The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton,Alberta,Canada.
Stephen Mandel is a Canadian politician and leader of the Alberta Party from 2018 to 2019. He previously served as an Alberta cabinet minister from 2014 to 2015 and as mayor of Edmonton,Alberta for three terms from 2004 to 2013. Prior to being mayor,he was a councillor for three years.
Janice Rhea Reimer is a Canadian politician and the first female mayor of Edmonton,Alberta,having served in that capacity from 1989 until 1995. Highlights of her time in office included the inception of a new waste management system and repeated efforts by Peter Pocklington,owner of the Edmonton Oilers,to secure concessions from the city in exchange for his agreement not to move the team. Although she has never sought office at the provincial or federal levels,she is a lifelong New Democrat.
Terence James Cavanagh was a Canadian politician,municipal councillor in Edmonton,Alberta,who served as mayor. He was Edmonton's first native-born mayor.
Laurence George Decore was Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He was of Ukrainian descent. He was mayor of Edmonton,a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,and leader of the Alberta Liberal Party.
Harry Dean Ainlay was a Canadian educator and politician,noted for his many years of service in Edmonton,Alberta,as a teacher and principal with Edmonton Public Schools and as a long time member of Edmonton City Council,including three consecutive terms as Mayor of Edmonton.
William Hawrelak was a politician in Alberta,Canada,the longest-serving mayor in Edmonton's history,and a candidate for election to the House of Commons of Canada.
Sidney Parsons was a Canadian politician,mayor of Edmonton,Alberta,and candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
Ivor Graham Dent,was a politician from Alberta,Canada. He served as mayor of Edmonton from 1968-1974 and was a candidate for the House of Commons of Canada and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on behalf of the CCF and the NDP parties.
Edmonton-Strathcona is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,Canada. It shares the same name as the federal electoral district of Edmonton Strathcona.
Vincent Martin Dantzer was a Canadian lawyer,economist,and politician,a member of the House of Commons of Canada,and a mayor of Edmonton,Alberta.
The Edmonton municipal election,1989 was held on October 16 that year to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council,nine trustees to sit on the public school board,and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board. Edmontonians also voted in the Senate nominee election in conjunction with the municipal election.
George Seale Armstrong was a Canadian businessman and politician. He served on the Edmonton City Council from 1907 to 1910 and as Mayor of Edmonton from 1910 to 1912.
William Hawrelak Park is a park in Edmonton,Alberta. Formerly known as Mayfair Park,it was initially going to be developed into a 500-lot subdivision;however,when the Strathcona Land Syndicate forfeited their taxes the city obtained the title for the land in 1922. This land lay unused until 1954,when Mayor William Hawrelak proposed to create a 350-acre (1.4 km2) riverside park in this area as it would “fit into the overall park development of the City along the lines of the zoo,and the golf courses and other picnic areas”. The digging of the man-made lakes began in 1959 and later was completed in 1964 but had few facilities. The official opening day of Mayfair Park was on Dominion Day,July 1,1967. It was renamed in 1982 for Hawrelak,who died in office in 1975 while serving as mayor of Edmonton.
Terence James Nugent was a barrister,lawyer and World War II era soldier. He was also a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1968 and an alderman in the city of Edmonton,Alberta from 1968 to 1971.
Rice Sheppard was a politician and farmers' activist in Alberta,Canada. He served on Edmonton City Council for many years,ran for mayoral,provincial,and federal office,and was an executive member of the United Farmers of Alberta.
Janice Sarich was a Canadian provincial-level politician. She served as member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (MLA) from 2008 until 2015,representing the electoral constituency of Edmonton-Decore and sitting as a Progressive Conservative.
Harry Edwin Strom was the ninth premier of Alberta,from 1968 to 1971. His two-and-a-half years as Premier were the last of the thirty-six-year Social Credit dynasty,as his defeat by Peter Lougheed saw its replacement by a new era Progressive Conservative government. He is remembered as an honest,decent man who lacked the political skills of his predecessor,Ernest Manning,or of Lougheed.
