. A new mayor was to be elected, as the three term incumbent Dave Bronconnier did not seek re-election. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections.

Calgary City in Alberta, Canada

Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The city anchors the south end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor".

The Calgary City Council is the legislative governing body that represents the citizens of Calgary. The council consists of 15 members: the chief elected official, titled the mayor, and 14 councillors. Naheed Nenshi was elected mayor in October 2010 as the city's 36th. Each of the 14 councillors represent one of the city's 14 wards.

Trustee person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another

Trustee is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any person who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility for the benefit of another. A trustee can also refer to a person who is allowed to do certain tasks but not able to gain income. Although in the strictest sense of the term a trustee is the holder of property on behalf of a beneficiary, the more expansive sense encompasses persons who serve, for example, on the board of trustees of an institution that operates for a charity, for the benefit of the general public, or a person in the local government.

Contents

The voter turnout was 53%, a significant increase from previous elections. [1] [2]

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

Results

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent, and asterisk indicates withdrew from race.

Mayor

Mayor [3]
Candidate Votes %
Naheed K. Nenshi 140,263 39.6
Ric McIver 112,386 31.7
Barb Higgins 91,359 25.8
Joe Connelly 2,484 0.7
Bob Hawkesworth * 1,513 0.4
Jon Lord 1,461 0.4
Wayne Stewart* 1,360 0.4
Craig Burrows* 994 0.3
Barry Erskine 672 0.2
Bonnie Devine 329 0.1
Amanda Liu 336 0.1
Sandra Hunter 284 0.1
Dan Knight 262 0.1
Oscar Fech 207 0.1
Gary F. Johnston 180 0.1

Aldermen

Aldermen [3]
Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Dale Hodges 12,33041.4Gord Lowe9,23242.7Jim Stevenson10,91361.6Gael Grace MacLeod7,28825.4
Chris Harper 7,308 24.6 "Joe" Biagio Magliocca 8,210 37.9 Helene Larocque 3,905 22.0 Sean Chu 6,000 20.9
Ric Lockhart 3,820 12.8 Terry Richard Avramenko 3,471 16.0 Pervaiz Iqbal 1,654 9.3 Jane Morgan 3,748 13.1
Judi Vandenbrink 2,996 10.1 Daniel M. Del Re 727 3.4 Gary Duane Tremblay 1,258 7.1 Jon Wong 2,663 9.3
Bill Scott 2,732 9.2Ward 5 Ward 6Brad Northcott 2,500 8.7
Norm Perrault 573 1.9 Ray Jones11,68562.1 Richard Pootmans 8,10730.6Tommy Low 1,668 5.8
Ward 7Jay Bal 2,861 15.7 John Yannitsos 3,931 14.9 Leslie Bedard 1,589 5.5
Druh Farrell 11,91042.9Beena Ashar 2,323 12.3 Brent Mielke 3,377 12.8 Dwight Larry Boehm 1,020 3.6
Kevin Taylor 10,658 38.4 Robert J. Guizzo 1,949 10.4 Ken Rogers 3,364 12.7 Carol Poon 860 3.0
Jim Pilling 2,621 9.4Ward 8Randy Royer 3,111 11.8 Jeff Haussecker 758 2.6
Elizabeth Ann Cook 1,367 4.9 John Mar11,63052.7Tom Malyszko 2,369 9.0 Curtis Kruschel 593 2.1
Michael Krisko 1,204 4.3 Zakary Pashak 9,079 41.1 Coral Turner 977 3.7Ward 9
Ward 10David Lapp 830 3.8 Robert Wills 885 3.3 Gian-Carlo Carra7,85031.0
Andre Chabot 13,04277.8Antoni Grochowski 546 2.5 Rad Dimic 176 0.7 Mike Pal 7,355 29.0
Robert Kennish 1,698 10.1Ward 11Henry Sims 164 0.6 Jeremy Pat Nixon 4,814 19.0
Nargis Dossa 1,214 7.2 Brian Pincott10,83435.1Ward 12Stephen Chapman 2,944 11.6
Karl Schackwidt 820 4.9 James Maxim 9,385 30.4 Shane A. Keating9,27042.4Stan (The Man) Waciak 905 3.6
Ward 13Ernest Stephen McCutcheon 3,309 11 Al Browne 6,886 31.5 Petra Clemens 718 2.8
Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart 12,90152.6Olga Knight 3,736 13 Roger Crowe 4,433 20.3 Henry Charles Hollinger 543 2.1
Sandy Jenkins 7,119 29.0 Wayne E. Frisch 2,466 8.0 Benjamin G. Sim 663 3.0 Adam Vase 221 0.9
Andrew Rodych 2,635 10.7Ward 14Rory Rotzoll 588 2.7
Trevor Hodge 1,865 7.6 Peter Demong 8,48329.2
Richard Dur 7,188 24.8
Shawn Chiping Kao 5,647 19.5
Linda Fox-Mellway 5,187 17.9
Ken Gerelus 1,324 4.6
Billy (The Butcher) Tummonds 1,201 4.1

