Here is the unofficial list of candidates for Central Alberta municipal elections to take place Monday, Oct. 18. Candidates have 24 hours to withdraw after nominations closed on Monday at noon. Candidates can only withdraw if the number of remaining candidates meets the positions in the race.
*(at front of name denotes incumbent)
**(at end of name denotes acclaimed)
COUNCILS
CITY of RED DEER
Mayor
* Morris Flewwelling
Hilary Penko
Council (elect eight)
*S.H. (Buck) Buchanan
Matt Chapin
Jason Chilibeck
Jeffrey Dawson
Paul Harris
*Cindy Jefferies
*Lynne Mulder
*Gail Parks
TerryLee Ropchan
Chris Stephan
Clarence Torgerson
*Tara Veer
Jim Watters
*Frank Wong
Dianne Wyntjes
Calvin Yzerman
ALIX
Council (elect five; council chooses mayor)
Chelsea Berreth
Mary-Louise Lapish
*Cathy Perry
*Rob Fehr
*Gordon Christensen
Curtis Peterson
BASHAW
Mayor
*Bob Cammidge
Don Dubitz
Council (elect four)
*Penny Shantz
Jason Olsen
*Al Radke
*Bryan Gust
Rob McDonald
BENTLEY
Mayor
*Joan Dickau**
Council (elect four)
Pamela Davey
Lynda Haarstad-Petten
Basil Wayne (Butch) Howard
*Clifford Knutson
*Sandra Smyth
BIG VALLEY
Council (elect three; council chooses mayor)
Crystal Bardwell
Keith E. Campbell
*Wayne Garrison
Rick Kargaard
*Gail Marie Knudson
Lois Miller
*Walter Stefanik
Art Tizzard
BLACKFALDS
Mayor
*Melodie Stol
Wayne Tutty
Council (elect six)
Jennifer Hartich
Ray Olfert
*Richard Poole
*Carol Simpson
*William Taylor
Dean Wigmore
BOTHA
Council (elect three; council chooses mayor)
*Brett Danskin
Josie Hunter
*James Mulbach
Jim Renschler
BOWDEN
Mayor
*Cody Berggren
Robb Stuart
Council (elect six)
Steve Blamire
*Sheila Church
Patrick Doll
*Sandra Gamble
Cory Jasper
*Lloyd Lane
*Wayne Milaney
*Bernice Willsie
*Earl Wilson
CAROLINE
Council (elect five; council chooses mayor)
*Laura Caroline Cudmore**
Shirley Harvey**
Edward Lengert**
*Gwen Nielsen**
*Robert Pryor**
CLIVE
Council (elect five; council chooses mayor)
*Anita Gillard
Dan Graden
*Lucy Henry
Beverly Krochak
*David Les Strange
Wilf Van De Velde
CLEARWATER COUNTY
Council (elect seven; council chooses reeve)
Division 1
James Duncan
*Ken Qually
Division 2
*Dick Wymenga**
Division 3
Case Korver**
Division 4
Millie Boake
John Vandermeer
Krista Waters
Division 5
Bob Bryant
Andy Smith
Division 6
*Earl Graham
Wilf Tricker
Division 7
*Patrick Alexander
Dennis Oehlaupl
DELBURNE
Council (elect five)
*Jeff Bourne
Gillian Brett
Robert Dorsey
Darlene Dushanek
*Kathy Faulk
*Robert Manning
Dawn McKenzie
*Sandra Paradon
*Raymond Reckseidler
DONALDA
Council (elect three; council chooses mayor)
Al Ebel
Bruce Gartside
*Paul McKay
Chad Whiteside
ECKVILLE
Mayor
*Helen Posti**
Council (elect six)
Matthew Amesbury
Dale Chretien
Colleen Ebden
Luke Powers
Kevin See
Andrew Van Dirstein
*John Walker
ELNORA
Council (elect three)
Ross Twidale
Louise Higginbottom
GADSBY
Council (elect three)
*Jennifer Burks
*Fred Entwisle
Ken Ladouceur
Jim Pothier
INNISFAIL
Mayor
Patt Churchill
Jim Romane
Council (elect six)
*Derek Baird
Barbara Dixon
*Jason Heistad
Marcel Keays
Mark Kemball
Brian Spiller
Sarah Strauss
Heather Taylor
*Tracey Walker
Jack Zenert
CITY of LACOMBE
Mayor
Steve Christie
Bill McQuesten
Council (elect six)
Joanne Boruck
Peter John Bouwsema
Grant Creasey
*Ian Foster
*Outi Kite
Rueben Konnik
*Dawn Parent
*Wayne Rempel
Nik Willing
LACOMBE COUNTY
Council (elect one in each of seven divisions)
Division 1
* Rod McDermand
Hunter Warfard
Division 2
Tony Jeglum
Brenda Knight
Wes Shackleton
Division 3
Louis Cuthbertson
