EDMONTON – The 2013 Edmonton Election votes have been cast and counted. Don Iveson has been elected mayor, and here is the list of the winning candidates (in bold) who will make up Edmonton’s City Council for the next four years.
Ward 01
Sean Amato
Andrew Knack
Sharon Maclise
Rob Pasay
Jamie Kenneth Post
Bryan Sandilands
Ward 02
Mustafa Ali
Bev Esslinger
Ted Grand
Nita Jalkanen
Don Koziak
Jason Millar
Shelley Tupper
Ward 03
Rob Bernshaw
David Dodge
Hakin Isse
Dave Loken (incumbent)
Ward 04
Ed Gibbons (incumbent)
Sam Hachem
Ward 05
Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Arcilla
Terry Diane Demers
Jim Gibbon
Mark Grandish
Rob Hennigar
Brian Kendrick
Michael Oshry
Allan Santos
Alla Ternikova
Ward 06
Taz Bouchier
Kyle Brown
Candas Jane Dorsey
Derrick Forsythe
Carla Frost
Andrzej Gudanowski
Melinda Hollis
Bryan George Kapitza
Heather Mackenzie
Scott McKeen
Erin Northey
Terry Parada
Adil Pirbhai
Alfie White
Dexx Williams
Ward 07
Tony Caterina (incumbent)
Dave Colburn
A. Daniel Eniafe
Tish Prouse
Terry Rolls
Mimi Williams
Ward 08
Brian A. Deacon
Ben Henderson (incumbent)
Nicholas Reading
Kris Szczepanski
Heather Workman
Ward 09
Bryan Anderson (incumbent)
Andrew Gorman
Ward 10
Ray Bessel
Hafis Devji
Richard John Feehan
Dan ‘Can Man Dan’ Johnstone
Michael Walters
Ward 11
Rob Aromin
Sonia Bitar
Mujahid Chak
Dennis John Gane
Roberto Maglalang
Mike Nickel
Harvey Panesar
Brent Schaffrick
Ward 12
Raja Abbas
Chinwe Okelu
Amarjeet Sohi (incumbent)
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Were the predictions right?
Ahead of voting day, one of Global Edmonton’s election panelists, Jim Taylor – who is a former city councillor – shared his thoughts on the “wards to watch.” He was confident that the six incumbents running for council would get re-elected, and that the six wards with vacancies would get interesting.
In Ward 1, Taylor considered the front-runner to be Andrew Knack, who ran for the third time.
“I think he’s got people that he’s got to beat, but I would say you watch that one for somebody who’s tried twice before…and may end up getting elected because he was persistent and worked very, very hard.”
The other two candidates Taylor had his eye on in that ward were businessman Bryan Sandilands and former local TV reporter Sean Amato.
“The reason for that – if for no other reason – the name recognition factor plays in there when there’s no incumbent,” Taylor explained.
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Of the seven candidates who were running in Ward 2, Taylor pointed out that Shelley Tupper had run three times and Don Koziak had run six times. He said that in the last civic election, Koziak came in second to Kim Krushell, with the main issue being the future of the City Centre Airport, which Koziak wanted to stay open.
“That will be a very interesting one to watch because of the Koziak factor,” Taylor had said. “But there’s Bev Esslinger, and she’s the former chair of the school board, and a school trustee, and has good name recognition, a very solid candidate. Before Don Koziak got in, I would have thought that she would have been certainly the one considered to be a strong front-runner.”
Taylor also didn’t count out Ted Grand, a community worker who is fairly well-known in the ward.
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In Ward 5, aside from Terry Demers, who had ran multiple times before, Taylor said there were a few others who had built up some name-recognition for themselves.
“The head of the brewery company, Jim Gibbon… and there’s some business people running in there. But the big, big name in there, I think and the one who’s got a lot of signs out there is Michael Oshry. Michael and his brother…run Firma, a currency exchange…a couple of years ago they were entrepreneurs of the year. So, this is a serious businessman and I think to see a name like his in that ward is very interesting and you’ve got to consider that he’s going to do well.”
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With 15 people running in Ward 6 (after Javed Sommers dropped out of the race on Sunday), Taylor said there were a few possibilities. But he had a close eye on Scott McKeen, who ran in Ward 7 against Tony Caterina last time and came in second, as well as Heather MacKenzie.
“She’s a school board trustee, and that gives you name recognition,” he explained. “You’ve been through a municipal election.”
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For the top two to beat in Don Iveson’s Ward 10, Taylor picked Richard Feehan and Michael Walters, who’s been involved in politics for quite a long time and ran for the Alberta Party in the last provincial election.
“Richard Feehan, who’s a professor at the university… his name is not unknown, but I think with just the five running, I think Michael has to be considered the candidate to beat, probably.”
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And finally – in Ward 11 – of the eight candidates hoping to fill Kerry Diotte’s councillor seat, Taylor felt the fact that Mike Nickel was an Edmonton councillor for three years gave him the best name recognition. But he pointed out that “may or may not help him.” He highlighted Sonia Bitar as another strong candidate.
“She certainly is well-known for her work with new immigrants, just a whole bunch of volunteer stuff,” said Taylor, who added that Bitar “would be a very solid candidate. I would say if the Mike factor wasn’t there, that would be a real opportunity for a woman to win.”
For complete coverage of the municipal election, visit our special Decision Edmonton 2013 page.
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