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. Until 2010, Edmonton was divided in six wards with two councillors representing citizens in each ward. On July 22, 2009, City Council voted to change the electoral system of six wards to a system of 12 wards; each represented by a single councillor, the changes took effect in the 2010 election.

City Council's current membership was elected in 2013 and will serve until the 2017 election. Amarjeet Sohi was ward 12 councillor until November 2015, when he was elected Member of Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods in the 2015 Canadian federal election. Mohinder Banga succeeded him for ward 12.

In 2010, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which one councillor would be elected from each of twelve wards.

In 1980, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which two councillors (aldermen until 1995) would be elected from each of six wards.

In 1971, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which three aldermen would be elected from each of four wards.

In 1968 Alberta's legislation changed to require elections every three years in all of the province's municipalities.

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.

In 1947, the mayor began to be elected for a two-year term. The aldermanic positions remained split by the North Saskatchewan River, and in 1961 the number of aldermen on the south side increased from three to four. The council continued to be elected on staggered two-year terms.

In 1933, a number of aldermanic positions were reserved for the south side of the North Saskatchewan River. This number increased over time. It was one until 1935, two until 1936, and three thereafter. Aldermen continued to be elected on staggered two-year terms, but the mayor was elected for a one-year term.

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