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, the nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and the seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. Two incumbent public school trustees had no challengers so were elected by acclamation.

2010 Edmonton mayoral election

← 2007 October 18, 2010 2013 →
 
Candidate Stephen Mandel David Dorward Daryl Bonar
Popular vote 109,432 58,856 20,672
Percentage 55.23% 29.70% 10.43%

Mayor before election

Stephen Mandel

Elected mayor

Stephen Mandel

Since 1968, provincial legislation had required every municipality to hold triennial elections.

On July 22, 2009, City Council voted to change the electoral system of six wards to a system of 12 wards; each represented by a single councillor, the changes took effect for the 2010 election. Of the estimated 596,406 eligible voters, only 199,359 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 33.4%. A municipal census conducted in 2009 showed a population of 782,439, meaning approximately 76.2% of the population was eligible to vote.

The mayor was elected in the city at-large through First-past-the-post voting.

The councillors were elected in single-member wards through First-past-the-post voting.

They were all elected to three year terms in single-member wards. All contests were conducted according to the first past the post (FPTP) system. Although FPTP elects the candidate that receives the most votes, it does not always produce a winner that has received over 50% of the votes. The winner in seven of the 12 city councillor contests was elected with less than a majority of the votes cast.

Candidates

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Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

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Mayor[1]
Candidate Votes %
Stephen Mandel 109,432 55.23
David Dorward 58,856 29.70
Daryl Bonar 20,672 10.43
Dan Dromarsky 4,621 2.33
Dave Dowling 2,295 1.16
Andrew Lineker 1,131 0.57
Bob Ligertwood 1,129 0.57
Total 198,136 100

Councillors

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Councillors[1]
Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Linda Sloan 8,836 55.7 Kim Krushell 6,855 43.4 Dave Loken 3,953 28.1
Andrew Knack 5,369 33.8 Don Koziak 6,303 39.9 Terry Demers 3,446 24.5
Jamie Kenneth Post 1,668 10.5 Shelley Tupper 1,103 7.0 John Oplanich 2,340 16.6
Ward 4 Roxie Malone-Richards 772 4.9 Kim Cassady 1,454 10.3
Ed Gibbons 6,524 46.2 Thomas Hinderks 539 3.4 Louis Sobolewski 922 6.5
Dan Backs 5,466 38.7 Michael Waddy 233 1.5 Hatem Naboulsi 788 5.6
Hafsa Goma 846 6.0 Ward 5 Michael Suess 633 4.5
Ken Atkinson 811 5.7 Karen Leibovici 11,893 72.1 Greg Siver 404 2.9
Scott Robb 467 3.3 Steve Bergeron 3,211 19.5 Shawn Fairbridge 149 1.1
Ward 6 Brian Kendrick 987 6.0 Ward 7
Jane Batty 7,187 44.7 Mark Grandish 409 2.5 Tony Caterina 7,214 48.2
Bryan Kapitza 3,220 20.0 Ward 8 Scott McKeen 5,355 35.8
James Johnson 2,548 15.8 Ben Henderson 9,248 47.7 Brendan Van Alstine 1,229 8.2
Chris Basualdo 1,599 9.9 Lori Jeffery-Heaney 4,990 25.8 Terry Rolls 667 4.5
Carla Frost 618 3.8 Sheila McKay 2,450 12.6 Grant Pullishy 506 3.4
Thomas Roberts 413 2.6 Hana Razga 1,930 10.0 Ward 9
Lee Permann 313 1.9 Duane Good Striker 749 3.9 Bryan Kent Anderson 12,688 69.7
Adil Pirbhai 191 1.2 Ward 10 Jennifer Watts 2,582 14.2
Ward 11 Don Iveson 13,059 76.3 Calvin Lim 1,662 9.1
Kerry Diotte 7,341 44.2 Al Slemko 4,048 23.7 Rami Bader 1,269 7.0
Chinwe Okelu 4,728 28.5 Ward 12
Brent Schaffrick 1,783 10.7 Amarjeet Sohi 10,292 64.0
Shane Bergadhl 1,427 8.6 Chuck McKenna 4,208 26.1
Vishal Luthra 890 5.4 Gerry Horn 1,165 7.2
Roberto Maglalang 438 2.6 Vikram Bagga 428 2.7

Public school trustees

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Edmonton Public Schools[1]
Ward A Ward B Ward C
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Cheryl Johner 9,140 67.7 Ken Shipka 5,231 41.1 Christopher Spencer 6,382 48.2
Kevan Warner 3,042 22.5 Amanda Beisiegel 3,720 29.3 Tony Henshall 3,549 26.8
Rory Johannes Koopmans 1,317 9.8 Perry Chahal 1,710 13.4 Mary Gradisar 3,312 25.0
Ward D George P. Nicholson 1,200 9.4 Ward E
Dave Colburn Acclaimed Darryl Lagerquist 854 6.7 Heather MacKenzie 4,947 37.7
Ward F Ward G Neil MacDonald 4,155 31.7
Michael Janz 9,198 53.6 Sarah Hoffman 14,270 69.8 Ken Soroka 4,015 30.6
Bev Sawyer 5,845 34.1 George Rice 6,169 30.2 Ward H
Joanna Rozmus 2,114 12.3 Ward I Catherine Ripley Acclaimed
Leslie Cleary 6,045 41.6
Tina Jardine 5,907 40.7
Balraj Manhas 2,577 17.7

