Edmonton City Council
Edmonton City Council | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | October 8, 1904 (City) February 10, 1892 (Town) |
New session started | November 2025 |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 13 (12 Councillors+Mayor) |
Political groups | Independents (IND) (12)
Better Edmonton (BE) (1) |
| Committees | Boards, Commissions and Committees |
| Elections | |
| FPTP | |
Last election | October 20, 2025 |
Next election | October 2029 |
| Meeting place | |
| Edmonton City Hall | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Edmonton currently has one mayor and twelve city councillors. Elections are held every four years. The most recent was held in 2025, and the next is in 2029. The mayor is elected across the whole city, through the First Past the Post plurality election system. Councillors are elected one per ward, a division of the city, also through the First Past the Post plurality election system.
On July 22, 2009, City Council voted to change from having six 2-seat wards to a system of 12 single-member wards. Each ward is represented by a single councillor. The changes took effect in the 2010 election. In the 2010 election, Edmonton was divided into 12 wards each electing one councillor.
Before 2010, the city at different times used a variety of electoral systems for the election of its councillors: at-large elections with Block Voting; at-large elections using Single Transferable Voting (when the mayor was elected through Alternative Voting; and two different systems of multi-member wards, using Block Voting system (when the mayor was elected through First past the post).
In May 2019, Edmonton's Ward Boundary Commission began reviewing the geographical boundaries of the city's wards. The final report was delivered on May 25, 2020. On December 7, 2020, Bylaw 19366 was passed which included the new geographical boundaries and new Indigenous ward names. The Indigenous ward names were determined by the Committee of Indigenous Matriarchs and came into effect on October 18, 2021, the date of the 2021 municipal election. The Committee of Indigenous Matriarchs, also referred to as the naming committee, was composed of 17 women representing communities from treaty territories 6, 7 and 8, along with Métis and Inuit representation.
Voters were given the opportunity to vote on specific laws and measures at various times in Edmonton's history, through holding of plebiscites. Also ratepayers (property owners) voted on money proposals in the early years.