Ward 4 includes the communities of Beddington Heights, Country Hills, Edgemont, Greenview, Greenview Industrial Park, Hidden Valley, Highland Park, Huntington Hills, MacEwan, North Haven, North Haven Upper, Sandstone Valley and Thorncliffe.
The ward is home to Nose Hill Park, one of the largest municipal parks in North America.
FAST FACT: Ward 4 is the only Calgary ward to experience a population decrease in the most recent census.
Current Councillor: Gael Macleod is seeking her second term in office.
THE CANDIDATES
Prior to the election, Macleod was the executive director of the Alberta Real Estate Foundation and worked as a bank mortgage officer and then branch administrator. She has also worked for the provincial Treasury Department and has managed her own financial services company.
Macleod has volunteered with the Beddington Community Association, sat on the board of directors for Attainable Homes Calgary Corporation and has worked with various non-profit organizations. She was chair of the Board of Directors of the Calgary Community Lottery Board, which annually allocated $15.2 million in provincial lottery revenues to various non-profit organizations.
Her campaign platform includes promoting affordable housing and the non-profit sector.
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He has a long record of volunteerism, including two terms as director of the Federation of Calgary Communities.
His priorities include improving city services, supporting local business, crime prevention partnerships, improving commutes and access to transit and support for single parents, seniors and lower income residents.
Chu is a recipient of the Calgary Police Service Distinguished Service award, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal and the Alberta Centennial medal.
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CLICK HERE for his campaign website.
Houston is campaigning on a platform of curbing tax dollar waste at city hall. He also believes a $52 million tax surplus should be returned to Calgary taxpayers.
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WATCH: Partial video of Ward 4 forum, held by CivicCamp Calgary.
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