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, 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. Since 1968, provincial legislation had required every municipality to hold triennial elections.
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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.
Candidates
Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.
Mayor
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
References
- 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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