# 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.
The 12 electoral wards are the same as that of the 2010 election; each represented by a single councillor. Of the estimated 619,138 eligible voters, only 213,585 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 34.5%. A municipal census conducted in 2012 showed a population of 817,498, meaning approximately 75.7% of the population was eligible to vote. Three incumbent councillors retired from politics, Jane Batty, Kim Krushell, and Linda Sloan, while incumbent councillors Kerry Diotte, Don Iveson and Karen Leibovici ran for the position left by incumbent Mayor Stephen Mandel, guaranteeing at least six new councillors. The six vacancies were the only new councillors, as the remaining seven incumbents were re-elected. While the mayoral election was billed as a three-way race between the incumbent councillors, on election night Iveson won by a large margin.

## Candidates

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

### Mayor

Mayor :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Don Iveson | 132,162 | 62.2 |
| Karen Leibovici | 41,182 | 19.4 |
| Kerry Diotte | 32,917 | 15.5 |
| Joshua Semotiuk | 2,596 | 1.2 |
| Gordon Ward | 2,248 | 1.1 |
| Kristine Acielo | 1,292 | 0.6 |
* Kristine Acielo - sales with ACN Canada
* Kerry Diotte - incumbent ward 11 councillor
* Don Iveson - incumbent ward 10 councillor
* Karen Leibovici - incumbent ward 5 councillor, former MLA
* Josh Semotiuk - electrician
* Gordon Ward

### Ward 1

Ward 1 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Andrew Knack | 7,491 | 44.7 |
| Bryan Sandilands | 3,374 | 20.1 |
| Sharon Maclise | 2,551 | 15.2 |
| Sean Amato | 1,674 | 10.0 |
| Jamie Kenneth Post | 1,016 | 6.1 |
| Rob Pasay | 665 | 4.0 |
* Sean Amato - television journalist
* Andrew Knack - community league president, finished second in the 2010 Ward 1 race
* Sharon Maclise
* Jamie Post - finished third in the 2010 Ward 1 race
* Bryan Sandilands - health economist

### Ward 2

Ward 2 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Bev Esslinger | 4,553 | 29.4 |
| Don Koziak | 3,316 | 21.4 |
| Nita Jalkanen | 1,921 | 12.4 |
| Ted Grand | 1,684 | 10.9 |
| Shelley Tupper | 1,400 | 9.0 |
| Mustafa Ali | 1,355 | 8.7 |
| Jason Millar | 1,278 | 8.2 |
* Mustafa Ali
* Bev Esslinger - former public school chair
* Ted Grand - purchaser
* Nita Jalkanen
* Don Koziak - finished second in the 2010 Ward 2 race
* Jason Millar - trucking company manager
* Shelley Tupper - finished third in the 2010 Ward 2 race

### Ward 3

Ward 3 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Dave Loken | 6,564 | 45.2 |
| David Dodge | 6,062 | 41.7 |
| Rob Bernshaw | 1,135 | 7.8 |
| Hakin Isse | 761 | 5.2 |
* Rob Bernshaw
* David Dodge - CKUA radio producer
* Hakin Isse - business owner
* Dave Loken - incumbent

### Ward 4

Ward 4 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ed Gibbons | 10,752 | 77.2 |
| Sam Hachem | 3,181 | 22.8 |
* Ed Gibbons - incumbent
* Sam Hachem - real estate agent

### Ward 5

Ward 5 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Michael Oshry | 5,433 | 29.2 |
| Jim Gibbon | 4,805 | 25.8 |
| Terry Diane Demers | 3,313 | 17.8 |
| Rob Hennigar | 2,249 | 12.1 |
| Rodolfo 'Rudy' Arcilla | 1,081 | 5.8 |
| Allan Santos | 1,002 | 5.4 |
| Brian Kendrick | 297 | 1.6 |
| Alla Ternikova | 282 | 1.5 |
| Mark Grandish | 173 | 0.9 |
* Rudy Arcilla - former Catholic school trustee
* Terry Demers - president of community league, finished second in the 2010 Ward 3 race
* Jim Gibbon - brewery founder
* Mark Grandish - finished fourth in the 2010 Ward 5 race
* Rob Hennigar - business owner
* Brian Kendrick - finished third in the 2010 Ward 5 race
* Michael Oshry - business owner
* Allan Santos - transit operator
* Alla Ternikova - construction business manager

