 | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Mayor and 14 councillors to Calgary City Council | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||
 Results of the City Council election | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
The 2013 Calgary municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013, to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the city council, the seven trustees to the Calgary School District (each representing two of 14 wards), and five of the seven trustees to the Calgary Catholic School District (each representing two of 14 wards).
Two incumbent separate school trustees had no challengers.
From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation required every municipality to hold elections every three years.[1] The 28th Alberta Legislature introduced the Election Accountability Amendment Act (Bill 7) which among other reforms to provincial and municipal elections, amended the Local Authorities Election Act to extend the terms of local authorities including municipalities and school boards from three years to four years.[2][3][4]
The 14 electoral wards were once again each represented by a single member on council, although the wards were changed slightly from the previous term. The neighbourhood of Martindale was moved from ward 3 to ward 5, and the community that expanded the neighbourhood of Cougar Ridge into ward 1 was with the rest of the neighbourhood in ward 6.[5] This election also marked a change in title for council members from "Alderman" to "Councillor".
Naheed K. Nenshi was elected mayor with a large majority of votes cast.
- ^ "1968 Bill 23". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved December 9, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 - Section 105" (PDF). 2012 Bill 7, First Session, 28th Legislature. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "More disclosure of donors required under new election laws". CBC News. Edmonton. November 20, 2012. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "28th Legislature, 1st Session (2012)". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
- ^ "Ward Boundaries". City of Calgary. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.