Evan Woolley is a municipal politician who served as
councillor
A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...
of Ward 8 in
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
,
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
. He was first elected in 2013, becoming the city's youngest councillor.
Career before politics
Prior to being elected in 2007, Woolley served as Community Relations Advisor in the Office of Sustainability and as the Program Coordinator for Public Art for the City of Calgary, and as Communications and Media Relations Advisor for Enerplus.
Woolley also spent four years on the board of the Cliff-Bungalow-Mission Community Association.
Electoral record
2013 municipal election
Woolley won his seat for Ward 8 in the 2013 election by capturing 51% of the votes, defeating two-term incumbent John Mar, who took 43%.
2017 municipal election
Woolley was re-elected in October 2017. At 58% of votes received, he was one of only three Councillors to receive a majority.
2021 municipal election
On January 22, 2021, Woolley announced that he would not run in the 2021 election.
References
External links
City of Calgary Ward 8 homepage
Living people
Calgary city councillors
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian municipal councillors
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