| Edmonton City Council | |
| Jurisdiction: | Edmonton |
| House Type: | City Council |
| Foundation: | (City) (Town) |
| New Session: | November 2021 |
| Leader1 Type: | Mayor of Edmonton |
| Leader1: | Amarjeet Sohi |
| Election1: | October 26, 2021 |
| Seats: | 13 (12 Councillors+Mayor) |
| Committees1: | Boards, Commissions and Committees |
| Voting System1: | FPTP |
| Last Election1: | October 18, 2021 |
| Next Election1: | Fall 2025 |
| Meeting Place: | Edmonton City Hall |
The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Edmonton currently has one mayor and twelve city councillors. Elections are held every four years. The most recent was held in 2021, and the next is in 2025. The mayor is elected across the whole city, through the First Past the Post plurality voting system. Councillors are elected one per ward, a division of the city, through the First Past the Post plurality voting system.
On July 22, 2009, City Council voted to change the electoral system of six 2-seat wards to a system of 12 single-member wards. Each ward is represented by a single councillor. The changes took effect in the 2010 election. In the 2010 election, Edmonton was divided into 12 wards each electing one councillor. Before 2010, the city at different times used a variety of electoral systems for the election of its councillors: at-large elections with Block Voting; two different systems of wards, using Block Voting system (when mayor was elected through First past the post); and at-large elections using Single Transferable Voting (when the mayor was elected through Alternative Voting).[1]
In May 2019, Edmonton's Ward Boundary Commission began reviewing the geographical boundaries of the city's wards.[2] [3] The final report was delivered on May 25, 2020.[4] On December 7, 2020, Bylaw 19366[5] was passed which included the new geographical boundaries and new Indigenous ward names.[6] The Indigenous ward names were determined by the Committee of Indigenous Matriarchs[7] [8] and came into effect on October 18, 2021, the date of the 2021 municipal election. The Committee of Indigenous Matriarchs, also referred to as the naming committee, was composed of 17 women representing communities from treaty territories 6, 7 and 8, along with Métis and Inuit representation.[9]
In 2021, the twelve ward boundaries were modified and given indigenous names in place of numbers.
In 2010, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which one councillor was elected from each of twelve wards through first past the post. (This was the first time in the history of Edmonton that councillors were elected one by one through first past the post.)
The mayor was elected from the city at-large through first past the post.
In 2010, council was elected to serve three years. In 2013 and 2017 they were elected to serve for four years.
| Year Elected | Mayor | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | Ward 8 | Ward 9 | Ward 10 | Ward 11 | Ward 12 | Notes |
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| 2017 | Don Iveson | Andrew Knack | Bev Esslinger | Jon Dziadyk | Aaron Paquette | Sarah Hamilton | Scott McKeen | Tony Caterina | Ben Henderson | Tim Cartmell | Michael Walters | Mike Nickel | Mohinder Banga | [10] |
| 2013 | Dave Loken | Ed Gibbons | Michael Oshry | Bryan Anderson | Amarjeet Sohi (2013–15) Mohinder Banga (2015) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Stephen Mandel | Linda Sloan | Kim Krushell | Karen Leibovici | Jane Batty | Don Iveson | Kerry Diotte | Amarjeet Sohi |
In 1980, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which two councillors (aldermen until 1995) were elected from each of six wards through Plurality block voting. These wards were more organic (based on natural boundaries and divisions within the city) than the previous four-ward system.
The mayor was elected at-large through first past the post. Those elected served for three years.
| Year Elected | Mayor | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Notes | |
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| 2007 | Stephen Mandel | Karen Leibovici, Linda Sloan | Ron Hayter, Kim Krushell | Tony Caterina, Ed Gibbons | Jane Batty, Ben Henderson | Bryan Anderson, Don Iveson | Amarjeet Sohi, Dave Thiele | ||
| 2004 | Karen Leibovici, Linda Sloan | Ron Hayter, Kim Krushell | Ed Gibbons, Janice Melnychuk | Jane Batty, Michael Phair | Bryan Anderson, Mike Nickel | Terry Cavanagh, Dave Thiele | |||
| 2001 | Bill Smith | Karen Leibovici, Stephen Mandel | Allan Bolstad, Ron Hayter | Ed Gibbons, Janice Melnychuk | Jane Batty, Michael Phair | Bryan Anderson, Larry Langley | Terry Cavanagh, Dave Thiele | ||
| 1998 | Leroy Chahley, Wendy Kinsella | Allan Bolstad, Rose Rosenberger | Brian Mason, Robert Noce | Michael Phair, Jim Taylor | Bryan Anderson, Larry Langley | Terry Cavanagh, Dave Thiele | [11] | ||
| 1995 | Leroy Chahley, Wendy Kinsella | Allan Bolstad, Rose Rosenberger | Brian Mason, Robert Noce | Michael Phair, Jim Taylor | Larry Langley, Brent Maitson | Terry Cavanagh, Dick Mather | [12] | ||
| 1992 | Jan Reimer | Bruce Campbell, Leroy Chahley | Allan Bolstad, Ron Hayter | Judy Bethel, Brian Mason | Michael Phair, Tooker Gomberg | Patricia MacKenzie, Lillian Staroszik | Terry Cavanagh, Sheila McKay | [13] | |
| 1989 | Bruce Campbell, Helen Paull | Catherine Chichak, Ron Hayter | Judy Bethel, Brian Mason | Mel Binder, Lance White | Patricia MacKenzie, Lillian Staroszik | Ken Kozak, Sheila McKay | |||
| 1986 | Laurence Decore | Bruce Campbell, Helen Paull | Ron Hayter, Jan Reimer | Judy Bethel, Julian Kinisky | Mel Binder, Lance White | Patricia MacKenzie, Lillian Staroszik | Terry Cavanagh, Ken Kozak | [14] | |
| 1983 | Olivia Butti, G. Lyall Roper | Ron Hayter, Jan Reimer | Ed Ewasiuk, Julian Kinisky | Ed Leger, Lance White | Lillian Staroszik, Percy Wickman | Terry Cavanagh, Bettie Hewes | [15] | ||
| 1980 | Cec Purves | Olivia Butti, Kenneth Newman | Ron Hayter, Jan Reimer | June Cavanagh, Ed Ewasiuk | Paul Norris, Gerry Wright | Lois Campbell, Percy Wickman | Bettie Hewes, Ed Leger |
In 1971, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which three aldermen were elected from each of four wards through Plurality block voting. Each ward was a north–south slice of the city so each contained territories on both sides of the river.
