In preparation for tomorrow's Edmonton Municipal Election, here are my predictions for the Mayor, City Council, and Edmonton Public School Board elections...
2007 Edmonton Municipal Election Predictions
Mayor
1. Stephen Mandel2. Don Koziak
3. Dave Dowling
Ward 1
1. Karen Leibovici
2. Linda Sloan
3. Andrew Knack
Ward 2
1. Kim Krushell
2. Ron Hayter
3. Dave Loken
Ward 3
1. Ed Gibbons
2. Harvey Voogd
3. Tony Caterina
Ward 4
1. Ben Henderson
2. Lewis Cardinal
3. Jane Batty (within 1,000 votes)
Ward 5
1. Bryan Anderson
2. Don Iveson
3. Mike Nickel
Ward 6
1. Dave Theile
2. Amarjeet Sohi
3. Chinwe Okelu
Edmonton Public School Board
Ward A1. Bev Esslinger
Ward B
1. Wendy Keiver
2. Ken Shipka
Ward C
1. Sue Huff
2. Don Williams
Ward D
1. Dave Colburn
2. Amanda Beisiegel
Ward E
1. Ken Gibson
2. Neil MacDonald
Ward F
1. Don Fleming
2. Susan O'Neil
Ward H
1. Catherine Ripley
2. Neil Robblee
Ward I
Ward E
1. Ken Gibson
2. Neil MacDonald
Ward F
1. Don Fleming
2. Susan O'Neil
Ward H
1. Catherine Ripley
2. Neil Robblee
Ward I
1. Gerry Gibeault
2. Judith Axelson
Is Ward G too close to call or something?
ReplyDeletebatty and nichol out? you are crazy dude.
ReplyDeleteI'm really not familiar enough with the Ward G race or candidates to call it.
ReplyDeleteDo you have predictions for Ward G?
Any other predictions?
Dave--this looks more like the council you want than the council we're going to get. Not that I too wouldn't love to see the election turn out the way you write here, but...
ReplyDeleteThats a safe prediction for Ward A since Bev is in by acclimation
ReplyDeleteLow turn out will hurt some of the incumbents.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that I don't have any predictions. I find the non-party slate-ness of municipal elections makes the races too messy for that.
ReplyDeleteI only singled out G because it was the only one absent as far as I can tell, and because I live there. My hope is that Marlene Spencer wins, because of the little I heard about the candidates, she was the only one opposed to P3s, but I have no idea whether my hopes will be borne out.
Yes... MORE communists on council, just what we need!
ReplyDeleteNo wonder people don't take Edmonton seriously...
Because it has people who make comments like that?
ReplyDeleteRespect your opinions Dave, but that's the council you want, not a prediction. Especially in 4 and 5.
ReplyDeleteI'm headed off to vote right now in fact in ward 3 to make sure someone with Voogd's resume doesn't make it into civic government.
Dave,
ReplyDeleteWard G looks like a two-horse race between George Rice and Marlene Spenser, judging by signs and flyers alone.
Rice's website is a little vague on his platform, but he has good name-recognition as a long time principal.
Spencer is a newcomer to the school board (decades of experience in education though) but seems to have some concrete ideas.
I would guess Rice has a bit of an edge, but school closure is a hot button issue in this ward and Dr. Spencer might just pull off a minor upset.