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St. Albert is a city in Alberta, Canada, located on the Sturgeon River, northwest of the City of Edmonton, the provincial capital.It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second-largest city in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region.
The St. Albert City Council is the governing body of the City of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. It is composed of a mayor and six councillors , aldermen prior to 2001. All seven members are elected at-large every four years, three years prior to 2013.
Beaumont became Alberta's 19th city on January 1, 2019. [3] 157 elected city officials (19 mayors and 138 councillors) provide city governance throughout the province. [4] The highest density of cities in Alberta is found in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region (Beaumont, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Spruce Grove and St. Albert).
The annexation would have effectively amalgamated St. Albert and Strathcona County with Edmonton. Alberta's Local Authorities Board (LAB), a predecessor to the Municipal Government Board , granted the annexation in 1980 but excluded St. Albert, Sherwood Park and lands in Strathcona County to the east of Sherwood Park, thereby preventing any ...
Richard Plain (born 1939 or 1940) is a Canadian politician. [1] Plain is the former mayor of St. Albert, Alberta, having served from 1974 to 1977 and again from 2001 to 2004.
A portion of undeveloped land of the City of St. Albert to the northwest was also annexed. As part of the decision, additional lands were transferred from the MD of Sturgeon No. 90 to St. Albert, while the remaining 3.2 km 2 (1.2 sq mi) of the County of Strathcona No. 20 to the south of Edmonton was transferred to the County of Leduc No. 25. [22]
There are currently nine towns – Blackfalds, Canmore, Cochrane, High River, Okotoks, Stony Plain, Strathmore, Sylvan Lake and Whitecourt – that are eligible for city status having populations in excess of 10,000. [10] In addition, the Town of Hinton has expressed interest in incorporating as a city once it surpasses 10,000 people. [56]
The district was carried over from the old St. Albert electoral district which returned a single member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1891 to 1905. [1] The district stretched from the City of St. Albert west to the British Columbia border. The riding was renamed in 1909 and has shrunk in size many times since ...