The 2013 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013. From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years.[1] The Alberta Legislative Assembly passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act.[2] Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle.[3]
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Mayor and 10 councilors to Wood Buffalo Council | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Wood Buffalo and surrounding wards (click to enlarge) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, elected one mayor, ten councillors, the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), five of the Northland School Division No. 61's 23 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, three or five trustees each), and the five Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 trustees (in Fort McMurray). Wood Buffalo includes Fort McMurray, an urban service area deemed equivalent of a city.
Results edit
Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.
Mayor edit
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Melissa Blake | 6,987 | 60.3 |
| Gene Ouellette | 3,477 | 30.0 |
| Jim Rogers | 1,120 | 9.8 |
Councillors edit
Council consists of ten councillors, six from Ward 1, two from Ward 2, one from Ward 3, and one from Ward 4.
| Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Guy C. Boutilier | 6,649 | 12.7 | Julia Cardinal | 130 | 23.7 | Allan Glenn Vinni | 206 | 60.1 | Jane Stroud | 268 | 72.0 |
| Sheldon Germain | 6,037 | 11.5 | John H. (H.J.) Chadi | 119 | 21.7 | Bradley Friesen | 137 | 39.9 | Bob Galbraith | 56 | 15.1 |
| Phil Meagher | 5,642 | 10.8 | Lloyd (Sonny) Flett | 108 | 19.7 | Gordon S. Janvier | 48 | 12.9 | |||
| Lance E. Bussieres | 4,349 | 8.3 | David Blair | 101 | 18.4 | ||||||
| Tyran Ault | 4,106 | 7.8 | Edith Fraser | 90 | 16.4 | ||||||
| Keith McGrath | 3.874 | 7.4 | |||||||||
| Colleen Tatum | 3,770 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| Veronica Doleman | 3,276 | 6.3 | |||||||||
| Christine Burton | 3,193 | 6.1 | |||||||||
| Russell Vincent Thomas | 2,910 | 5.6 | |||||||||
| Jon Tupper | 2,534 | 4.8 | |||||||||
| Steve Kelly | 2,216 | 4.2 | |||||||||
| Carmen Ramstead-Royer | 1,723 | 3.3 | |||||||||
| Abbas Abbas | 1,428 | 2.7 | |||||||||
| Andrew Manyevere | 589 | 1.1 | |||||||||
Public School Trustees edit
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Angela Adams | 4,249 | 19.6 |
| Jeff Thompson | 4,115 | 19.0 |
| Linda Mywaart | 3,711 | 17.2 |
| Stephan Drover | 3,478 | 16.1 |
| Tim O'Hara | 3,475 | 16.1 |
| Mohamed (Moe) Farhat | 2,595 | 12.0 |
References edit
- ^ "1968 Bill 23". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "28th Legislature, 1st Session (2012)". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 - Section 105" (PDF). 2012 Bill 7, First Session, 28th Legislature. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ a b c "2013 Election Results". Wood Buffalo. October 21, 2013. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013.