2013 Calgary municipal 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. 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.

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. 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.

Candidates
Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

 * Larry Heather - Christian radio show host
 * Jon Lord - former PC MLA
 * Alex Morozov
 * Naheed Nenshi - incumbent
 * Milan Papez Sr. - salesman
 * Norm Perrault
 * Carter Thomson - store owner

Ward 1



 * Chris Harper
 * Dan Larabie
 * John Hilton O'Brian
 * Ward Sutherland
 * Judi Vandenbrink

Ward 2



 * Bernie Dowhan - teacher
 * Joe Magliocca
 * Terry Wong
 * Shawn Ripley - planning consultant

Ward 3



 * Jim Stevenson - incumbent

Ward 4



 * Sean Chu
 * Michael Hartford
 * Blair Houston
 * Gael MacLeod - incumbent

Ward 5



 * Ray Jones - incumbent

Ward 6



 * Robert Bowles
 * Richard Pootmans - incumbent

Ward 7



 * Brent Alexander - financial manager
 * Druh Farrell - incumbent
 * Joylin Nodwell
 * Kevin Taylor

Ward 8



 * John Mar - incumbent
 * Ian Newman - company manager
 * Evan Woolley

Ward 9



 * Gian-Carlo Carra - incumbent
 * Jordan Katz
 * Richard Wilkie

Ward 10



 * Andre Chabot - incumbent
 * Nargis Dossa

Ward 11



 * Wayne Frisch
 * James Maxim
 * Brian Pincott - incumbent

Ward 12



 * Shane Keating - incumbent

Ward 13



 * Diane Colley-Urquhart - incumbent
 * Adam Frisch
 * Scott Sorokoski

Ward 14



 * Peter Demong - incumbent
 * Shawn Kao