2025 Calgary municipal election

The 2025 Calgary municipal election was held on October 20, 2025, to elect a mayor and fourteen councillors to the Calgary City Council. In conjunction with the elections for city council, residents also cast ballots for trustees of the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District. Incumbent mayor Jyoti Gondek was defeated. She is the first incumbent mayor since Ross Alger in 1980 not to be elected to a second term.

Infobox

Turnout

39.04% ( 7.34 pp)

Candidate

Jeff Davison

Party

Party Leader Vote % Seats /– Independent – 46.86% 8 −6 Communities First Sonya Sharp 25.56% 4 4 The Calgary Party Brian Thiessen 18.99% 1 1 A Better Calgary Gordon Elliott 8.59% 1 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.City Council winners by district

Popular vote

47,375

Percentage

13.6%

Tables

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Independent	–	46.86%	8	−6
	Communities First	Sonya Sharp	25.56%	4	+4
	The Calgary Party	Brian Thiessen	18.99%	1	+1
	A Better Calgary	Gordon Elliott	8.59%	1	+1

· Mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jeromy Farkas	91,071	26.12
	Communities First	Sonya Sharp	90,488	25.95
	Independent	Jyoti Gondek	71,402	20.48
	Independent	Jeff Davison	47,375	13.59
	The Calgary Party	Brian Thiessen	40,521	11.62
	Independent	Sarah Elder	3,511	1.01
	Independent	Grant Prior	2,175	0.62
	Independent	Larry R. Heather	1,202	0.34
	Independent	Jaeger Gustafson	905	0.26

· Mayoral election › Opinion polling

Janet Brown Opinion Research/Trend Research

Polling firm

Janet Brown Opinion Research/Trend Research

Date

Oct 1-8, 2025

JeffDavison

16%

Jeromy Farkas

27%

Jyoti Gondek

23%

Sonya Sharp

23%

Brian Thiessen

Other

Sarah Elder 1%Grant Prior 1%Larry R. Heather <1%Jaeger Gustafson <1%

Samplesize

1,000

MOE

±3.1pp

Pollingmethod

Online

Lead

Cardinal Research

Polling firm

Cardinal Research

Date

Oct 2-4, 2025

JeffDavison

12%

Jeromy Farkas

25%

Jyoti Gondek

14%

Sonya Sharp

16%

Brian Thiessen

Other

Undecided 24% Others 3%

Samplesize

726

MOE

±3.6pp

Pollingmethod

IVR

Lead

One Persuasion

Polling firm

One Persuasion

Date

Sept 26-30, 2025

JeffDavison

8.8%

Jeromy Farkas

17.7%

Jyoti Gondek

16.8%

Sonya Sharp

11.7%

Brian Thiessen

Other

Undecided 26.1%Larry Heather 3.1%Jaeger Gustafson 1.7%Grant Prior 0.9%

Samplesize

804

MOE

±3.5%pp

Pollingmethod

Online

Lead

0.9%

ThinkHQ

Polling firm

ThinkHQ

Date

Sept 22-29, 2025

JeffDavison

Jeromy Farkas

20%

Jyoti Gondek

16%

Sonya Sharp

17%

Brian Thiessen

Other

Undecided 27%Another candidate 1%

Samplesize

1,200

MOE

±2.8pp

Pollingmethod

Online

Lead

Leger

Polling firm

Leger

Date

Sept 26-28, 2025

JeffDavison

Jeromy Farkas

16%

Jyoti Gondek

14%

Sonya Sharp

11%

Brian Thiessen

Other

Undecided 35%Someone else 4%Grant Prior 2%Jaeger Gustafson <1%

Samplesize

490

MOE

±4.4pp

Pollingmethod

Online

Lead

Cardinal Research

Polling firm

Cardinal Research

Date

Sept 17-20, 2025

JeffDavison

14%

Jeromy Farkas

34%

Jyoti Gondek

15%

Sonya Sharp

10%

Brian Thiessen

Other

Undecided 21% Others 3%

Samplesize

910

MOE

±3.3pp

Pollingmethod

IVR

Lead

19%

Leger

Polling firm

Leger

Date

Aug 22-25, 2025

JeffDavison

Jeromy Farkas

14%

Jyoti Gondek

15%

Sonya Sharp

Brian Thiessen

Other

Undecided 45% Jeffery Clauson 2%Someone else 2% Jaeger Gustafson 1% Grant Prior <1%

