2013 Red Deer municipal election
# 2013 Red Deer municipal election

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 |
| Dick 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 | Red Deer Ward | Highway 11 Ward | Highway 11 Ward | QE II 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 |
