The 2010
Calgary
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municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010 to elect a
mayor
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and 14
aldermen
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to the
city council
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, the seven
trustee
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s to the
Calgary School District (each representing 2 of 14 wards), and four of the seven trustees to the
Calgary Catholic School District (each representing 2 of 14 wards). Three
incumbent
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There may or may not be ...
separate school trustees had no challengers. A new mayor was to be elected, as the three term incumbent
Dave Bronconnier
David Thomas Bronconnier (born October 7, 1962) is a Canadian politician who served as the 35th Mayor of Calgary, Alberta.
Personal life
A fourth-generation Calgarian (his great grandmother was born in Calgary in 1895), he grew up in the sou ...
did not seek re-election. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required
every municipality to hold triennial elections.
The
voter turnout
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was 53%, a significant increase from previous elections.
Results
Bold indicates elected, ''italics'' indicates ''incumbent'', and asterisk indicates withdrew from race.
Mayor
Aldermen
Public school trustees
Separate school trustees
Candidate summaries
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 - Alderman incumbent to Ward 4, withdrew from the race on October 13 to back Barb Higgins, but still appeared on the ballot.
*
Barb Higgins - Former news anchor at
CTV Calgary.
*Sandra Hunter -
*Gary F. Johnston - Retired rail worker, blind.
*Dan Knight -
*Amanda Liu -
*
Jon Lord
John Douglas "Jon" Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord co-founded the hard rock band Deep Purple. Lord performed on most of the band's most popular songs; he and drummer Ian Paice were the only ...
- Former MLA and alderman.
*
Ric McIver - 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.
See also
*
List of Calgary municipal elections
References
External links
The City of Calgary: 2010 General Election* http://election.gov.calgary.ab.ca/#ALDER11
* http://www.calgarycitynews.com/2010/10/official-results-for-2010-calgary.html
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2010 Alberta municipal elections
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