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Elections

Next Election

Our Next Municipal Election will be in 2025!

Municipal elections in Alberta occur every four years on the third Monday in October. That means our next municipal election will be on Monday, October 20th, 2025.

Closer to the election date, the Town will be looking for election workers, so keep watching our Career Opportunities in 2025 to apply for one of these exciting positions.

To read about the Municipal Elections, please visit the Alberta Municipal Affairs website: https://www.alberta.ca/municipal-elections-overview.aspx

By-Election Day: Monday, May 6, 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm MST
Location: GR Davis Administration Building gymnasium 410-20th Street Fort Macleod

Candidates: Werner Dressler, Bill Hall, Jeemeet Patel, and Sydney Tobler

Election Forum: Fort Macleod & District Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Fort Macleod hosted a Candidate Forum for the 2024 By-Election on April 30, 2024, at 7:00 pm. The event was live-streamed on the Town of Fort Macleod YouTube channel: Town of Fort Macleod YouTube Channel.

Results:

According to Elections Alberta, the Town of Fort Macleod has 2470 eligible voters. The 2024 Municipal By-Election had 378 voters, for a 15% voter turnout.

 CANDIDATE

TOTAL VOTES

JEEMEET PATEL (ELECTED)

168

SYDNEY TOBLER

106

WERNER DRESSLER

97

WILLIAM (BILL) HALL

7

KRIS HOLBECK
RETURNING OFFICER

Results (two vacancies)

Monday October 24th, 2022

MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION 2022
OFFICIAL RESULTS
COUNCILLORS

CANDIDATE

TOTAL VOTES

AARON POYTRESS (ELECTED)

270

CHRISTINA FOX (ELECTED)

244

BILL KELLS

150

JASON VANEE

148

JEEMEET PATEL

139

MIKE BOURASSA

130

ANDRE GUIGUE

61

NIGEL EDMUNDS

16

KRIS HOLBECK
RETURNING OFFICER

Monday October 18th, 2021
MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION 2021
MAYOR ELECTION

CANDIDATE

 

TOTAL VOTES

 

BRENT FEYTER (ACCLAIMED)

 

NA

COUNCILLOR ELECTION

CANDIDATE

TOTAL VOTES

JIM MONTEITH (ELECTED)

581

WERNER JUNIOR DRESSLER (ELECTED)

511

KRISTI EDWARDS (ELECTED)

499

GORDON WOLSTENHOLME (ELECTED)

486

MACKENZIE HENGERER (ELECTED)

484

MARCO VAN HUIGENBOS (ELECTED)

446

NIGEL EDMUNDS

298

KRIS HOLBECK
RETURNING OFFICER

Electors have the opportunity to petition for the recall of a municipal councillor 18 months after their election. This means Albertans will be able to initiate a petition starting on April 18, 2023, if a councillor was elected in the last general election of October 18, 2021.

Councillors elected in a summer village or via by-election are subject to the same 18-month legislative provision, meaning the window to start a recall petition may differ from those elected during the last general election.

Chief Administrative Officers have a role to play in this petition process. For more information on municipal councillor recall, please review our handbook at: https://open.alberta.ca/publications/recall-of-a-municipal-councillor-handbook (Recall Handbook).

A recording of the Recall of Municipal Councillor training from Fall 2022 is also available for viewing at https://youtu.be/tl0dBtdBT9A (Recall Training).

NOMINATIONS 
Nomination Day is Monday, April 8, 2024 and nominations close at 12 noon MST
Nomination packages are available in hard copy at the Town Office or you can download and view them below.

NOMINATION PACKAGE CONTENTS

  1. NOMINATION PAPERS AND CANDIDATE’S ACCEPTANCE – FORM 4
  2. CANDIDATE’S INFORMATION – FORM 5
  3. CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE STATEMENT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT – FORM 26
  4. A CANDIDATE’S GUIDE: RUNNING FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICE IN ALBERTA
  5. ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICIALS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  6. WHAT EVERY COUNCILLOR NEEDS TO KNOW: A COUNCIL MEMBER HANDBOOK
  7. PECUNIARY INTEREST FOR MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS
  8. POLICY ADM01– COUNCIL COMPENSATION POLICY
  9. COUNCIL BOARD & COMMITTEE MEETINGS LISTING
  10. BYLAW 1903 – PROCEDURAL BYLAW
  11. TOWN OF FORT MACLEOD SIGNAGE RULES REGARDING ELECTION SIGNAGE
  12. ELECTION SIGNS – GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA TRANSPORTATION

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PACKAGE’S INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE RETURNING OFFICER, KRIS HOLBECK, AT 403-553-4425 OR VISIT THE MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS WEBSITE AT https://www.alberta.ca/municipal-elections.aspx

Nomination Papers and Candidate's Acceptance forms can be handed in at the Town Office to the Returning Officer, Kris Holbeck or the Substitute Returning Officer, Liisa Gillingham, up to the nomination's close date and time. Nominations must be dropped off by the Candidate or by the Candidate's Agent. (An agent must be listed on the Candidate's Acceptance form).

MARK THE DATES!

  • Nomination Day: Monday, April 8, 2024 Nominations close at 12:00 pm (noon)
  • Election Day: Monday, May 6, 2024 10:00 am to 8:00 pm
  • Advance Poll: None
  • Institutional Poll: None

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