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2025 Edmonton municipal election
← 2021 October 20, 2025 2029 →
Mayor and 12 councillors to Edmonton City Council
Turnout30.41%[1] (Decrease7.2 pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Andrew Knack Sept 2024 (cropped).jpg
TC
Candidate Andrew Knack Tim Cartmell
Party Independent Better Edmonton
Popular vote 78,519 61,668
Percentage 37.98% 29.83%
  Third party Fourth party
 
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OM
Candidate Michael Walters Omar Mohammad
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 24,596 20,505
Percentage 11.90% 9.92%
Mayor before election

Amarjeet Sohi

 Elected mayor

Andrew Knack

City Council election
12 seats on Edmonton City Council[a]
7 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Ind – 66.40% 9 −3
BE Tim Cartmell 24.89% 3 +3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2025 Edmonton municipal election was held on October 20, 2025, to elect a mayor, twelve councillors to the Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to the Edmonton Public Schools board of trustees, and seven trustees to the Edmonton Catholic Schools. Each of these were elected using the first-past-the-post voting election system.

Background

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The 2025 election was the first election (in many years) featuring political parties and slates. Two were formed: the Principled Accountable Coalition for Edmonton (PACE) and Better Edmonton (led by sitting councillor Tim Cartmell).[2]

Incumbent mayor Amarjeet Sohi, elected in 2021, did not seek re-election.[3]

Mayoral election

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Party Candidate[4] Votes %
  Independent Andrew Knack 78,519 37.98
  Better Edmonton Tim Cartmell 61,668 29.83
  Independent Michael Walters 24,596 11.90
  Independent Omar Mohammad 20,505 9.92
  Independent Rahim Jaffer 8,980 4.34
  Independent Tony Caterina 6,502 3.14
  Independent Vanessa Denman 1,719 0.83
  Independent Paul Bakhmut 1,192 0.58
  Independent Ronald Stewart Billingsley, Jr. 1,066 0.52
  Independent Abdul Malik Chukwudi 778 0.38
  Independent Andy Andrzej Gudanowski 573 0.28
  Independent Olney Tugwell 356 0.17
  Independent Utha Nadauk 291 0.14

Candidates

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  • Paul Bakhmut (Independent candidate)[5]
  • Ronald Stewart Billingsley, Jr. (Independent candidate)
  • Tim Cartmell, Incumbent Ward pihêsiwin councillor since 2017 (Better Edmonton candidate)
  • Tony Caterina, former councillor (Independent candidate)[6]
  • Abdul Malik Chukwudi, 2021 mayoral candidate (Independent candidate)
  • Vanessa Denman, 2021 mayoral candidate (Independent candidate)
  • Andy Andrzej Gudanowski (Independent candidate)
  • Rahim Jaffer, former Conservative MP (Independent candidate)[7]
  • Andrew Knack, Incumbent Ward Nakota Isga councillor since 2013. (Independent candidate)[8]
  • Omar Mohammad, pediatric dental surgeon (Independent candidate)
  • Utha Nadauk (Independent candidate)
  • Olney Tugwell (Independent candidate)
  • Michael Walters, former councillor (Independent candidate)

Opinion polling

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Polling firm Date Tim
Cartmell 		Tony Caterina Abdul Malik
Chukwudi 		Vanessa
Denman 		Rahim
Jaffer 		Andrew
Knack 		Omar
Mohammad 		Michael
Walters 		Other Sample
size 		MOE Polling
method 		Lead
Janet Brown Opinion Research/Trend Research[9][b] Oct 1-8, 2025 21% 6% 1% 1% 7% 41% 10% 10% Paul Bakhmut 1%
Ronald Stewart Billingsley, Jr. <1%
Andy, Andrzej Gudanowski <1%
Utha Nadauk <1%
Olney Tugwell 0% 		1,000 ±3.1pp online 20%
Abacus Data[11] Sep 25-29, 2025 22% — — — 7% 17% 8% 6% Undecided 37%, Another candidate 3% 700 ±3.8pp online 5%
Léger[12] Sep 26-28, 2025 14% 3% 1% 2% 3% 14% 6% 5% Undecided 41%
Olney Tugwell 1%
Someone else 1%
Andy Andrzej Gudanowski <1% 		419 ±4.8pp online Tie
Cardinal Research[13] Sep 17-20, 2025 13% — — — 5% 13% 4% 15% Undecided 48%, Others 2% 914 ±3.3pp IVR 2%
Léger[14] Aug 22-25, 2025 10% 2% 1% 1% 5% 12% 4% 7% Undecided 48%
Olney Tugwell <1%
Andy Andrzej Gudanowski <1%
Someone else <1% 		401 ±4.9pp online 2%

City council elections

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Summary

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Party Party leader Candidates Seats won Popular vote %
Independent — 60 9 135,290 66.40
Better Edmonton Tim Cartmell 12 3 50,712 24.89
PACE Doug Main 9 0 17,754 8.71

Eight incumbent councillors were re-elected. One incumbent trying for re-election was not re-elected. Incumbents are marked with an X below.


