Calgary s Municipal Election Monday, October 16, 2017

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1 Calgary s Municipal Election 2017 Monday, October 16, 2017

2 What is Government? A government is made up of the people and institutions put in place to lead or manage the affairs of a specific jurisdiction, such as a country, nation, province or community. The role of government is to create and enforce laws, province services and make decisions for the benefit of the people living within its borders. Question: In a municipal election, what does the government we choose to election responsible for?

3 What are Municipal Governments Responsible for?

4 What is an Election? Elections are contests of leadership, ideas, politics and power. They provide citizens an opportunity to decide on their next government and the future direction of their country, province, or community. An individual who seeks public office or competes for the job of elected represented is called a candidate. It is their job to share their vision, ideas and commitment to the job in order to win the support of voters during a campaign. Question: How do elections relate to issues?

5 What is the Vote For? In a municipal elections, citizens of a certain community vote for candidates to fill three positions: 1. Mayor 2. Councillor 3. School Board Trustee (Public or Separate)

6 Who Can Vote? You are eligible to vote in a General Municipal Election (or any election for that matter) if you meet the following criteria: Are at least 18 years old. Are a Canadian citizen. Have resided in Alberta since April 16, Are a resident on Election Day. Provide one piece of government ID. Question: Why do you think these parameters are in place?

