Calgary municipal election, 2010
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The 2010 Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

 municipal election
was held Monday, October 18, 2010
2010 in Canada
Events from the year 2010 in Canada.-January:*January 1 - The Ontario government files a lawsuit in an American court to stop the dumping of Asian carp into the Great Lakes, a fish that could damage the fishing industry....

 to elect a mayor and 14 aldermen to the city council
Calgary City Council
The Calgary City Council is the legislative governing body that represents the citizens of Calgary. The Council consists of two offices; Office of the Mayor and Office of the Alderman. Naheed Nenshi was elected to the Office of the Mayor in October 2010 as the city's 36th chief executive...

, the seven trustee
Trustee
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s to the Calgary School District
Calgary Board of Education
The Calgary Board of Education is the public school board in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As a public system, the CBE is required to accept any students who meet age and residency requirements, regardless of religion.-Size:...

 (each representing 2 of 14 wards), and four of the seven trustees to the Calgary Catholic School District
Calgary Catholic School District
The Calgary Catholic School District is the Roman Catholic separate school board in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It also serves the neighboring communities of Airdrie, Chestermere, and Cochrane...

 (each representing 2 of 14 wards). Three incumbent
Incumbent
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 separate school trustees had no challengers. A new mayor was to be elected, as the three term incumbent Dave Bronconnier
Dave Bronconnier
David 'Dave' Thomas Bronconnier is a Canadian politician, who served as the 35th Mayor of Calgary, Alberta.- Biography :...

 did not seek re-election. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality
Alberta municipal elections, 2010
Municipal elections were held in Alberta, Canada on Monday, October 18, 2010. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections...

 to hold triennial elections.

The voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...

 was 53%, a great increase from previous elections.

Results

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

Mayor

Mayor
Candidate Votes %
Naheed K. Nenshi
Naheed Nenshi
Naheed Kurban Nenshi is a Canadian politician, who was elected to succeed Dave Bronconnier as mayor of Calgary, Alberta in the 2010 Calgary municipal election.- Biography :...

140,263 39.6
Ric McIver
Ric McIver
Ric McIver is municipal politician and businessman from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is a former alderman for Ward 12 on the Calgary City Council. McIver held his post from his election in October 2001 until his run for mayor in October 2010...

 
112,386 31.7
Barb Higgins
Barb Higgins
Barbara Joan Higgins is a former newscaster and journalist for Calgary CTV outlet CFCN-TV. A news journalist for 21 years, she stepped down from her job as a CFCN news anchor to enter the Calgary mayoral race on July 23, 2010. Higgins has stated she can no longer stay neutral as a journalist and...

 
91,359 25.8
Joe Connelly 2,484 0.7
Bob Hawkesworth
Bob Hawkesworth
Robert "Bob" Andrew Hawkesworth is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Hawkesworth attended the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary before being elected in 1980 to Calgary City Council as alderman for Ward 3...

1,513 0.4
Jon Lord
Jon Lord (politician)
Jon Lord is a former politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Jon was born in Calgary and raised in rural Central Alberta. After having graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in business. He established a successful video...

 
1,461 0.4
Wayne Stewart*  1,360 0.4
Craig Burrows*  994 0.3
Barry Erskine 672 0.2
Bonnie Devine 329 0.1
Amanda Liu 336 0.1
Sandra Hunter 284 0.1
Dan Knight 262 0.1
Oscar Fech 207 0.1
Gary F. Johnston 180 0.1