The following are official candidates for Edmonton's twelve council seats:[15]

Anirniq

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Party Candidate Vote %
Independent Erin Rutherford (X) 6,194 39.18
Independent Jesse Watson 4,722 29.87
PACE Rob Fediuk 2,002 12.66
Independent Ali Haymour 1,024 6.48
Better Edmonton Nurmaiya Brady 1,014 6.41
Independent Ali Al Kassab 699 4.42
Independent Aggripa Wajo 156 0.99

Dene

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Party Candidate Vote %
Independent Aaron Paquette (X) 6,453 43.15
Better Edmonton Banisha Sandhu 2,733 18.27
Independent Lana Palmer 2,500 16.72
PACE Albert Mazzocca 2,328 15.57
Independent Paul Brake 599 4.01
Independent Jean Pierre Valois 343 2.29

Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi

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Party Candidate Vote %
Independent Jon Morgan 6,406 36.81
Independent Jennifer Rice (X) 5,771 33.16
Independent Funke Olokude 2,895 16.64
Better Edmonton Nicholas Rheubottom 1,162 6.68
Independent Ramey Demian 447 2.57
Independent Fahad Mughal 395 2.27
Independent Beth Mathison 327 1.88

Karhiio

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Party Candidate Vote %
Independent Keren Tang (X) 6,975 44.87
Independent Jason Bale 3,007 19.35
Better Edmonton Joti Buttar 2,900 18.66
Independent Manny Bautista 1,003 6.45
Independent Atiq Rehman 642 4.13
PACE Hali Kaur 448 2.88
Independent Yogesh Garg 275 1.77
Independent Paul Mah 197 1.27
Independent Avinash Soochit 97 0.62

Métis

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Party Candidate Vote %
Independent Ashley Salvador (X) 10,564 48.57
Better Edmonton Caroline Matthews 6,244 28.71
PACE Justin Thomas 3,555 16.34
Independent James Gosse 682 3.14
Independent Norm Paradis 433 1.99
Independent Abdulhakim Dalel 271 1.25

Nakota Isga

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Party Candidate Vote %
Better Edmonton Reed Clarke 6,177 35.78
Independent Rajah Maggay 5,714 33.10
PACE Diana Steele 2,044 11.84
Independent Nicky Gocuan 1,363 7.90
Independent Jordon Woodruff 1,194 6.92
Independent Joseph Mugodo 770 4.46

O-Day'Min

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Party Candidate Vote %
Independent Anne Stevenson (X) 6,269 50.38
Better Edmonton Stephen Hammerschmidt 2,198 17.66
Independent Anand Pye 1,884 15.14
Independent Patrick Stewart 923 7.42
Independent David Aaron 519 4.17
Independent James Miller 298 2.39
Independent Mully Tesfay 166 1.33
Independent Adil Pirbhai 100 0.80
Independent Lee Permann 86 0.69

Papastew

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Party Candidate Vote %
Independent Michael Janz (X) 10,620 56.87
Better Edmonton Joshua Doyle 3,533 18.92
PACE Mark Hillman 3,177 17.01
Independent Terrie Holgerson 799 4.28
Independent Rozalia Janiszewska 546 2.92

Pihêsiwin

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Party Candidate Vote %
Better Edmonton Michael Elliott 7,984 41.24
Independent Jackie Liu 6,011 31.05
Independent Larry Langley 2,318 11.97
Independent Rupesh Patel 1,148 5.93
Independent Sara Awatta 997 5.15
Independent Mohammed Ali Kamal 904 4.67

sipiwiyiniwak

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A recount took place in this ward on October 22.

Party Candidate Vote %
Independent Thu Parmar 6,667 30.36
Better Edmonton Darrell Friesen 6,040 27.50
Independent Giselle General 4,850 22.08
Independent Danny Heikkinen 2,055 9.36
Independent Roger Kotch 1,055 4.80
Independent Bassam Fares 676 3.08
PACE Ken Ropcean 619 2.82

Sspomitapi

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Party Candidate Vote %
Independent Jo-Anne Wright (X) 5,452 39.59
Better Edmonton Harman Singh Kandola 3,291 23.90
PACE Steve Van Diest 1,632 11.85
Independent Sandeep Singh 1,029 7.47
Independent Annie Chua-Frith 857 6.22
Independent Imran Bashir 615 4.47
Independent Sukhi Randhawa 517 3.75
Independent Ashok Sui 378 2.74

tastawiyiniwak

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Party Candidate Vote %
Better Edmonton Karen Principe (X) 7,526 49.79
Independent Jennifer Porritt 2,832 18.74
PACE Fidel Ammar 2,051 13.57
Independent Farhan Chak 1,969 13.03
Independent Jimmy Clement 736 4.87

