Red Deer municipal election, 2013

The 2013 Red Deer municipal election was held Monday, October 21, 2013. The citizens of Red Deer, Alberta, elected one mayor, eight councillors (all at large) to the Red Deer City Council, the seven Red Deer School District No. 104 trustees (at large), and five of the Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39's seven trustees (as Red Deer Ward). The election also featured a non-binding plebiscite AbOUT adopting a city council ward system.

From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years. The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act. Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle. Incumbent three-term Mayor Morris Flewwelling retired following the election, two councillors ran for the vacant seat. Of the 63,979 eligible voters, only 20,364 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 31.8%.

Candidates

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

Mayor

Candidate

Votes

%

Tara Veer

9,400

46.4

Cindy Jefferies

7,971

39.4

Dennis Trepanier

1,514

7.5

William (Joe) Horn

951

4.7

Chad Mason

409

2.0
  • William Horn - taxi driver
  • Cindy Jefferies - incumbent councillor
  • Chad Mason - accounting
  • Dennis Trepanier
  • Tara Veer - incumbent councillor

Councillors

Councillors

Candidate

Votes

%

Candidate

Votes

%

Dianne Wyntjes

9,841

48.3

Darren Young

3,470

17.0

S.H. (Buck) Buchanan

8,435

41.4

Calvin Yzerman

3,452

17.0

Lawrence Lee

8,406

41.3

David Helm

3,298

16.2

Lynne Mulder

8,341

41.0

Bob Bevins

3,139

15.4

Frank Wong

8,019

39.4

Ben Ordman

2,984

14.7

Ken Johnston

7,134

35.0

Bettylyn Baker

2,975

14.6

Paul Harris

6,631

32.6

Jonathan Wieler

2,747

13.5

Tanya Handley

6,623

32.5

Dan McKenna

2,462

12.1

Dennis Moffat

5,437

26.7

Jerry Anderson

2,332

11.5

Terry Balgobin

4,743

23.3

Tim Lasiuta

1,974

9.7

Serge Gingras

4,734

23.2

Lloyd Erland Johnson

1,685

8.3

Janella Spearing

3,838

18.8

Matt Chapin

1,163

5.7

Calvin Goulet-Jones

3,591

17.6

Steve Coop

1,139

5.6

Dawna Morey

3,540

17.4

Victor Mobley

979

4.8

Garry I Didrikson

3,517

17.3

Troy Wavrecan

469

2.3
  • Jerry Anderson - retired businessman
  • Terry Balgobin - business owner
  • Bob Bevins - business owner
  • Buck Buchanan - incumbent councillor
  • Matt Chapin - community volunteer
  • Serge Gingras - college instructor
  • Calvin Goulet-Jones - business owner
  • Tanya Handley
  • Paul Harris - incumbent councillor
  • David Helm - grain farmer
  • Ken Johnston - bank manager
  • Lawrence Lee - incumbent public school board trustee
  • Dan McKenna - casino gaming consultant
  • Victor Mobley - Agricultural Partsperson
  • Dawna Morey
  • Lynne Mulder - incumbent councillor
  • Janella Spearing
  • Troy Wavercan - computer technician
  • Jonathan Wieler - business owner
  • Frank Wong - incumbent councillor
  • Dianne Wyntjes - incumbent councillor
  • Darren Young - information technology manager

Public school trustees

Red Deer School District No. 104

Candidate

Votes

Bill Stuebing

6,759

Bev Manning

6,754

Bill Christie

5,833

Cathy Peacocke

4,943

Jim Watters

4,943

Dianne Macaulay

4,849

[...] Lemke

'''4,823

Lianne Kruger

4,442

Shari Hanson

3,811

Milt Williams

3,587

Ben Ordman

3,299

Kerri Kenworthy

3,227

Raymond Yaworski

2,553

Kurt Victor Spady

2,314

Separate school trustees

Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39

Candidate

Votes

Candidate

Votes

Candidate

Votes

Red Deer Ward

Highway 11 Ward

QE II Ward

Adriana LaGrange

3,274

Liam McNiff

Acclaimed

Diane J. MacKay

Acclaimed

Anne Marie Watson

3,168

David Bouchard

2,845

Guy Pelletier

2,804

Murray Hollman

2,056

Cory G. Litzenberger

1,809

Brandie Towers

1,585

Plebiscite

Red Deer City Council approved a non-binding plebiscite question and choices on May 27, 2013.

Do you want the city of Red Deer divided into wards?

Choice

Votes

%

No, I want to keep voting for Council candidates for the whole city, not just the area where I live.

13,315

71.8

Yes, I want to be able to vote for the Council candidates who run in the area I live in (my ward).

5,240

28.2