Public school trustees

Calgary School District [3]
Ward 1/2 Ward 3/4 Ward 5/10
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Joy Bowen-Eyre5,73219.2Lynn C. Ferguson24,46183.5Pamela King11,07547.8
Michael Gretton 5,308 17.8 Tanveer Taj 4,845 16.5 Ryan J. White 3,307 14.3
Trina Hurdman 5,065 16.9 Rick Rowan 3,162 13.7
Roberta McDonald 4,364 14.6 Shahzad Ashraf 2,826 12.2
Jawad Durrani 4,336 14.5 Amarjot Mangat 2,787 12.0
Josh Traptow 3,549 11.9Ward 6/7 Ward 8/9
Jaret Kneller 1,546 5.2 George S. Lane14,57544.9Pat Cochrane15,22652.5
Ward 11/13Carole Oliver 14,392 44.3 Laura Shutiak 13,784 47.5
Sheila Taylor6,81721.6Lenore Indarsingh 3,499 10.8Ward 12/14
Catherine Heggerud 5,538 17.5 Carol Bazinet13,76646.0
Julie Kearns 4,711 14.9 Malik Amery 8,237 27.5
Sue Styles 3,155 10.0 Wendi Ann Moore 7,912 26.4
Helen Mowat 2,885 9.1
Victor Lough 2,809 8.9
Andrea Guinn 2,631 8.3
Larry R. Heather 1,577 5.0
Sarah Baehl de Lescure 1,463 4.6

Separate school trustees

Calgary Catholic School District [3]
Ward 1/2/Cochrane Ward 3/5/Airdrie Ward 4/7
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Serafino Scarpino Acclaimed Linda Wellman7,78476.8Marge Belcourt6,22458.6
Ward 6/8Rofina Groebmair 2,352 23.2 Anne Engel 4,398 41.4
Lois Burke-Gaffney6,09567.7Ward 9/10/Chestermere Ward 11/12
Antoni Grochowski [4] 2,909 32.3 Rosemarie Ann GoerlitzAcclaimedCatherine Williams4,91842.4
Ward 13/14Kim VanKosh 3,557 30.7
Mary Louise MartinAcclaimedMichael Annuik3,111 26.9

Candidate summaries

Mayor

CHQR is a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment operating in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Broadcasting at AM 770, it airs talk radio programming. With the exception of one show, all of CHQR's weekday programming is produced in-house. CHQR is also the exclusive radio voice of the Calgary Stampeders. CHQR is also the last AM station in the Calgary market to broadcast in C-QUAM AM Stereo. CHQR is a Class B station on the clear-channel frequency of 770 kHz.

Bob Hawkesworth Canadian politician

Robert Andrew "Bob" Hawkesworth is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

Barb Higgins Canadian journalist

Barbara Joan Higgins is a former newscaster and journalist for Calgary CTV station CFCN-TV. A news journalist for 26 years, she stepped down from her job as a CFCN news anchor to enter the Calgary mayoral election on July 23, 2010. Higgins stated she could not stay neutral as a journalist and decided to run for mayor.

Related Research Articles

Jonathan Joseph Lord was a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from Alberta, Canada.

The 1964 Edmonton municipal election was held October 14, 1964 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and seven trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards.

The 2007 Edmonton municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the city council, eight of the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and four of the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. One incumbent public school trustee had no challengers, and three separate school trustee candidates were unchallenged. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. Of the estimated 560,117 eligible voters, only 152,576 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 27.2%.

The 2007 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. The citizens of Calgary elected one mayor, 12 of their 14 aldermen to the city council, five of the seven Calgary School District trustees, and three of the seven Calgary Catholic School District trustees. All but one of the incumbent councillors ran again in this election, and two incumbents were returned by acclamation. Five of the incumbent public school trustees ran again, two were acclaimed, and four separate school incumbent trustees ran, three were acclaimed, while Ward 13/14 had only one new candidate. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections.

2010 Edmonton municipal election

The 2010 Edmonton municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the city council, seven of the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. Two incumbent public school trustees had no challengers. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections.

