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The following is a list of candidates that announced their candidacy for the 2021 election. [13] Edmonton's ward map was redrawn for the 2021 election, with each ward being given an Indigenous name. [14] Each ward elected one councillor through First-past-the-post voting.
On July 22, 2009, City Council voted to change the electoral system of six 2-seat wards to a system of 12 single-member wards. Each ward is represented by a single councillor. The changes took effect in the 2010 election. In the 2010 election, Edmonton was divided into 12 wards each electing one councillor.
On July 22, 2009, City Council adopted an electoral system that divides Edmonton into 12 wards, instead of the previous system where two councillors were elected in each of six wards. As of 2010, each ward would elect one councillor by first-past-the-post voting. This system came into effect with the following election in October 2010. [285]
The 1980 municipal election was held October 15, 1980 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board.
The 2017 Edmonton municipal election was held Monday, October 16, 2017, ... They were all elected to four year terms in single-member wards.
Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle. [3] The 12 electoral wards are the same as that of the 2010 election; each represented by a single councillor. Of the estimated 619,138 eligible voters, only 213,585 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 34.5%. [4]
This was the first election in which a nine-member public school board was elected instead of the seven member board that had previously existed. It was also the last election to use only four wards for election of the city councillors. Beginning in 1980, two aldermen were elected from each of six wards.
The 1992 municipal election was held on October 22, 1992, to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board. Edmontonians also voted on one plebiscite question.