*Cliff Soper
Doug Sproule
Division 4
Paula Law
June Lundie
Martin Sherrer
Cheryl Smythe
Division 5
Kelly McCullough
*Ken Wigmore
Division 6
*Keith Leroy Stephenson**
Division 7
Dana Kreil
Keith Pregoda
MOUNTAINVIEW COUNTY
Council (elect one in each of seven divisions)
Division 1
*Gwen Day
Kevin Good
Division 2
Patricia McKean
*Lana Yakimchuk
Division 3
Duncan Milne
*Everett Page
Division 4
Bruce Beattie
*Kathy Blain
Division 5
Linda Burrell
Verna McFadden
Robert Orr
Division 6
William Davies
Ken Heck
Paddy Munro
Bob Nerrie
Hans Ullmann
Division 7
*Al Kemmere
Mike Radford
OLDS
Mayor
* Judy Dahl **
Council (elect six)
Murray Ball
Wade Bearchell
Debra Bennett
*Arvin Bull
Dean R. Harper
*Mary Jane Harper
Matt Prizeman
*Harvey Walsh
Lucinda Watkins
PENHOLD
Mayor
*Julia King
Dennis Cooper
Council (six elected by acclamation)
Wendy Dodman**
Chad Hoffman**
*April Jones**
*Danielle Klooster**
*Kathy Sitter**
Heather Klein**
PONOKA
Mayor
* Larry Henkelman **
Council (elect six)
Rick Bonnet
* Drew Dougherty
* Doug Gill
Loanna Gulka
Beva Hamilton
Julian Hudson
* John Jacobs
David McPherson
James Nakoneshny
*Jerry Siemens
* Jack Surbey
Izak J. Van Der Westhuizen
PONOKA COUNTY
Council (elect one in each of five divisions; council will choose reeve)
Division 1
* Gordon Svenningsen **
Division 2
Rick Angeltvedt
Curtis Emes
* Gawney Hinkley
Division 3
Frank Cissell
Bruce Millar
* George Verheire
Division 4
* Paul McLauchlin
Reini Wright
Division 5
* E. Keith Beebe **
RED DEER COUNTY
Mayor
Stan Bell
Debra Hanna
Jim Wood
Council (elect one in each of seven divisions)
Division 1
Philip Massier
John Perry
Philip Reay
Division 2
Jean Bota-Kuntz
Donel Bryck
Wade Martens
Don Nesbitt
Division 3
*Penny Archibald
Doug Malsbury
Division 4
*David Hoar
Bruce Stigings
Division 5
Rod English
Richard Lorenz
*Jim Lougheed
Division 6
*George Gehrke
Gea Phagoo
RIMBEY
Mayor
*Dale Barr
Sheldon Ibbotson
Rick William Pankiw
Council (elect four)
Joseph Anglin
*Wayne Clark
*Dave Huff
Dianne Kushniryk
Gayle Rondeel
Brian Nilsson Restall
Paul Payson
*Steve Schrader
Jack Webb
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE
Mayor
*Jim Bague
Fred Nash
Council (elect six)
Sandy Anderson**
*Sheila Mizera
*Ernie Murias
*Randy Saler
*Bill Symko
*Donald Verhesen
STETTLER
Mayor
*Dick Richards
Will Brown
Council (elect six)
*Darcy Bachman
*Al Campbell
Malcolm Fischer
*Dave Garbutt
Boyd Jackson
Len Kostenuk
Wayne Tebbe
Dave Thiessen
*Leona Thorogood
Peter Simons
Steven Wildeboer
STETTLER COUNTY
Council (elect one in each of seven wards; council will choose reeve)
Ward 1: Byemoor — Endiang
*Les Stulberg
Lawrence Wilkie
Ward 2: Big Valley
*Dave Grover
Terry Schiffner
Ward 3: Botha — Gadsby
Greggory Jackson
Kevin Baird
Ward 4: Stettler
*Blake Chapman
Walt Saar
Chad Wilson
Ward 5: Erskine South — Warden
*Earl Marshall
James Nibourg
Danny Riggins
Ward 6: Erskine — Buffalo Lake
*Joe Gendre
Guy Neitz
Ward 7: Donalda — Red Willow
*Wayne Nixon**
SUNDRE
Mayor
Annette Clews **
Council (elect six)
Michael Baird
Paul Isaac
Tony Jordon
Mary Lou Sanders MacFadyen
Ninette Savage-Howe
Myron Thompson
* Patricia Toone
Chris Vardas
Paul Webb
SYLVAN LAKE
Mayor
Ted Iverson
Bryan Lambertson
*Susan Samson
Council
(elect six)
Laverne Asselstine
Murray Bremner
Patrick De Jonge
Rick Grimson
*Ken MacVicar
Sean McIntyre
Graham Parsons
*Frank Peck
Dale Plante
Wendy Sauvageau
*Lynda Sills Fiedler
Melinda Wiebe
THREE HILLS
Mayor
Timothy J. Shearlaw**
Council (elect six)
Al Campbell
