2013 Calgary municipal election


The 2013 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013, to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the city council, the seven trustees to the Calgary School District, and five of the seven trustees to the Calgary Catholic School District. Two incumbent separate school trustees had no challengers. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are held on a four-year cycle.
The 14 electoral wards were once again represented by a single member on council, although the wards were changed slightly from the previous term. The neighbourhood of Martindale was moved from ward 3 to ward 5, and the community that expanded the neighbourhood of Cougar Ridge into ward 1 was with the rest of the neighbourhood in ward 6. This election also marked a change in title for council members, from "Alderman", to "Councillor".

Candidates

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

CandidateVotes%
Naheed K. Nenshi193,39373.6
Jon Lord56,22621.4
Sandra Hunter4,1811.6
Carter Thomson3,1571.2
Larry R. Heather1,8570.7
Bruce Jackman1,3970.5
Norm Perrault1,1170.4
Jonathan Joseph Sunstrum7750.3
Milan Papez4920.2

CandidateVotes%
Ward Sutherland8,72139.0
Chris Harper8,63538.6
Judi Vandenbrink3,89117.4
John Hilton-O'Brien7263.2
Dan Larabie3781.7

CandidateVotes%
Joe Magliocca5,43732.7
Shawn Douglas Ripley3,54621.3
Bernie Dowhan3,39120.4
Terry Wong2,94017.7
Richard Poon1,3067.9

CandidateVotes%
Jim Stevenson9,42481.0
Tanveer Taj2,21719.0

CandidateVotes%
Sean Chu9,01742.7
Gael MacLeod8,37039.6
Blair Houston2,44011.6
Michael David Hartford1,1385.4
Yuri Shterngartz1580.7

CandidateVotes%
Ray Jones9,77573.0
Bev Hearn1,91114.3
Pritpal Dhaliwal1,69612.7

CandidateVotes%
Richard Pootmans10,84351.3
Joe Connelly7,71636.5
Bob Bowles2,17010.3
James Donald Istvanffy4101.9

CandidateVotes%
Druh Farrell8,92337.5
Kevin Taylor6,60027.7
Brent Alexander6,29926.5
Joylin Nodwell1,9888.3

CandidateVotes%
Evan Woolley9,37751.1
John Mar7,90943.1
Ian Newman1,0665.8

CandidateVotes%
Gian-Carlo Carra9,22048.2
Jordan Katz4,88425.5
Richard Wilkie4,03721.1
Stan The Man Waciak6323.3
Darwin Lahue3471.8

CandidateVotes%
Andre Chabot9,65486.4
Nargis Dossa9068.1
Numan Elhussein6085.4

CandidateVotes%
Brian Pincott11,07547.7
James Maxim9,79842.2
Wayne Frisch2,33410.1

CandidateVotes%
Shane A. Keating11,94271.5
Stephanie Kusie4,76628.5

CandidateVotes%
Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart9,43253.1
Scott Sorokoski4,85127.3
Adam W. Frisch3,49219.6

CandidateVotes%
Peter Demong13,97467.1
Shawn Kao6,85132.9

Separate school trustees

Mayoral opinion polling