The 2013 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013, to elect a

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and 14

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s to the

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, the seven

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

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(each representing two of 14 wards). Two

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separate school trustees had no challengers. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The

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introduced the ''Election Accountability Amendment Act'' (Bill 7) which among other reforms to provincial and municipal elections, amended the ''Local Authorities Election Act'' to extend the terms of local authorities including municipalities and school boards from three years to four years. The 14 electoral wards were once again each 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". Naheed K. Nenshi was elected mayor with large majority of votes cast.

Candidates

Bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicates ''incumbent''.

Mayor

Larry Heather Larry R. Heather (born 1953) is a perennial candidate from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In addition to running as an independent at all three levels of government, he has run as a Christian Heritage Party of Canada candidate in federal elections and ...

- Christian radio show host *

Jon Lord John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English orchestral and rock composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with the British rock band Deep ...

- former PC MLA *Alex Morozov *

Naheed Nenshi Naheed Kurban Nenshi (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian politician who was the 36th mayor of Calgary, Alberta. He was elected in the 2010 municipal election with 39% of the vote, and is the first Muslim mayor of a large North American city. ...

*Milan Papez Sr. - salesman *Norm Perrault *Carter Thomson - store owner

Ward 1

*Chris Harper *Dan Larabie *John Hilton O'Brian *Ward Sutherland *Judi Vandenbrink

Ward 2

*Bernie Dowhan - teacher *Joe Magliocca *Terry Wong * Shawn Ripley - planning consultant

Ward 3

* Jim Stevenson - incumbent

Ward 4

*Sean Chu *Michael Hartford *Blair Houston *Gael MacLeod - incumbent

Ward 5

*Ray Jones - incumbent

Ward 6

*Robert Bowles *

Richard Pootmans Richard Pootmans is a Canadian politician who currently serves as the councillor for Ward 6 on the Calgary City Council. Pootmans initially served two terms from 2010 to 2017 before a one-term hiatus during which he co-founded a consultancy. He ...

- incumbent

Ward 7

*Brent Alexander - financial manager * Druh Farrell - incumbent *Joylin Nodwell *Kevin Taylor

Ward 8

*John Mar - incumbent *Ian Newman - company manager * Evan Woolley

Ward 9

*Gian-Carlo Carra - incumbent *Jordan Katz *Richard Wilkie

Ward 10

Andre Chabot André Chabot is a Canadian politician who served as the councillor for Ward 10 of the Calgary City Council. He was elected in a 2005 by-election after Incumbent Margot Aftergood resigned after allegations of a vote rigging scandal surfaced invol ...

- incumbent *Nargis Dossa

Ward 11

*Wayne Frisch *James Maxim *Brian Pincott - incumbent

Ward 12

*Shane Keating - incumbent

Ward 13

* Diane Colley-Urquhart - incumbent *Adam Frisch *Scott Sorokoski

Ward 14

Peter Demong Peter Demong is a municipal politician who currently serves as Councillor of Ward 14 in Calgary, Alberta. He was first elected in 2010. Career before politics Prior to being elected in 2010, Demong was a logistics manager at Nose Creek Forest Pr ...

- incumbent *Shawn Kao

Public school trustees

Separate school trustees

Mayoral opinion polling

References

External links

The City of Calgary: Elections 2013
{{Calgary elections 2013 Alberta municipal elections

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