Aldermen

Aldermen
Ward 1 |Ward 2 |Ward 3 |Ward 4
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Dale Hodges 12,330 41.4 Gord Lowe 9,232 42.7 Jim Stevenson 10,913 61.6 Gael Grace MacLeod 7,288 25.4
Chris Harper 7,308 24.6 "Joe" Biagio Magliocca 8,210 37.9 Helene Larocque 3,905 22.0 Sean Chu 6,000 20.9
Ric Lockhart 3,820 12.8 Terry Richard Avramenko 3,471 16.0 Pervaiz Iqbal 1,654 9.3 Jane Morgan 3,748 13.1
Judi Vandenbrink 2,996 10.1 Daniel M. Del Re 727 3.4 Gary Duane Tremblay 1,258 7.1 Jon Wong 2,663 9.3
Bill Scott 2,732 9.2 Ward 5 |Ward 6 Brad Northcott 2,500 8.7
Norm Perrault 573 1.9 Ray Jones 11,685 62.1 Richard Pootmans 8,107 30.6 Tommy Low 1,668 5.8
Ward 7 Jay Bal 2,861 15.7 John Yannitsos 3,931 14.9 Leslie Bedard 1,589 5.5
Druh Farrell 11,910 42.9 Beena Ashar 2,323 12.3 Brent Mielke 3,377 12.8 Dwight Larry Boehm 1,020 3.6
Kevin Taylor 10,658 38.4 Robert J. Guizzo 1,949 10.4 Ken Rogers 3,364 12.7 Carol Poon 860 3.0
Jim Pilling 2,621 9.4 Ward 8 Randy Royer 3,111 11.8 Jeff Haussecker 758 2.6
Elizabeth Ann Cook 1,367 4.9 John Mar 11,630 52.7 Tom Malyszko 2,369 9.0 Curtis Kruschel 593 2.1
Michael Krisko 1,204 4.3 Zakary Pashak 9,079 41.1 Coral Turner 977 3.7 Ward 9
Ward 10 David Lapp 830 3.8 Robert Wills 885 3.3 Gian-Carlo Carra 7,850 31.0
Andre Chabot
Andre Chabot
André Chabot is a municipal level politician in Calgary, Alberta, Canada who currently serves as the Alderman for Ward 10 of the Calgary City Council...

13,042 77.8 Antoni Grochowski 546 2.5 Rad Dimic 176 0.7 Mike Pal 7,355 29.0
Robert Kennish 1,698 10.1 Ward 11 Henry Sims 164 0.6 Jeremy Pat Nixon 4,814 19.0
Nargis Dossa 1,214 7.2 Brian Pincott 10,834 35.1 Ward 12 Stephen Chapman 2,944 11.6
Karl Schackwidt 820 4.9 James Maxim 9,385 30.4 Shane A. Keating 9,270 42.4 Stan (The Man) Waciak 905 3.6
Ward 13 Ernest Stephen McCutcheon 4,417 14.3 Al Browne 6,886 31.5 Petra Clemens 718 2.8
Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart
Diane Colley-Urquhart
Diane Marie Colley-Urquhart is municipal politician and Calgary Police Commissioner from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She is currently a member of Calgary City Council and serves as the representative for Ward 13.-Registered Nurse:...

12,901 52.6 Olga Knight 3,736 12.1 Roger Crowe 4,433 20.3 Henry Charles Hollinger 543 2.1
Sandy Jenkins 7,119 29.0 Wayne E. Frisch 2,466 8.0 Benjamin G. Sim 663 3.0 Adam Vase 221 0.9
Andrew Rodych 2,635 10.7 Ward 14 Rory Rotzoll 588 2.7
Trevor Hodge 1,865 7.6 Peter Demong 8,483 29.2
Richard Dur 7,188 24.8
Shawn Chiping Kao 5,647 19.5
Linda Fox-Mellway
Linda Fox-Mellway
Linda Fox-Mellway is a municipal politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as Alderman for ward 14 of Calgary City Council from 1995. On October 18, 2010, Fox-Mellway was voted out of office...

