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Calgary municipal election, 2010

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October 18, 2010
  
2013 →

112,386
  
91,359

31.7%
  
25.8%

140,263
  
112,386

39.6%
  
31.7%

Calgary municipal election, 2010

The 2010 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010 to elect a mayor and 14 aldermen to the city council, the seven trustees to the Calgary School District (each representing 2 of 14 wards), and four of the seven trustees to the Calgary Catholic School District (each representing 2 of 14 wards). Three incumbent separate school trustees had no challengers. A new mayor was to be elected, as the three term incumbent Dave Bronconnier did not seek re-election. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections.

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The voter turnout was 53%, a significant increase from previous elections.

Results

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent, and asterisk indicates withdrew from race.

Mayor

  • Craig Burrows - Former Ward 6 alderman, withdrew from the race on October 14 to back Ric McIver, but still appeared on the ballot.
  • Joe Connelly - Alderman incumbent to Ward 6.
  • Bonnie Devine - Previous Communist candidate for Calgary-East MLA.
  • Barry Erskine - Former alderman, and host of Let's Talk Gardening on AM 770 CHQR.
  • Oscar Fech - Ran for mayor in 2001 and 2004 elections.
  • Bob Hawkesworth - Alderman incumbent to Ward 4, withdrew from the race on October 13 to back Barb Higgins, but still appeared on the ballot.
  • Barb Higgins - Former news anchor at CTV Calgary.
  • Sandra Hunter -
  • Gary F. Johnston - Retired rail worker, blind.
  • Dan Knight -
  • Amanda Liu -
  • Jon Lord - Former MLA and alderman.
  • Ric McIver - Alderman incumbent to Ward 12.
  • Naheed K. Nenshi - Served on the leadership team of imagineCalgary.
  • Wayne Stewart - Former president and CEO of the Calgary Homeless Foundation, withdrew from the race on October 14 to back Naheed Nenshi, but still appeared on the ballot.

    • References

    Calgary municipal election, 2010 Wikipedia
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