7 What Are Wards? WARD BOUNDARIES EFFECTIVE ELECTION DAY 2017 LIV SHAGANAPPI RAN WARD 8 GBK KIL DIS Detail of Downtown GLE DNC METIS O MPL ANDERSON RD SW WOO CAN ANDERSON RD SW BDO DIA DEERFO DDG STOY ESH BLA CK FO LKB HIF QLD DRG SOM WARD 14 SDC WY MAH CRA BLM T WAL (HWY 2) YKV SAD SAN SAW SCA SCE SDC T SFH SGH SGL SHG SHI SHN SHS SHW SIG SIL SKR SKE SKW SNA SOC SADDLE RIDGE SANDSTO VALLEY SOUTH AIRWAYS SCARBORO SCENIC ACRES SUNDANCE TON SOUTH FOHILLS SAGE HILL STOGATE LANDING SHAGANAPPI SHEPARD INDUSIAL SHAWSSY SHAWE SLOPES SHERWOOD SIGNAL HILL SILVER SPRINGS SKYVIEW RANCH SKYLI EAST SKYLI WEST SUNALTA SOUTH CALGARY SOM SOV SOW SPH SPR SRI SSD SSW ST1 ST2 ST3 ST4 STA STD S SUN SVO TAR TEM THO TUS TUX SOMERT SOUTHVIEW SOUTHWOOD SPRINGBANK HILL SPRUCE CLIFF SADDLE RIDGE INDUSIAL SUNNYSIDE SCARBORO/SUNALTA WEST STOY 1 STOY 2 STOY 3 STOY 4 ST. ANDREWS HEIGHTS STARFIELD SATHCONA PARK SUNRIDGE SILVERADO TARADALE TEMPLE THORNCLIFFE TUSCANY TUXEDO PARK UMR UND UNI UOC VAF VAL VAR VIS WAL WBN WES WGT WHI WHL WIL WIN WLD WND WOO WSP YKV DEE LEG RFO Y 2A) (HW NORTH AIRWAYS W BRIGHTON NORTH GLENMORE PARK NORTH HAVEN UPPER NORTH HAVEN NOLAN HILL NO HILL PARK OAKRIDGE OGDEN OGDEN SHOPS PALLIR PANORAMA HILLS PATTERSON HEIGHTS PEGASUS INDUSIAL PENBROOKE MEADOWS PIRIDGE PARKDALE PARKHILL/STANLEY PARK PARKLAND POINT MCKAY PUMP HILL QUEENSLAND QUEENS PARK VILLAGE RAMSAY RANCHLANDS ROSSCARROCK RODALE RED CARPET/MOUNTVIEW RENFREW RICHMOND RIDEAU PARK RIVERBEND ROMONT ROCKY RIDGE ROXBORO ROYAL OAK REDSTO RUNDLE RUTLAND PARK ROYAL VISTA CTION 23 D NAW B NGM NHU NHV NOL NPK OAK OGD OSH PAL PAN PAT PEG PEN PIN PKD PKH PKL POI PUM QLD QPK RAM RAN RCK RDL RED REN RIC RID RIV RMT ROC ROX ROY RSN RUN RUT RYV S23 RFO CHA SVO AUB DEE SPRUCE MEADOWS S LEO GREENVIEW GOLDEN IANGLE HAMPTONS HARVEST HILLS HAWKWOOD HAYSBORO HIDDEN VALLEY HIGHFIELD HILLHURST HIGHWOOD HORIZON HOUNSFIELD HTS/BRIAR HILL HIGHLAND PARK HUNTINGTON HILLS INGLEWOOD KINCORA KELVIN GROVE KILLARY/GLENGARRY KINGSLAND LEGACY LIVINGSTON LAKE BONAVISTA LAKEVIEW LOWER MOUNT ROYAL LINCOLN PARK MACEWAN GLEN MAYFAIR MAHOGANY MAYLAND HEIGHTS MANCHESTER McCALL MC KENZIE LAKE MC KENZIE TOWN MEADOWLARK PARK MERIDIAN MIDNAPORE MISSION MAYLAND MILLRI MANCHESTER INDUSRIAL MONTGOMERY MOUNT PLEASANT MONTEREY PARK MARLBOROUGH PARK MAPLE RIDGE MARLBOROUGH MARTINDALE MAC GRV GTI HAM HAR HAW HAY HID HIF HIL HIW HOR HOU HPK HUN ING KCA KEL KIL KIN LEG LIV LKB LKV LMR LPK MAC MAF MAH MAL MAN MCI MCK MCT MEA MER MID MIS MLI MLR MNI MON MOP MOR MPK MPL MRL MRT EY STOY 52 ST STON CPF COPPERFIELD CRA CRANSTON CRE CRESCENT HEIGHTS CRM CRESTMONT CSC CITYSCAPE CUR CURRIE BARRACKS DAL DALHOUSIE DBC DEERFO BUSISS CE DDG DOUGLASDALE/GLEN DIA DIAMOND COVE DIS DISCOVERY RIDGE DNC DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL CORE D DOWNTOWN EAST VILLAGE D DOWNTOWN WEST END DOV DOVER DRG DEER RIDGE DRN DEER RUN EAG EAGLE RIDGE EAU EAU CLAIRE EDG EDGEMONT EFI EASTFIELD EFV EAST FAIRVIEW INDUSIAL EPK ELBOW PARK ERI ERIN WOODS ERL ERLTON ESH EAST SHEPARD INDUSIAL EVE EVERGREEN EVN EVANSTON EYA ELBOYA FAI FAIRVIEW FAL FALCONRIDGE FHI FOHILLS INDUSIAL FHT FOREST HEIGHTS FLI FOREST LAWN INDUSIAL FLN FOREST LAWN FPK FISH CREEK PARK FRA FRANKLIN FVI FAIRVIEW INDUSIAL GAG GARRISON GREEN GAW GARRISON WOODS GBK GLENBROOK GBP GLENDEER BUSISS PARK GDL GLENDALE GLA GLAMORGAN GPI GREAT PLAINS GPK GLENMORE PARK GRE GREEOOD/GREENBRIAR GRI GREENVIEW INDUSIAL PARK WARD 12 STOY Y STO BRI D 4,200 Meters LEO 2,800 (HWY 22X) MCT MID MAC 1,400 MCK S SHN CPF D 700 SPRUCE MEADOWS S B LEO WARD 13 0 DRN PKL Y MAC EVE Community District Boundary Community Abbreviation COV FPK STO SHS MLR DEERFO WARD BOUNDARIES EFFECTIVE ELECTION DAY 2017 ABB ABBEYDALE ABP AURORA BUSISS PARK ACA ACADIA ALB ALBERT PARK/RADISSON HEIGHTS ALT ALTADORE APP APPLEWOOD PARK ARB ARBOUR LAKE ASP ASPEN WOODS AUB AUBURN BAY AYB ALYTH/BONNYBROOK BDO BONAVISTA DOWNS BED BEDDINGTON HEIGHTS