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The Calgary City Council is the legislative governing body that represents the citizens of Calgary. The council consists of 15 members: the chief elected official, titled the mayor, and 14 councillors. Jyoti Gondek was elected mayor in October 2021 as the city's 37th. Each of the 14 councillors represent one of the city's 14 wards.
The first municipal election in Calgary took place in 1884 where Mayor George Murdoch and four councillors were elected to serve as Calgary's first council. Mayor and Councillors were elected for one year terms annually from 1884 until 1912, after which Councillors were elected to serve staggered two year terms.
Richard Pootmans is a Canadian politician who served 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 returned to council following the 2021 municipal election. [2]
Saskatoon City Council – Live broadcast of local city council meetings. Live sports including high school sports and other local tournaments such as the annual Bedford Road Invitational Tournament; Other long-running special event coverage such as the Saskatoon Exhibition Parade and local Remembrance Day services
In 2010, Calgary City Council voted to change the title Alderman to the more gender-neutral term Councillor, resulting in a change of title for Colley-Urquhart after the following election in 2013. [2] Colley-Urquhart sat on the Calgary Police Commission between 2002 and 2017.
Prior to her term as a city councillor, Gondek sat as a citizen member of the city's planning commission. [ 10 ] In 2021, it was reported that in 2013, Gondek's consultancy was hired by the Urban Development Institute, a special interest group for the development industry in Calgary, to influence public opinion in favour of urban sprawl . [ 6 ]
Jeromy Farkas is a Canadian fundraiser, [1] [2] filmmaker, [3] athlete, columnist, [4] [5] and former politician. He was elected to Calgary City Council in the 2017 municipal election to represent Ward 11 for a four-year term.
The 2021 Calgary municipal election was held on October 18, 2021, to elect a mayor and fourteen councillors to the Calgary City Council.. In conjunction with the elections for Calgary City Council, residents cast ballots for trustees of the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District, a municipal vote on the question of returning to fluoridation of the city's water ...