2013 Wood Buffalo municipal election

The 2013 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years.[1] The Alberta Legislative Assembly passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act.[2] Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle.[3]

2013 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election
October 21, 2013
Mayor and 10 councilors to Wood Buffalo Council
 
Candidate Melissa Blake Gene Ouellette Jim Rogers
Last election 7,799 did not run did not run
Popular vote 6,987 3,477 1,120
Percentage 60.3 30.0 9.8
Wood Buffalo and surrounding wards (click to enlarge)
Mayor before election

Melissa Blake

 Elected Mayor

Melissa Blake

The citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, elected one mayor, ten councillors, the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), five of the Northland School Division No. 61's 23 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, three or five trustees each), and the five Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 trustees (in Fort McMurray). Wood Buffalo includes Fort McMurray, an urban service area deemed equivalent of a city.

Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

Mayor
Mayor[4]
CandidateVotes%
Melissa Blake6,98760.3
Gene Ouellette3,47730.0
Jim Rogers1,1209.8

Councillors

Council consists of ten councillors, six from Ward 1, two from Ward 2, one from Ward 3, and one from Ward 4.

Councillors[4]
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4
CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%
Guy C. Boutilier6,64912.7Julia Cardinal13023.7Allan Glenn Vinni20660.1Jane Stroud26872.0
Sheldon Germain6,03711.5John H. (H.J.) Chadi11921.7Bradley Friesen13739.9Bob Galbraith5615.1
Phil Meagher5,64210.8Lloyd (Sonny) Flett10819.7Gordon S. Janvier4812.9
Lance E. Bussieres4,3498.3David Blair10118.4
Tyran Ault4,1067.8Edith Fraser9016.4
Keith McGrath3.8747.4
Colleen Tatum3,7707.2
Veronica Doleman3,2766.3
Christine Burton3,1936.1
Russell Vincent Thomas2,9105.6
Jon Tupper2,5344.8
Steve Kelly2,2164.2
Carmen Ramstead-Royer1,7233.3
Abbas Abbas1,4282.7
Andrew Manyevere5891.1

Public School Trustees
Fort McMurray Public School District[4]
CandidateVotes%
Angela Adams4,24919.6
Jeff Thompson4,11519.0
Linda Mywaart3,71117.2
Stephan Drover3,47816.1
Tim O'Hara3,47516.1
Mohamed (Moe) Farhat2,59512.0

References
  1. "1968 Bill 23". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  2. "28th Legislature, 1st Session (2012)". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. "Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 - Section 105" (PDF). 2012 Bill 7, First Session, 28th Legislature. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  4. "2013 Election Results". Wood Buffalo. October 21, 2013. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
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