BEL BEL-AIRE BLM BELMONT BLN BELTLI BNF BANFF AIL BNK BANKVIEW BOW BOWSS BRA BRAESIDE BRD BRIDGELAND/RIVERSIDE BRE BRENTWOOD BRI BRIDLEWOOD BRT BRITANNIA BUR BURNS INDUSIAL BYV BAYVIEW CAM CAMBRIAN HEIGHTS CAN CANYON MEADOWS CAP CAPITOL HILL CAR CARRINGTON CAS CASTLERIDGE CED CEDARBRAE CGR COUGAR RIDGE CHA CHAPARRAL CHK CHINOOK PARK CHN CHINATOWN CHR CHRISTIE PARK CHV COUNY HILLS VILLAGE CHW CHARLESWOOD CIA CALGARY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CIT CITADEL CLI CLIFF BUNGALOW CNS CORRSTO COA COACH HILL COL COLLINGWOOD COP CANADA OLYMPIC PARK COR CORAL SPRINGS COU COUNY HILLS COV COVENY HILLS STOY SHI DEERF PKH SFH S ALT WBN ACA WIL MACLEOD RID ROX ANDERSON RD SW EPK S23 BRA AYB MNI GLENMORE WARD 8 GLENMORE RIV SOW CED GPI EFV FAI HAY PUM ERL MIS STD FHI OSH OGD GBP KIN CHK FO CK SOC BUR FVI PEIGAN EFI OW MEA WARD 11 PAL RAM CLI UMR EAG BYV OAK ERI GTI BLA WARD 11 LMR BNK ING RED DOV BA RL GLENMORE SW KEL APP PEN FLI VAF BEL SW GPK BRD D BLN SCA MAF WARD 9 14 ST SW CHN D RE CRE EAU SNA NMO WND 14 ST SW SSD FLN PEIGAN 37 ST SW HIL DR WARD 9 AYB BRT EYA MNI GAG NGM LKV WARD 7 PKH HIF ALT LPK GLENMORE SW AL ING ROX RID EPK CUR GAW GLA RI SOV UMR SOC RIC RUT SW MO ALB 17 AV STOY ME DR RAM CLI MIS LMR BARLOW RE CROWCHILD MO SARCEE SW SIG EN MEMORIAL SPH GL D BLN SCA BNK GDL MLI BRD DNC D SNA FHT SSW BOW SW MRL MER FO SHG RCK FRA MAL STOY SW ERL ABB MPK CHN MAN W WGT CHR 16 AV EAU REN CRE SSD HIL MOR PIN 16 AV RDL HOU WHL SPR RUN ER DE WARD 6 SARCEE W S ASP BO SUN 16 AV WLD COA WARD 10 VIS 16 AV TEM STA PKD POI WARD 7 16 AV CROWCHILD WIN MCKNIGHT BV HOR PAT BOW SW AV TUX MOP CAP UNI 16 WSP SAW BNF W CGR NAW 32 AV RMT UOC UND GRI COL MCI O SHAGANAPPI MON COR FAL WHI STOY WES MCKNIGHT BV PEG MCKNIGHT BV DEERF AV SKW GRV HIW HPK CAM QPK CHW HI W 16. BV STOY RIE SKE THO NHV N LAU METIS EY ST ON JOH ILD ADA TAR CAS CH CAN MRT BARLOW BV BOW NS SRI CIA NHU COP AV DBC BARLOW IE OW A CRM 96 SAD METIS HUN WARD 4 CR GRE ANS CANADA HI W RFO LA UR BRE VAR N NPK HN WARD 1 VAL ING TO DEE JO AIRPORT WARD 5 ABP BE DD DAL SIL HWY 2 AIRPORT BED TUS SCE COU GT ON STOY IN EDG STOY BE DD SAN HAW ARB DE ER (HFO W Y 2) Y STO MAC HAM EY CSC RFO ON ST CNS SKR ST4 DEE ROY BV HILLS CK FO ILD NY SGL HAR ST2 CIT EY RSN CHV PAN COU CH ST1 COV KCA STON STOY BLA OW STOY WARD 3 BLACKFO ROC CR HID at Calgary s ward map. In which ward do you live? EVN SHW STOY EE Question: Take a look WARD 2 RYV RC SA councillor and school board trustee, you vote for your ward representative. ST4 STOY STOY METIS When voting for CAR SGH NOL UPPER MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY DISICT UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY VALLEYFIELD VALLEY RIDGE VARSITY VISTA HEIGHTS WALDEN WOODBI WESTWINDS WESTGATE WHITEHORN WEST HILLHURST WILLOW PARK WINSTON HEIGHTS/MOUNTVIEW WILDWOOD WINDSOR PARK WOODLANDS WEST SPRINGS YORKVILLE COPYRIGHT 2016 The City of Calgary ALL RIGHTS RERVED. NO PART OF THIS MAP MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT THE WRITTEN CONNT OF THE CITY OF CALGARY AND APPROPRIATE LICEN AGREEMENT. THE CITY OF CALGARY PROVIDES THIS INFORMATION IN GOOD FAITH, BUT PROVIDES NO WARRANTY NOR ACCEPTS ANY LIABILITY ARISING FROM INCORRECT, INCOMPLETE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION OR ITS IMPROPER U

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10 So, I Know My Candidates So HOW to I Vote?

11 So, What Now? RIGHTS On Friday, you will be voting in a Student Election. The election results here will be correlated alongside all other schools participating. From there, we will receive results of our election to compare to actual election results on Tuesday, October 17. RESPONSIBILITY It is the right of every citizen to vote. However, citizens have a responsibility to vote with intention. This means knowing the candidates, what they stand for, and also knowing the issues that are important to you.