### Ward 6

Ward 6 :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Scott McKeen | 6,352 | 36.0 | Carla Frost | 268 | 1.5 |
| Heather MacKenzie | 4,698 | 26.6 | Kyle Brown | 254 | 1.4 |
| Dexx Williams | 1,942 | 11.0 | Taz Bouchier | 199 | 1.1 |
| Derrick Forsythe | 1,163 | 6.6 | Adil Pirbhai | 177 | 1.0 |
| Bryan George Kapitza | 928 | 5.3 | Andrzej Gudanowski | 171 | 1.0 |
| Candas Jane Dorsey | 478 | 2.7 | Javed Sommers* | 85 | 0.5 |
| Melinda Hollis | 469 | 2.7 | Alfie White | 73 | 0.4 |
| Terry Parada | 310 | 1.8 | Erin Northey | 66 | 0.4 |
* indicates withdrew from race after nomination day
* Taz Bouchier
* Kyle Brown - city employee
* Candas Jane Dorsey - writer
* Derrick Forsythe - provincial employee
* Carla Frost - finished fifth in the 2010 Ward 6 race
* Melinda Hollis - psychotherapist
* Bryan Kapitza - finished second in the 2010 Ward 6 race
* Heather MacKenzie - former public school trustee
* Scott McKeen - finished second in the 2010 Ward 7 race, journalist
* Erin Northey - swim instructor
* Adil Pirbhai - finished seventh in the 1998 Ward 5 race, accountant
* Javed Sommers - public service auditor, withdrew from race on October 19 and endorsed Heather MacKenzie
* Alfie White - mechanic
* Dexx Williams - financial advisor

### Ward 7

Ward 7 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tony Caterina | 6,064 | 42.1 |
| Dave Colburn | 4,892 | 34.0 |
| Mimi Williams | 1,770 | 12.3 |
| Tish Prouse | 1,053 | 7.3 |
| Terry Rolls | 476 | 3.3 |
| A. Daniel Eniafe | 154 | 1.1 |
* Tony Caterina - incumbent
* Dave Colburn - former public school board chairman
* Tish Prouse - archeologist
* Terry Rolls - finished fourth in the 2010 Ward 7 race
* Mimi Williams - finished third in the 2001 Ward 2 race, activist

### Ward 8

Ward 8 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ben Henderson | 14,651 | 74.5 |
| Heather Workman | 2,603 | 13.2 |
| Brian A. Deacon | 1,417 | 7.2 |
| Kris Szczepanski | 535 | 2.7 |
| Nicholas Reading | 448 | 2.3 |
* Ben Henderson - incumbent

### Ward 9

Ward 9 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Bryan Anderson | 18,735 | 82.6 |
| Andrew Gorman | 3,952 | 17.4 |
* Bryan Anderson - incumbent
* Andrew Gorman - Edmonton International Airport employee

### Ward 10

Ward 10 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Michael Walters | 11,807 | 63.9 |
| Richard Feehan | 3,818 | 20.7 |
| Hafis Devji | 1,509 | 8.2 |
| Dan 'Can Man Dan' Johnstone | 907 | 4.9 |
| Ray Bessel | 444 | 2.4 |
* Ray Bessel - businessman
* Hafis Devji - businessman
* Richard Feehan - university instructor
* Dan Johnstone (also known as "Can Man Dan") - activist
* Michael Walters - community organizer