Separate school trustees

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Edmonton Catholic Schools[1]
Ward 71 Ward 72 Ward 73
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Becky Kallal 4,097 67.4 Larry Kowalczyk 3,088 45.0 Cindy Olsen 4,332 58.1
Romeo Ochoa 1,981 32.6 Patricia Grell 1,990 29.0 Jennifer Chahal 2,007 26.9
Ward 74 Carla Smiley 1,788 26.0 Cynthia Bossmin-Davis 1,119 15.0
Debbie Engel 5,384 71.9 Ward 75 Ward 76
Brad Lohner 2,107 28.1 John Acheson 3,198 40.9 Marilyn Bergstra 4,016 50.2
Ward 77 Lauri Friesen 2,605 33.3 Michael Savaryn 2,172 27.1
Laura Thibert 2,422 35.8 Rudy Arcilla 2,017 25.8 Bev Heisler 1,068 13.3
Kara Pelech 2,291 33.9 Katherine Schwabenbauer 748 9.3
Danny S. Kinal 2,044 30.3

Candidate summaries

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Mayor

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  • Daryl Bonar - Canadian Forces lieutenant and real estate investor
  • David Dorward - Chartered Accountant, Primary Owner of Edmonton Energy IBL basketball team
  • Dave Dowling - Sales, Lapidary art worker
  • Dan Dromarsky - Commercial Accounts Manager
  • Bob Ligertwood - Small business owner, agriculture and heavy industry
  • Andrew Lineker - PR & administration for three entertainment facilities
  • Stephen Mandel - incumbent

Ward 1

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  • Andrew Knack - finished third in the 2007 Ward 1 race
  • Jamie Kenneth Post - I.T. Consultant
  • Linda Sloan - incumbent

Ward 2

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  • Thomas Hinderks - director of the Alberta Aviation Museum
  • Don Koziak - hotel owner; only significant competition in 2007 mayor race, finished fourth in the 2004 Ward 2 race
  • Kim Krushell - incumbent
  • Roxie Malone-Richards - community activist, advocate for the disabled and those with mobility issues and a former 630 CHED broadcaster
  • Shelley Tupper - finished fourth in the 2007 Ward 2 race
  • Michael Waddy - Entrepreneur, web designer

Ward 3

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  • Kim Cassady - ran as an Alberta Liberal candidate in Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood during the 2001 provincial election
  • Terry Demers - Ron Hayter's assistant
  • Shawn Philip Fairbridge -
  • Dave Loken - finished third in 2007 and 2004 in Ward 2
  • Hatem Naboulsi - Businessman
  • John (Giovanni) Oplanich - land developer
  • Greg Silver - Paramedic
  • Louis Sobolewski - Auditor
  • Michael Suess - Market & finance

Ward 4

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Ward 5

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  • Steve Bergeron - Real estate investor
  • Mark Grandish - Tow-truck driver
  • Brian Kendrick - general contractor
  • Karen Leibovici - incumbent

Ward 6

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  • Cris Basualdo - Edmonton District Labour Council endorsement.
  • Jane Batty - incumbent
  • Carla Frost -
  • James Johnson - Wildrose Alliance staffer
  • Bryan George Kapitza - CSU 52 endorsement. Former unionist / current small business owner.
  • Lee Permann - Operations Manager
  • Adil Pirbhai - finished twelfth in the 2007 Ward 4 race
  • Thomas Roberts -

Ward 7

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  • Tony Caterina - incumbent
  • Scott McKeen - former Edmonton Journal columnist
  • Grant David Pullishy - Brewery worker
  • Terry Rolls - Assistant shipper/receiver at NAIT, garbageman, writer
  • Brendan Van Alstine - social worker

Ward 8

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  • Duane Good Striker -
  • Ben Henderson - incumbent
  • Lori Jeffery-Heaney - finished fifth in the 2007 Ward 6 race
  • Sheila Mckay - finished fifth in the 2007 Ward 4 race
  • Hana Razga - finished sixth in the 2007 Ward 4 race

Ward 9

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  • Bryan Kent Anderson - incumbent
  • Rami Bader -
  • Calvin Lim - Financial advisor, insurance broker
  • Jennifer Watts -

Ward 10

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  • Don Iveson - incumbent
  • Al Slemko - finished fourth in the 2004 Ward 5 race

Ward 11

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  • Shane Bergdahl - Chair of the Mill Woods Presidents' Council (association of community leagues)
  • Kerry Diotte - former Edmonton SUN columnist
  • Vishal Luthra - 1998 Youth Justice Committee member
  • Roberto Maglalang - HR Director/Manager
  • Chinwe Okelu - Alberta Government, Department of Housing
  • Brent Schaffrick - Twelve years in Canadian Primary Naval Reserve

Ward 12

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  • Vikram Bagga - Owner of Bagga Jeweller
  • Gerry Horn - Worked as a bricklayer, some carpentry, and general construction
  • Chuck McKenna - finished fourth in the 2007 Ward 6 race
  • Amarjeet Sohi - incumbent

References

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  1. ^ a b c d City of Edmonton (October 26, 2010). "2010 Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
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