Edmonton City Council

The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors. Each ward has two councillors.

Current Membership

City Council's current membership was elected in 2007 and will serve until the 2010 election.

*Stephen Mandel - Mayor of Edmonton
*Karen Leibovici - Ward 1
*Linda Sloan - Ward 1
*Ron Hayter - Ward 2
*Kim Krushell - Ward 2
*Tony Caterina - Ward 3
*Ed Gibbons - Ward 3
*Jane Batty - Ward 4
*Ben Henderson - Ward 4
*Bryan Anderson - Ward 5
*Don Iveson - Ward 5
*Amarjeet Sohi - Ward 6
*Dave Thiele - Ward 6

Past Councils

Edmonton was incorporated as a city in 1904. For councils before that time, see Edmonton Town Council.

ince 1980

In 1980, the current system of electing councils - with six wards of two councillors (aldermen until 1995) each - was adopted.

From 1964 until 1968

In 1964 Edmonton unstaggered its terms for city officials, meaning that elections were held only every two years. Additionally, all alderman became elected at-large and two new aldermanic positions were added, bringing the total to twelve. In preparation for this, in 1963 the mayor and all aldermanic positions up for re-election were elected to one year terms.

From 1912 until 1924

In 1912 council expanded to ten members and divided its seats between residents north of the North Saskatchewan River and residents south of the river. The mayor continued to be elected annually, and aldermen continued to be elected to staggered two year terms.

From 1904 until 1912

Edmonton was incorporated as a city in 1904. The size of council was set at eight alderman plus the mayor, with the mayor being elected annually and the aldermen being elected on staggered two year terms.

At the time of Edmonton's incorporation as a city, city council was composed of the following (all of whom had been elected when Edmonton was still a town):
*William Short - mayor
*Arthur Cushing - alderman
*Daniel Fraser - alderman
*Edmund Grierson - alderman
*Charles May - alderman
*Joseph Henri Picard - alderman
*James Ross - alderman

External links

* [http://www.edmontonelection.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=77 Listing of city ward and school ward election maps] (in pdf format)
* [http://www.foundlocally.com/Edmonton/Local/Gov-SchoolTrustees.htm Contact information for school ward and school ward map] (in gif format)