5,187 17.9
Ken Gerelus 1,324 4.6
Billy (The Butcher) Tummonds 1,201 4.1

Public school trustees

Calgary School District
Ward 1/2 |Ward 3/4 |Ward 5/10
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Joy Bowen-Eyre 5,732 19.2 Lynn C. Ferguson 24,461 83.5 Pamela King 11,075 47.8
Michael Gretton 5,308 17.8 Tanveer Taj 4,845 16.5 Ryan J. White 3,307 14.3
Trina Hurdman 5,065 16.9 Rick Rowan 3,162 13.7
Roberta McDonald 4,364 14.6 Shahzad Ashraf 2,826 12.2
Jawad Durrani 4,336 14.5 Amarjot Mangat 2,787 12.0
Josh Traptow 3,549 11.9 Ward 6/7 |Ward 8/9
Jaret Kneller 1,546 5.2 George S. Lane 14,575 44.9 Pat Cochrane 15,226 52.5
Ward 11/13 Carole Oliver 14,392 44.3 Laura Shutiak 13,784 47.5
Sheila Taylor 6,817 21.6 Lenore Indarsingh 3,499 10.8 Ward 12/14
Catherine Heggerud 5,538 17.5 Carol Bazinet 13,766 46.0
Julie Kearns 4,711 14.9 Malik Amery 8,237 27.5
Sue Styles 3,155 10.0 Wendi Ann Moore 7,912 26.4
Helen Mowat 2,885 9.1
Victor Lough 2,809 8.9
Andrea Guinn 2,631 8.3
Larry R. Heather
Larry R. Heather
Larry R. Heather is a politician and activist in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is a perennial candidate for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada, and has also campaigned in provincial and municipal elections....

 
1,577 5.0
Sarah Baehl de Lescure 1,463 4.6

Separate school trustees

Calgary Catholic School District
Ward 1/2/Cochrane |Ward 3/5/Airdrie |Ward 4/7
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Serafino Scarpino Acclaimed
Acclamation
An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. "Acclamation" or "acclamatio" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts in ancient Rome.-Voting:...

Linda Wellman 7,784 76.8 Marge Belcourt 6,224 58.6
Ward 6/8 Rofina Groebmair 2,352 23.2 Anne Engel 4,398 41.4
Lois Burke-Gaffney 6,095 67.7 Ward 9/10/Chestermere |Ward 11/12
Antoni Grochowski 2,909 32.3 Rosemarie Ann Goerlitz Acclaimed Catherine Williams 4,918 42.4
Ward 13/14 Kim VanKosh 3,557 30.7
Mary Louise Martin Acclaimed Michael Annuik 3,111 26.9

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
    Bob Hawkesworth
    Robert "Bob" Andrew Hawkesworth is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.Hawkesworth attended the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary before being elected in 1980 to Calgary City Council as alderman for Ward 3...

    - Alderman incumbent to Ward 4, withdrew from the race on October 13 to back Barb Higgins, but still appeared on the ballot.
  • Barb Higgins
    Barb Higgins
    Barbara Joan Higgins is a former newscaster and journalist for Calgary CTV outlet CFCN-TV. A news journalist for 21 years, she stepped down from her job as a CFCN news anchor to enter the Calgary mayoral race on July 23, 2010. Higgins has stated she can no longer stay neutral as a journalist and...

     - Former news anchor at CTV Calgary
    CFCN-TV
    CFCN-DT is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in Calgary, Alberta. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is a part of the CTV Television Network. The station also operates a semi-satellite in Lethbridge....

    .
  • Sandra Hunter -
  • Gary F. Johnston - Retired rail worker, blind.
  • Dan Knight -
  • Amanda Liu -
  • Jon Lord
    Jon Lord (politician)
    Jon Lord is a former politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from Alberta, Canada.-Early life:Jon was born in Calgary and raised in rural Central Alberta. After having graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in business. He established a successful video...

     - Former MLA and alderman.
  • Ric McIver
    Ric McIver
    Ric McIver is municipal politician and businessman from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is a former alderman for Ward 12 on the Calgary City Council. McIver held his post from his election in October 2001 until his run for mayor in October 2010...

    - 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.

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