Municipal election nomination period closes

The nomination period for the 2025 municipal election is closed. 

Those wanting to run in the October 20th municipal election in Alberta had until noon Monday to get their nomination paperwork in. Under the provincial government’s Local Authorities Election Act, candidates have 24 hours from when nominations closed to withdraw from the race. The official list of candidates for the local municipal elections will be available on Tuesday afternoon. 

Nominations opened on January 1st of this year.

To be eligible to run in the election, nominees need to be 18 years old or older, a resident of their community for at least six months and a Canadian Citizen. To run for local office, candidates needed to submit a completed Notice of Intent to be added to the Notice of Intent Registry. 

Kass Patterson
Kass Patterson
Born and raised in Calgary, Kass, from a young age, developed a love for learning people's stories and being able to share them with the community (or her family, or whoever would listen). In addition to working in communities like Okotoks and Calgary, Kass has also spent her summers travelling with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association since 2019, to help provide a peek behind the barn door into the world of chuckwagon racing. Outside of work and anything horse related, Kass is a reader and an avid country music fan, and most likely can be found with the biggest cup of coffee possible.
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