Draft:2021 Red Deer municipal election

2021 Red Deer municipal election
Mayor and 8 councillors to Red Deer City Council
Mayor before election; Tara Veer;	Elected mayor ; Ken Johnston;

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The 2021 Red Deer municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2021. 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).

Incumbent Mayor Tara Veer did not seek re-election to a third term. Two-Term City Councillor Ken Johnston defeated five other candidates in a landslide. Of the 71,475 eligible voters, only 21,739 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 30.4%.^[1]

Candidates

Bold indicates elected, italics indicates incumbent.

Mayor

Mayor^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%
Ken Johnston	11,611	54.8
Jeremy Moore	3,169	15.0
S.H. (Buck) Buchanan	3,086	14.6
Bradley James Magee	2,049	9.7
Dwight G. Hickey	900	4.2
James Allen	389	1.8

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Councillors

Councillors^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Michael Dawe	12,141	9.0	Sheyi Olubowale	4,245	3.1
Cindy Jefferies	11,304	8.4	Graham Barclay	4,061	3.0
Dianne Wyntjes	8,961	6.6	Nicole (Nikki) Lydiard	3,725	2.8
Lawrence Lee	8,310	6.2	Brenda Campbell	3,525	2.6
Bruce Buruma	7,067	5.2	Sarah Harksen	3,290	2.4
Vesna Hingham	6,298	4.7	Grace Joy Engel	2,540	1.9
Kraymer Barnstable	5,892	4.4	Harish Ratra	2,495	1.9
Victor Doerksen	5,884	4.4	Lisa Spencer-Cook	2,468	1.8
Chad Krahn	5,122	3.8	Calvin Campbell	2,067	1.5
Sadia Khan	5,000	3.7	Liam Milaney	1,634	1.2
Dax Williams	4,865	3.6	Lindsay LaRocque	1,362	1.0
Janise Somer	4,809	3.6	Jozef Mihaly	1,353	1.0
Hans Huizing	4,687	3.5	Ryan Andrew Laloge	1,317	1.0
Jason MacDonald	4,677	3.5	Matt Chapin	902	0.7
Craig Curtis	4,543	3.4	Stephen (Steve) Coop	435	0.3

Public school trustees

Red Deer School District No. 104^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%
Bev Manning	6,074	9.3
Matt Gould	5,272	8.1
Nicole Buchanan	5,143	7.9
Dianne Macaulay	4,781	7.3
Cathy Peacocke	4,775	7.3
Angela Sommers	4,581	7.0
Jim Waters	4,473	6.9
Jaelene Tweedle	4,185	6.4
Paul Peters	3,892	6.0
Reg Warkentin	3,550	5.5
Meagan Parisian	3,358	5.2
Kari Elliot	3,274	5.0
Nathan Davies	3,082	4.7
Terri Grills	3,024	4.6
Matt Chapin	1,653	2.5
Mark Swarek	937	1.4

Separate school trustees

Red Deer Catholic Regional Division No. 39^[1]
Red Deer Area Ward			Highway 11 Ward			QE II Ward
Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Anne Marie Watson	3,169	19.5	Dorraine Lonsdale	374	72.1	Sharla Heistad	268	73.0
Kim Pasula	2,956	18.1	Robert Wiens	145	27.9	Fred Simoni	99	27.0
Murray Hollman	2,923	17.9
Monique LaGrange	2,546	15.6
Cynthia Leyson	2,489	15.3
Vanessa Mariani	2,209	13.6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e City of Red Deer (October 18, 2021). "Summary of 2021 Election Results" (PDF). Retrieved May 21, 2025.

External links

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[results-1] City of Red Deer (October 18, 2021). "Summary of 2021 Election Results" (PDF). Retrieved May 21, 2025.

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