2021 Edmonton municipal election

The 2021 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 18, 2021, to elect a mayor and 12 councillors to the Edmonton city council, nine trustees to Edmonton Public Schools, and seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. It was held in conjunction with the 2021 Alberta municipal elections.

In conjunction with the municipal elections, residents voted in a provincially mandated Senate nominee election, a referendum on equalization and on whether to adopt permanent daylight saving time.

Incumbent mayor Don Iveson announced in November 2020 that he would not be seeking re-election.

Mayor and councillors were elected through first-past-the-post voting in single-member wards.

The total number of votes cast for mayor was 236,488.

Candidates

X = incumbent. Candidates as listed have filed the necessary paperwork with the City of Edmonton.

Mayor

Council

The following is a list of candidates that announced their candidacy for the 2021 election. Edmonton's ward map was redrawn for the 2021 election, with each ward being given an Indigenous name.

Each ward elected one councillor through First-past-the-post voting.

The total number of candidates for council seats was larger than in any previous election in Edmonton history, even beating the record set in the 1964 Edmonton municipal election.

Nakota Isga

(Rosenthal, West Jasper Place, Big Lake, Westview Village, Lewis Farms, Glenora)

Anirniq

(Calder, the Pallisades, Griesbach, Athlone, Wellington, Lauderdale, Rosslyn, Kensington, Carlisle, Cumberland, Sherbrooke, Inglewood, Woodcroft, Dovercourt, Prince Charles, Albany)

tastawiyiniwak

(Castle Downs, Dickinsfield, Londonderry, Lake District)

Dene

(Casselman-Steele Heights, Clareview, Hermitage, Horse Hill, Pilot Sound)

O-day’min

(Riverview Area, Edgemont, Stillwater, Uplands, River's Edge, Glastonbury, Granville, Hamptons, Lymnurn, Ormsby Place, Dechene, Downtown, Callingwood North/South, Elmwood, Lynnwood, Patricia Heights, Quesnell, Oleskiew, Thorncliff, Westringe, Cameron, Jamieson Place, Wedgewood, Donsdale, Gariepy, Lessard North)

Métis

(Abbottsfield, Alberta Avenue, Avonmore, Beacon Heights, Bellevue, Bergman, Beverly Heights, Bonnie Doon, Capilano, Cloverdale, Cromdale, Delton, Eastwood, Elmwood Park, Forest Heights, Fulton Place, Gold Bar, Highlands, Holyrood, Idylwylde, Kenilworth, King Edward Park, Montrose, Newton, Ottewell, Parkdale, Rundle Heights, Strathearn, Terrace Heights, Virginia Park)

sipiwiyiniwak

(The Grange, Riverview, Cameron Heights, Laurier Heights, Edgemont)

papastew

(Belgravia, Strathcona, Ritchie, Grandview, Allendale, Pleasantview, Aspen Gardens, Greenfield, Duggan)

pihêsiwin

(Riverbend, Terwillegar Heights, Windermere, Magrath Heights, Mactaggart)

Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi

(Kaskitayo:Blue Quill, Ermineskin, Keheewin, Twinbrooks; Heritage Valley:Blackburne, Rutherford, Graydon Hill, Chappelle, Allard)

Karhiio

(Ellerslie, Knottwood, Lakewood, Mill Woods Town Centre, Millbourne, Millhurst, Woodvale, Summerside, Southeast Edmonton)

Sspomitapi

(Decoteau, The Meadows, Burnewood, Ridgewood, Southwood, Maple Ridge)

Edmonton Public School Board Trustees

Nine elected, one per ward through first past the post.

Ip, the elected trustee for Ward H, was elected MLA in the 2023 provincial election. He resigned as trustee – the school board voted not to hold a by-election but to have trustee Jan Sawyer cover his ward as well as her own.

Edmonton Catholic School Board Trustees

Carla Smiley resigned from the position in October 2021. As of July 2023, the Catholic School Board was refusing to hold a by-election.

Mayoral opinion polling

See also

• 2021 Alberta municipal elections
• 2021 Calgary municipal election
• 2021 Lethbridge municipal election

Footnotes

References