### Ward 11

Ward 11 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Mike Nickel | 8,235 | 47.8 |
| Sonia Bitar | 2,488 | 14.4 |
| Harvey Panesar | 2,318 | 13.5 |
| Brent Schaffrick | 1,433 | 8.3 |
| Dennis John Gane | 1,123 | 6.5 |
| Mujahid Chak | 920 | 5.3 |
| Roberto Maglalang | 475 | 2.8 |
| Rob Aromin | 228 | 1.3 |
* Rob Aromin - labourer
* Sonia Bitar - former citizenship judge
* Mujahid Chak - public servant
* Dennis Gane - businessman
* Roberto Maglalang - finished sixth in the 2010 Ward 11 race, human resources director
* Mike Nickel - former councillor
* Harvey Panesar - mixed martial arts promoter
* Brent Schaffrick - finished third in the 2010 Ward 11 race, drilling consultant

### Ward 12

Ward 12 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Amarjeet Sohi | 13,427 | 76.8 |
| Chinwe Okelu | 3,572 | 20.4 |
| Raja Abbas | 479 | 2.7 |
* Chinwe Okelu - finished second in the 2010 Ward 11 race
* Amarjeet Sohi - incumbent

### Public school trustees

Edmonton Public School :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ward A |||
| Cheryl R Johner | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward B |||
| Michelle Draper | 6,271 | 53.1 |
| Carl Kaminsky | 3,413 | 28.9 |
| Steve Jaswal | 2,120 | 18.0 |
| Ward C |||
| Orville Chubb | 3,876 | 28.1 |
| Susan Ketteringham | 3,714 | 27.0 |
| Tina Jardine | 3,252 | 23.6 |
| Karen J. Pheasant | 2,939 | 21.3 |
| Ward D |||
| Ray Martin | 6,306 | 60.8 |
| Elizabeth Johannson | 4,059 | 39.2 |
| Ward E |||
| Ken Gibson | 6,959 | 48.0 |
| Bridget Stirling | 4,469 | 30.8 |
| Lorraine Wheatley | 3,077 | 21.2 |
| Ward F |||
| Michael Christopher Janz | 14,709 | 80.0 |
| Noah Shillington | 3,670 | 20.0 |
| Ward G |||
| Sarah Hoffman | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward H |||
| Nathan Ip | 6,475 | 32.7 |
| Weslyn Mather | 5,992 | 30.2 |
| Mike Lanteigne | 3,691 | 18.6 |
| Julie Davies-Jodoin | 3,656 | 18.5 |
| Ward I |||
| Sherry Adams | 9,795 | 64.4 |
| Leslie Ann Cleary | 5,421 | 35.6 |

### Separate school trustees

Edmonton Catholic Schools :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Ward 71 |||
| Patricia Grell | 2,709 | 44.6 |
| Terry Harris | 1,779 | 29.3 |
| Zach Koziak | 1,588 | 26.1 |
| Ward 72 |||
| Larry Kowalczyk | 4,551 | 62.4 |
| Dan Posa | 2,748 | 37.6 |
| Ward 73 |||
| Cindy Olsen | 4,246 | 58.8 |
| Michelle Davis | 1,551 | 21.5 |
| Jennifer Chahal | 1,422 | 19.7 |
| Ward 74 |||
| Debbie Engel | 5,535 | 67.7 |
| Brad Lohner | 2,641 | 32.3 |
| Ward 75 |||
| John Acheson | 4,107 | 50.4 |
| Andrea Klotz | 4,037 | 49.6 |
| Ward 76 |||
| Marilyn Bergstra | 5,409 | 56.7 |
| Tom Solyom | 4,132 | 43.3 |
| Ward 77 |||
| Laura Thibert | 3,650 | 47.6 |
| Kara Pelech | 1,998 | 26.1 |
| Stephen Dufresne | 1,375 | 17.9 |
| Roger Riashy | 640 | 8.4 |