2010 Alberta municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Alberta, Canada on Monday, October 18, 2010. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. Mayors (reeves), councillors (aldermen), and trustees were elected to office in 16 of the 17 cities, all 108 towns, all 95 villages, all 5 specialized municipalities, all 64 municipal districts, 3 of the 7 improvement districts, and the advisory councils of the 3 special areas. The City of Lloydminster is on the Saskatchewan schedule, and held elections on October 28, 2009 and October 24, 2012, while 4 improvement districts have no councils and are led solely by the Minister of Municipal Affairs. Since the 2007 municipal elections, the villages of Derwent, Kinuso, New Sarepta, and Thorhild were dissolved, the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass changed from town to specialized municipality status, and the Town of Lacombe became a city.

The 2010 Lethbridge municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010 to elect a mayor and eight aldermen (at-large), and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4's nine trustees. The seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees were acclaimed, five being incumbents. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. Of the 69,863 eligible voters, only 24,522 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 35.1%, and an average of 5.9 aldermen per ballot. One seat was not filled at the swearing-in ceremony, as a result of Alderman-elect Bob Babki's death. The seat was filled following a by-election over three months later.

Ric McIver Canadian politician

Richard William "Ric" McIver is a politician and businessman from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, who has served on Calgary City Council (2001–10) and has been an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta since 2012. He served in several cabinet positions under Premiers Alison Redford, Dave Hancock and Jim Prentice. Following the party's defeat in the 2015 provincial election McIver was chosen interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta.

Naheed Nenshi Mayor of Calgary

Naheed Kurban Nenshi is a Canadian politician who is the 36th mayor of Calgary, Alberta. He was elected in the 2010 municipal election with 39% of the vote, and is the first Muslim mayor of a large North American city. He was re-elected in 2013 with 74% of the vote. He was again re-elected in 2017 to a third term with 51% of the vote.

By-elections to the 40th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 2008 federal election and the 2011 federal election. The Conservative Party of Canada led a minority government for the entirety of the 40th Canadian Parliament, with little change from by-elections.

2013 Calgary municipal election

The 2013 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the city council, the seven trustees to the Calgary School District, and five of the seven trustees to the Calgary Catholic School District. Two incumbent separate school trustees had no challengers. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are held on a four-year cycle.

2013 Edmonton municipal election

The 2013 Edmonton municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the city council, seven of the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. Two incumbent public school trustees had no challengers. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle.

2014 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election

The 2014 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election was prompted by Alison Redford's announcement that she would be resigning as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and Premier of Alberta on March 23, 2014.

2019 Chicago mayoral election

An election for Mayor of Chicago was held on February 26, 2019. The election is officially nonpartisan; the winner will be elected to a four-year term. Since no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held on April 2, 2019 between the two candidates with the most votes. The elections are concurrent with the 2019 Chicago aldermanic elections that will elect all 50 members of the Chicago City Council, as well as with elections for City Clerk of Chicago and City Treasurer of Chicago.

Gian-Carlo Carra is a municipal politician who currently serves as Councillor of Ward 9 in Calgary, Alberta. He was first elected in 2010 and subsequently re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

2017 Calgary municipal election

The 2017 Calgary municipal election was held on October 16, 2017 to elect a mayor, councillors to the city council, trustees to the Calgary Board of Education, and trustees to the Calgary Catholic School District. From 1968 until 2012, Alberta municipal elections had been held every three years. In 2012, however, the Alberta Legislative Assembly amended the Local Authorities Election Act to add a year to the cycle making terms four years. In addition, council members are now referred to as councillors, whereas they used the title "Alderman" prior to 2013. Advanced voting began on October 4 and ran through until October 11.

The 2017 Edmonton municipal election was held Monday, October 16, 2017 to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the city council, the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. One incumbent public school trustee had no challenger so was elected by acclamation; for the other eight balloting was conducted. They were all elected to four year terms. Since 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold quadrennial elections. The voter turnout was 31.5% with 194,826 ballots cast out of the 618,564 estimate eligible voters.

References

  1. Gary Rennie (October 24, 2010). "Voter turnouts surge across Essex County". The Windsor Star. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  2. "Graphic: Voter turnout for municipal elections in Alberta". Calgary Herald. April 6, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Results". City of Calgary. October 21, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  4. Antoni Grochowski (Ward 6/8 separate)
  5. Dave Dormer (October 15, 2010). "Former McIver rival endorses would-be mayor". Calgary Sun. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  6. "Hawkesworth drops out, backs Higgins". CBC News. October 13, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
  7. "Stewart to Support Nenshi". CTV News. October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010.