Mayor was elected through first past the post.
Still the mayor and the councillors were to serve for three years.
| Year Elected | Mayor | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Notes | |
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| 1977 | Cec Purves | Lois Campbell, Kenneth Newman, Paul Norris | Olivia Butti, Gene Dub, Percy Wickman | Ron Hayter, Edward Kennedy, Ed Leger | William Chmiliar, Bettie Hewes, Buck Olsen | ||
| 1974 | William Hawrelak | Robert Matheson, Kenneth Newman, Ches Tanner | Olivia Butti, Laurence Decore, David Leadbeater | Ron Hayter, Edward Kennedy, Ed Leger | Terry Cavanagh, Bettie Hewes, Buck Olsen | [16] | |
| 1971 | Ivor Dent | Dudley Menzies, Kenneth Newman, Ches Tanner | Alex Fallow, Cec Purves, David Ward | Ron Hayter, Ed Leger, William McLean | Terry Cavanagh, Una Evans, Buck Olsen |
The 1968 Edmonton city election was different from the one before and the one after. Like the 1966 election the mayor and all the city councillors were up for election, councillors elected at large through Block Voting. Mayor elected through first past the post.
Unlike 1968 they were to serve for three years.
In 1968 Alberta's legislation had been changed to require elections every three years in all of the province's municipalities.
In 1964 two new aldermanic positions were added, bringing the total to twelve. As well Edmonton unstaggered its terms for city officials, meaning that all the council seats would be up for election each election, held every two years. In preparation for this, in 1964 the mayor and all aldermanic positions up for re-election were elected to one-year terms. All aldermen continued to be elected at-large through block voting, mayor through first past the post.
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| 1966 | Vincent M. Dantzer | James Bateman, John Leslie Bodie, Neil Crawford, Ivor Dent, Reginald Easton, Frank Edwards, Una Evans, Julia Kiniski, Ed Leger, Angus McGugan, Cec Purves, Morris Weinlos | [18] [19] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | William Hawrelak | John Leslie Bodie, Vincent M. Dantzer, [vor Dent, Frank Edwards, Julia Kiniski, Robert Franklin Lambert, Ed Leger, Kathleen McCallum, Angus McGugan, Kenneth Newman, Morris Weinlos, [[Ethel Sylvia Wilson|Ethel Wilson]]| [20] |}From 1948 until 1963In 1948, the mayor began to be elected for a two-year term. the mayor was elected through first past the post. Annual elections were still used to elect half the council each year through Plurality block voting at-large (no wards). The council continued to be elected at-large to staggered two-year terms until 1963, when the council seats up for election were filled just for one year (to prepare for the change in 1964 to all seats being up for election each election. From 1912 to 1960, seats were guaranteed to southsiders. The guaranteed representation for the southside was cancelled after a 1960 referendum. (But in 1971 with the introduction of wards altogether south of the river, southside representation was re-established.)
From 1928 until 1947In this period, following a referendum in 1927, the city returned to using block voting to elect councillors at-large (in one city-wide district). Aldermen continued to be elected on staggered two-year terms. The mayor was elected every year to a one-year term through first past the post. There was still guaranteed minimum representation for the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. This number increased over time. It was two until 1936, and three thereafter.
From 1923 until 1927In this period, following a successful referendum in 1922, the city used Single Transferable Voting, a form of proportional representation, to elect councillors. The effect was that no one party took all the seats up for election. Alternative Voting was used to elect mayors to ensure that the successful candidate had to have a majority of the votes to win (but no transfer took place if only two candidates ran for the post or if one candidate took a majority on the first count). The southside still had guaranteed representation, of at least two councillors.The mayor continued to be elected annually, and aldermen continued to be elected to staggered two-year terms, with half up for election each year.
From 1912 until 1922As part of the amalgamation agreement between the cities of Edmonton and Strathcona south of the river in 1912, council was expanded to ten members and adopted guaranteed representation, of at least two seats, for the south side. (Wards were not established, but at least two southsiders had to be elected.) The mayor continued to be elected annually through first past the post, and aldermen continued to be elected to staggered two-year terms, through Plurality block voting. Izena Ross, elected in 1921, was the first woman to serve on council.
From 1904 until 1911Edmonton was incorporated as a city in 1904. The size of council was set at eight alderman plus the mayor, with the mayor being elected annually through first past the post and the aldermen being elected at-large (no wards) on staggered two-year terms, with half the seats filled each year through Plurality block voting.
Edmonton Town CouncilFrom 1898 until 1904The Edmonton Town Council was the governing body of Edmonton, Northwest Territories, from 1892 until 1904, when Edmonton was incorporated as a city and the council became Edmonton City Council. Throughout its history it included a mayor and six aldermen. The mayor was elected annually throughout the town's history, but beginning in 1898 they were elected to staggered two-year terms, with half of them elected each year.
From 1892 until 1898The mayor and aldermen were elected annually from 1892 to 1898.
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