The Yellowknife City Council is the governing body of the city of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The council consists of a mayor and eight councillors originally elected to three year terms, but after a referendum in 2018 this has now been changed to four year terms. [1]
The current mayor of Yellowknife is Rebecca Alty. [2]
In the 2018 election, voters chose to extend the term of office from three to four years. [3]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote [4] | % |
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Rebecca Alty | Acclaimed |
Mayoral Candidate | Vote [5] | % |
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Rebecca Alty | 2,938 | 54.99 |
Adrian Bell | 2,210 | 41.36 |
Bob Stewart | 102 | 1.91 |
Jerald Sibbeston | 93 | 1.74 |
Mayoral Candidate | Vote [6] | % |
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Mark Heyck | 4,479 | 76.04 |
John Himmelman | 1,411 | 23.96 |
Mayoral Candidate | Vote [7] | % |
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Mark Heyck | 2,008 | 46.82 |
Tim Doyle | 1,465 | 34.16 |
Paul Falvo | 816 | 19.03 |
Mayoral Candidate | Vote [8] | % |
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Gordon Van Tighem | 2,497 | 73.77 |
Bryan Sutherland | 592 | 17.49 |
John Westergreen | 296 | 8.74 |
Mayoral Candidate | Vote [4] | % |
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Gordon Van Tighem | Acclaimed |
Mayoral Candidate | Vote [9] | % |
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Gordon Van Tighem | Acclaimed |
Mayoral Candidate | Vote [10] | % |
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Gordon Van Tighem | 1,555 | 37.47 |
Bob Brooks | 1,355 | 32.65 |
David Lovell | 899 | 21.66 |
Cheryl Best | 341 | 8.22 |
2022 had 3,939 voters out of an eligible 8,190, which represents a 48% voter turnout. This is down from the 56% turn out in 2018.
Councillor Candidates | Votes [11] | % | Elected (8) |
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Rob Warburton | 2,172 | 55.1% | Yes |
Cat McGurk | 2,132 | 54.1% | Yes |
Stacie Smith | 2,116 | 53.7% | Yes |
Tom McLennan | 1,883 | 47.8% | Yes |
Garett Cochrane | 1,831 | 46.4% | Yes |
Ryan Fequet | 1,711 | 43.4% | Yes |
Steve Payne | 1,642 | 41.6% | Yes |
Ben Hendriksen | 1,564 | 39.7% | Yes |
Rob Foote | 1,444 | 36.6% | No |
Dwane Simmons | 1,093 | 27.7% | No |
Rommel Silverio | 1,080 | 27.4% | No |
Devon Hodder | 1,059 | 26.8% | No |
Mike Martin | 1,030 | 26.1% | No |
Beaton Mackenzie | 917 | 23.2% | No |
Stewart Pallard | 691 | 17.5% | No |
John Fredericks | 623 | 15.8% | No |
2018 saw 5,354 voters out of an eligible 9,544, which represents a 56% voter turnout.
Councillor Candidates | Vote 10] | % | Elected (8) |
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Shauna Morgan (incumbent) | 3,398 | 63.5 | Yes |
Julian Morse (incumbent) | 2,895 | 54.2 | Yes |
Robin Williams | 2,845 | 53.2 | Yes |
Steve Payne (incumbent) | 2,671 | 49.9 | Yes |
Stacie Smith | 2,517 | 47.1 | Yes |
Niels Konge (incumbent) | 2,459 | 46 | Yes |
Cynthia Mufandaedza | 2,160 | 40.4 | Yes |
Rommel Silverio (incumbent) | 2,027 | 37.9 | Yes |
Chris Gillander | 1,968 | 36.8 | No |
Edwin Castillo | 1,954 | 36.6 | No |
Dane Mason | 1,741 | 32.6 | No |
Terry Testart | 1,265 | 23.7 | No |
William Gomes | 1,185 | 22.2 | No |
Josh Campbell | 969 | 18.1 | No |
John Dalton | 957 | 17.9 | No |
Mark Bogan | 530 | 9.9 | No |
Bylaw 4969 to increase the term of office for City Council from three to four years | Vote 10] | % |
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Yes | 3,096 | 57.9 |
No | 2,013 | 37.7 |
Didn't vote | 235 | 0.44 |
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