The 2010

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municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010 to elect a

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and 14

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to the

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, the seven

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s to the Calgary School District (each representing 2 of 14 wards), and four of the seven trustees to the

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(each representing 2 of 14 wards). Three

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separate school trustees had no challengers. A new mayor was to be elected, as the three term incumbent

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did not seek re-election. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The

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was 53%, a significant increase from previous elections.

Results

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

Mayor

Aldermen

Public school trustees

Separate school trustees

Candidate summaries

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 Robert Andrew "Bob" Hawkesworth (born February 18, 1951) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Life and career Hawkesworth was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He attended the University of Alberta ...

- Alderman incumbent to Ward 4, withdrew from the race on October 13 to back Barb Higgins, but still appeared on the ballot. *

Barb Higgins Barbara Joan Higgins (born September 21, 1962) is best known in Southern Alberta for her 21 year career as senior anchor, writer and producer of the 6 o'clock news for CTV Television Network, CTV Calgary. As a journalist and documentarian, Higgin ...

- Former news anchor at

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. *Sandra Hunter - *Gary F. Johnston - Retired rail worker, blind. *Dan Knight - *Amanda Liu - *

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- Former MLA and alderman. *

Ric McIver Richard William McIver (born August 28, 1958) is a Canadian politician who has represented Calgary-Hays in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta since 2012. A member of the United Conservative Party (UCP), McIver is the current minister of munic ...

- 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

External links

The City of Calgary: 2010 General Election
* http://election.gov.calgary.ab.ca/#ALDER11 * http://www.calgarycitynews.com/2010/10/official-results-for-2010-calgary.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Calgary Municipal Election, 2010 2010 Alberta municipal elections

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2010s in Calgary

Results

Mayor

Aldermen

Public school trustees

Separate school trustees

Candidate summaries

Mayor

See also

References

External links