Edmonton Public Schools trustee elections

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The following are Official Candidates for Edmonton's nine Public School Board seats:

Candidate Votes %
Ward A
Sherri O'Keefe (X) 3,946 35.70
Marcelle Kosman 2,644 23.92
Nicole Renaud 2,394 21.66
Hassan Tukade Mohamed 2,069 18.72
Ward B
Linda Lindsay 8,204 69.66
Ahmed Muruh Ali 1,869 15.87
Erik Scott Olesen 1,705 14.48
Ward C
Holly Nichol 12,800 83.99
Amyjoy Clow 2,440 16.01
Ward D
Nickela Anderson 9,039 47.21
Nancy Hunt 5,545 28.96
Colette Bachand 3,825 19.98
Rufino Comia Ranon 738 3.85
Ward E
Sarah Doll 8,741 59.45
Chuck Smit 2,981 20.27
Jodi Howard 2,447 16.64
Raine Turner 535 3.64
Ward F
Julie Kusiek (X) 13,364 64.96
Alex Marshall 7,209 35.04
Ward G
Saadiq Sumar (X) 7,313 43.37
Corrine Rondeau 4,648 27.56
Aleen Lenana 3,015 17.88
Pranshu Patel 1,886 11.18
Ward H
Melanie Hoffman 7,849 61.45
Edison Li 2,397 18.77
Dhaval Patel 1,040 8.14
Rajesh Kumar 995 7.79
Joshua Boateng Akom 492 3.85
Ward I
Jan Sawyer (X) 5,872 66.40
Gursharan Singh Chohan 1,654 18.70
Sanjay Patel 969 10.96
Tamilvanan Mani 349 3.95

Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division trustee elections

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The following are Official Candidates for Edmonton's seven Catholic Separate School Division seats:

Candidate Votes %
Ward 71
Leah Fiorillo 2,654 57.60
Mona-Lee Feehan 1,954 42.40
Ward 72
Sandra Palazzo (X) 4,772 75.85
Annette Valstar 1,519 24.15
Ward 73
Kara Pelech 2,170 50.62
Ron Fernandes 1,432 33.40
Mark Swanson 685 15.98
Ward 74
Debbie Engel (X) 4,875 78.23
Berchman Parcon 1,357 21.77
Ward 75
Alene Mutala (X) Acclaimed
Ward 76
Lisa Castell Turchansky (X) 4,835 57.85
Susan Johnson 3,523 42.15
Ward 77
Laura Thibert (X) 4,483 74.32
Santo Chines 1,549 25.68

Notes

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  1. ^ The mayor is a member of City Council, but for the purposes of documentation is treated as their own individual.
  2. ^ Numbers reported here are only among decided and/or leaning voters. 46% of voters were still undecided per CBC.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "2025 Edmonton Election Results (Official) | City of Edmonton". www.edmonton.ca. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "Slates and Political Parties | City of Edmonton". www.edmonton.ca. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  3. ^ "Election 2025: Sohi loses in Edmonton Southeast as Conservative Mahal clinches victory". edmontonjournal. Archived from the original on July 8, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  4. ^ "Official List of Candidates Election of the Chief Elected Official (Mayor) for the City of Edmonton" (PDF). Edmonton Elections. City of Edmonton. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  5. ^ "2025 Edmonton Election Candidates | City of Edmonton". www.edmonton.ca.
  6. ^ "Former Edmonton city councillor Tony Caterina running for mayor - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  7. ^ "Former federal politician who once faked radio interview plans to run for mayor in Edmonton - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca". Global News.
  8. ^ Carmichael, Jackie (May 22, 2025). "Andrew Knack, Edmonton's longest-serving councillor, enters mayoral race". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on June 4, 2025. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  9. ^ "CBC Edmonton Municipal Election Poll" (PDF). Janet Brown Opinion Polling. October 10, 2025. Retrieved October 10, 2025.
  10. ^ "If 'undecided' was a person, they'd be on track to be Edmonton's next mayor, poll suggests". CBC NEWS. October 10, 2025. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  11. ^ "Abacus Data Poll: Edmonton Voters Focused on Stability and Affordability as Mayoral Race Heats Up". Abacus Data. October 3, 2025. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  12. ^ "Edmonton Municipal Polling: October 2025" (PDF). Leger. October 3, 2025. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  13. ^ "Edmonton Municipal Polling". Cardinal Research. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  14. ^ "Edmonton Municipal Polling" (PDF). Leger. August 29, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  15. ^ "Official List of Candidates City of Edmonton Election of Councillors" (PDF). edmonton.ca.
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