## Mayoral opinion polling

| Polling firm | Date | Don Iveson | Karen Leibovici | Kerry Diotte | Other | Sample size | Polling method |
| Election | October 21, 2013 | 61.88 | 19.28 | 15.41 | Josh Semotiuk 1.22%, Gordon Ward 1.05%, Kristine Acielo 0.60%, Spoiled 0.56% | 213,585 | ballot |
| Insights West | October 17–18, 2013 | 40 | 18 | 13 | Undecided 25%, Other 4% | 399 | online |
| Leger Marketing | October 11–14, 2013 | 39 | 17 | 13 | Undecided 25%, Not voting 4%, Kristine Acielo 1%, Josh Semotiuk 1%, Gordon Ward 1% | 809 | online |
| Edmonton Sun | October 7–13, 2013 | 42 | 20 | 33 | Josh Semotiuk 2%, Gordon Ward 2%, Kristine Acielo 1% | 1,137 | online |
| Praxis Analytics | October 10, 2013 | 40.1 | 17 | 16.7 | Undecided 19.2%, Other 7% | 4,144 | telephone |
| Leger Marketing | September 11–17, 2013 | 20 | 11 | 12 | Undecided 51%, Not voting 6% | 404 | online |

## 2015 by-election

On May 5, 2015, Sarah Hoffman left her position as Ward G trustee for Edmonton Public Schools, and was elected as an MLA in the Alberta general election for Edmonton-Glenora. The 2015 Edmonton municipal by-election was held on Monday September 28, 2015 to elect one trustee to replace Hoffman.
Ward G :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Bridget Stirling | 528 | 47.1 |
| Ros Smith | 371 | 30.2 |
| Rob Bernshaw | 110 | 9.0 |
| Kristen Kuefler | 55 | 4.5 |
| Aminah Aboughoushe | 53 | 4.3 |
| Wayde Lever | 33 | 2.7 |
| Christopher Suchit | 22 | 1.8 |
| R.J. Koopmans | 5 | 0.4 |

## 2016 by-election

In October 2015 Amarjeet Sohi left his position as Ward 12 city councillor, after being elected as an MP in the Canadian federal election for Edmonton Mill Woods. The 2016 Edmonton municipal by-election was held on Monday February 22, 2016 to elect one councillor to replace Sohi. With 32 candidates running, the by-election had a record number of candidates for a by-election in Alberta.
Ward 12 :
| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Moe Banga | 2,359 | 17.76 | Nick Chamchuk | 222 | 1.67 |
| Laura Thibert | 1,283 | 9.66 | Nicole Szymanowka | 193 | 1.45 |
| Arundeep Singh Sandhu | 1,106 | 8.33 | Jag Gill | 169 | 1.27 |
| Irfan Chaudhry | 950 | 7.15 | Lincoln Ho | 146 | 1.10 |
| Nav Kaur | 888 | 6.69 | Jagat Singh Sheoran | 122 | 0.92 |
| Danisha Bhaloo | 843 | 6.35 | Steve 'CP' Toor | 93 | 0.70 |
| Preet Toor | 665 | 5.01 | Jeri Stevens | 90 | 0.68 |
| Sam Jhajj | 612 | 4.61 | Terry J. Mckinnon | 49 | 0.37 |
| Rakesh Patel | 542 | 4.08 | Andrew Gorman | 40 | 0.30 |
| Brian Henderson | 541 | 4.07 | Jason Bale | 37 | 0.28 |
| Balraj Singh Manhas | 466 | 3.51 | Victor Viorel Bujor | 37 | 0.28 |
| Dan 'Can Man Dan' Johnstone | 436 | 3.28 | Kelly A. Kadla | 33 | 0.25 |
| Mike Butler | 371 | 2.79 | Nirpal Sekhon | 29 | 0.22 |
| Yash Sharma | 334 | 2.52 | Stephen Wutzke | 23 | 0.17 |
| Field Pieterse | 315 | 2.37 | Shani Ahmad | 20 | 0.15 |
| Don Koziak | 260 | 1.96 | R. Joey Koopmans | 5 | 0.04 |