WATCH ABOVE: Global’s Reid Fiest reports on Purple Reign part 2, as well as some ward upsets in the Calgary municipal election.
NAHEED NENSHI COASTS TO VICTORY
Calgarians elected Naheed Nenshi for a second term as mayor in a civic election that saw the defeat of two incumbent councillors.
Riding a purple tidal wave, Nenshi trounced his closest opponent, former alderman and MLA Jon Lord, by a margin of more than three to one. He defeated Lord by over 136,000 votes.
Nenshi told the crowd of supporters at his election night headquarters that Calgarians have given the new city council a clear mandate.
“They’ve spoken loud and clear about the kind of community they want. A community of great, livable, walkable neighbourhoods everywhere … not a community of never-ending sprawl.”
WATCH: Nenshi joins Global Calgary’s Scott Fee to discuss his victory on the Morning News
TWO INCUMBENT COUNCILLORS DEFEATED
Gael MacLeod went down to defeat in Ward 4 in the city’s north, losing to Sean Chu. When MacLeod was first elected in the 2010 election, Chu was the runner up.
Chu is a longtime Calgary police officer and a business entrepreneur.
He has a long record of volunteerism, including two terms as director of the Federation of Calgary Communities.
In Ward 8, John Mar was defeated by Evan Woolley, a program coordinator for the City of Calgary’s public art program. Woolley has been a member of the the Mayor’s Civic Engagement Committee and the city’s Youth Engagement Committee.
It was a crushing loss for Mar, a two-term councillor who was first elected in 2007.
WATCH: Evan Woolley on his election victory in Ward 8
COUNCILLORS ELECTED IN TWO WARDS WITH NO INCUMBENT
Ward 1 was a see-saw battle Monday night, but in the end Ward Sutherland emerged the winner, beating rival Chris Harper by just 85 votes.
Sutherland, who is 52, is a former president of the Royal Oak Rocky Ridge Community Association.
Harper, a management consultant and the former president of the Federation of Calgary Communities, says he will ask for a recount.
Harper was also a runner-up in Ward 1 in the 2010 civic election.
In Ward 2, Joe Magliocca won the race with a third of the votes. The ward, in the city’s far northwest, was left wide open when longtime councillor Gord Lowe decided not to run again.
Magliocca, a business owner, finished a close second to Lowe in the 2010 civic election.
The public school board election saw the defeat of longtime trustee George Lane in Wards 6 & 7.
CLICK HERE for full election results, including the school board races.
List of elected councillors:
Ward 1- Ward Sutherland
Ward 2- Joe Magliocca
Ward 3- Jim Stevenson (incumbent)
Ward 4- Sean Chu
Ward 5- Ray Jones (incumbent)
Ward 6- Richard Pootmans (incumbent)
Ward 7- Druh Farrell (incumbent)
Ward 8- Evan Woolley
Ward 9- Gian-Carlo Carra (incumbent)
Ward 10- Andre Chabot (incumbent)
Ward 11- Brian Pincott (incumbent)
Ward 12- Shane Keating (incumbent)
Ward 13- Diane Colley-Urquhart (incumbent)
Ward 14- Peter Demong (incumbent)
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