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

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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

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

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

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

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

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

Mayor

• 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

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

Ward 2

• 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

• 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

• Ken Atkinson - former member of the Canadian Armed Forces
• Dan Backs - former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, later sought a provincial Progressive Conservative nomination
• Ed Gibbons - incumbent
• Hafsa Goma - a former MLA
• Scott Robb -

Ward 5

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

Ward 6

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

Ward 10

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

Ward 11

• 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

• 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