Terry Ann Diack
Ronald Howe
Terry Lee
*Harold Leo
*David Nadeau
Daryl Notter
Vernon Wiebe
Troy Yeaman
TROCHU
Council (elect seven; council chooses mayor)
* Bill Cunningham
Darla Gagyi
* Kevin Helmer
* Cheryl Hollidge
* Barry Kletke
Cheryl Lumley
Donald Portz
* Chris Reeds
* Darcy Wagstaff
Valerie Warnock
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
*(at front of name denotes incumbent)
**(at end of name denotes acclaimed)
RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
Trustees (elect seven)
Matt Chapin
Bill Christie
Kaliana Johnston
Lisa Johnston
Lianne Kruger
*Lawrence Lee
Richard (Dick) Lemke
*Dianne Macaulay
*Beverly Manning
*Cathy Peacocke
*Bill Stuebing
RED DEER CATHOLIC REGIONAL SCHOOL DIViSION
Red Deer Trustees (elect five)
David F. Bouchard
*Elaine Halter
*Adriana LaGrange
*Christine Moore
Guy Pelletier
*Duane Rolheiser
Anne Marie Watson
RED DEER CATHOLIC REGIONAL SCHOOL DIVISION
Rocky Mountain House, Caroline, Eckville, Sylvan Lake (elect one)
Liam McNiff**
RED DEER CATHOLIC REGIONAL SCHOOL DIVISION
Innisfail, Bowden, Olds, Didsbury (elect one)
*Diane MacKay
Tonya Schaber
CHINOOK’S EDGE SCHOOL DIVISION
Trustees (elect one in each of nine wards)
Ward 1: Sylvan Lake
Joe-Anne Knispel-Matejka**
Ward 2: Penhold — River Glen — Poplar Ridge
*Sherry Cooper
Serena King
Ward 3: Delburne — Elnora
*Colleen Butler**
Ward 4: Innisfail
*Penny Archibald
Derek Baird
Don Bester
Ward 5: Bowden — Spruce View
*Connie Huelsman**
Ward 6: Sundre
*Ron Fisher**
Ward 7: Olds — Reed Ranch
William Russell Guthrie
Trudy James
Rosemary Parrott
Ward 8: Didsbury
Gordon Kerr**
Ward 9: Carstairs — Cremona — Midway
*Bill MacFarquhar**
CLEARVIEW SCHOOL DIVISION
Trustees (elect one in each of five wards; except elect two in Ward 3 — Stettler for a total of seven)
Ward 1: Erskine North — Donalda
*Cheri Neitz**
Ward 2: Big Valley — Erskine South
*Yvette Cassidy**
Ward 3: Stettler (elect two)
Andrew Brysiuk
*Patricia Dittrick
*Peter Simons
Ward 4: Botha — Gadsby — Byemoor — Halkirk West
Rhonda Maginn
*John Schofer
Ward 5: Castor — Halkirk East
*Karen Holloway**
Ward 6: Coronation — Brownfield
*Ken Checkel**
WILD ROSE SCHOOL DIVISION
Trustees (elect one in each of five wards; except elect two in Ward 1 — Drayton Valley for a total of six)
Ward 1: Drayton Valley (elect two)
Nancy McClure
*Dwain Smith
*Keith Warren
Ward 2: Breton — Lindale
*Lynn Oberle**
Ward 3: Caroline — Leslieville — Condor
*Gary Thompson**
Ward 4: Rocky Mountain House — Nordegg
Bonnie Miller **
Ward 5: Rocky Mountain House
*Mary Jeanne Hofman
Dixie McLeod
WOLF CREEK SCHOOL DIVISION
Trustees (elect one in each of five wards; except elect two in Ward 5 — Lacombe for a total of six)
Ward 1: Clive — Mirror — Alix — Mecca Glen — Pleasant Valley — Alix colonies
*Donna Peterson**
Ward 2: Ponoka
*Lorrie Jess**
Ward 3: Rimbey — Bluffton — Crestomere — Ferrybank Colony
*Trudy Bratland
Scott Ellis
Pam Kapalka
Ward 4: Eckville — Bentley — Blackfalds – Bentley and Leedale colonies
*Karin Engen**
Ward 5: Lacombe (elect two)
Jancee Hawthorne**
*Bob Huff**
St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Schools
Ponoka Electoral Subdivision 1
*Maria Lentz**
Lacombe Electoral Subdivision 2
Thalia Hibbs**
Ward 2 — Wetaskiwin (elect two)
*Angela Greenridge**
John Tomkinson**
Ward 4 — Drayton Valley (elect two)
*Sandra Bannard**
Susan Kathol**
Leduc Electoral Subdivision 1 (elect two)
*Arlene Hamilton
Kevin McAvena
*Karen Richert
Beaumont Electoral Subdivision 2
vacant