Samplesize

471

MOE

±4.5pp

Pollingmethod

Online

Lead

Polling firm	Date	JeffDavison	Jeromy Farkas	Jyoti Gondek	Sonya Sharp	Brian Thiessen	Other	Samplesize	MOE	Pollingmethod	Lead
Janet Brown Opinion Research/Trend Research	Oct 1-8, 2025	16%	27%	23%	23%	8%	Sarah Elder 1%Grant Prior 1%Larry R. Heather <1%Jaeger Gustafson <1%	1,000	±3.1pp	Online	4%
Cardinal Research	Oct 2-4, 2025	12%	25%	14%	16%	6%	Undecided 24% Others 3%	726	±3.6pp	IVR	9%
One Persuasion	Sept 26-30, 2025	8.8%	17.7%	16.8%	11.7%	6%	Undecided 26.1%Larry Heather 3.1%Jaeger Gustafson 1.7%Grant Prior 0.9%	804	±3.5%pp	Online	0.9%
ThinkHQ	Sept 22-29, 2025	9%	20%	16%	17%	6%	Undecided 27%Another candidate 1%	1,200	±2.8pp	Online	3%
Leger	Sept 26-28, 2025	8%	16%	14%	11%	4%	Undecided 35%Someone else 4%Grant Prior 2%Jaeger Gustafson <1%	490	±4.4pp	Online	2%
Cardinal Research	Sept 17-20, 2025	14%	34%	15%	10%	3%	Undecided 21% Others 3%	910	±3.3pp	IVR	19%
Leger	Aug 22-25, 2025	6%	14%	15%	8%	3%	Undecided 45% Jeffery Clauson 2%Someone else 2% Jaeger Gustafson 1% Grant Prior <1%	471	±4.5pp	Online	1%

· City council elections › Summary

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats won	Popular vote	%
	Independent	—	44	8	158,220	46.86
	Communities First	Sonya Sharp	9	4	86,316	25.56
	The Calgary Party	Brian Thiessen	13	1	64,125	18.99
	A Better Calgary	Gordon Elliott	7	1	29,018	8.59

· City council elections › Ward 1

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Communities First	Kim Tyers	7,806	27.45
	The Calgary Party	Joey Nowak	7,332	25.79
	Independent	Dan Olesen	5,230	18.39
	A Better Calgary	Cathy Jacobs	4,400	15.47
	Independent	Ali Oonwala	2,078	7.31
	Independent	Matthew Fritz	1,588	5.58

· City council elections › Ward 2

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Jennifer Wyness (X)	8,872	39.25
	A Better Calgary	John Garden	6,106	27.01
	The Calgary Party	Candy Lam	4,876	21.57
	Independent	Trevor Cavanaugh	2,130	9.42
	Independent	Shaukat Chaudhry	620	2.74

· City council elections › Ward 3

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Andrew Yule	9,842	48.78
	A Better Calgary	Christy Edwards	3,949	19.57
	Independent	Danny Ng	1,575	7.81
	Independent	Jaspriya Johal	1,375	6.82
	Independent	Taran Dhillon	1,073	5.32
	The Calgary Party	Atul Chauhan	936	4.64
	Independent	Siraaj Shah	811	4.02
	Independent	Rajesh Angral	615	3.05

· City council elections › Ward 4

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	The Calgary Party	DJ Kelly	11,881	45.58
	Communities First	Jeremy Wong	10,443	40.06
	Independent	Sheldon Yakiwchuk	3,743	14.36

· City council elections › Ward 5

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Raj Dhaliwal (X)	6,242	39.52
	Independent	Aryan Sadat	3,719	23.55
	Independent	Reet Mushiana	2,872	18.18
	Independent	Tariq Khan	1,307	8.28
	The Calgary Party	Gurpreet Dhillon	1,218	7.71
	Independent	Jigar Patel	225	1.42
	Independent	Harry Singh Purba	211	1.34

· City council elections › Ward 6

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	John Pantazopoulos	12,893	43.13
	Independent	Joanne Birce	6,610	22.11
	The Calgary Party	Inam Teja	6,069	20.30
	Independent	Jeff Watson	4,318	14.45

· City council elections › Ward 7

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Myke Atkinson	8,527	37.24
	Communities First	Terry Wong (X)	7,245	31.64
	The Calgary Party	Heather McRae	2,884	12.60
	Independent	David Barrett	2,541	11.10
	A Better Calgary	Anthony Ascue	958	4.18
	Independent	Greg Amoruso	740	3.23

· City council elections › Ward 8

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Nathaniel Schmidt	8,806	32.58
	Communities First	Cornelia Wiebe	7,754	28.69
	Independent	Gary Bobrovitz	4,871	18.02
	Independent	Kent Hehr	3,539	13.09
	Independent	Josie Kirkpatrick	1,519	5.62
	Independent	Miguel Cortines	539	1.99

· City council elections › Ward 9

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Harrison M. Clark	4,845	27.24
	Independent	Gar Gar	4,578	25.74
	A Better Calgary	Tony Dinh	3,090	17.37
	The Calgary Party	Ariana Kippers	1,826	10.26
	Communities First	Alison Karim-McSwiney	1,578	8.87
	Independent	Marina Ortman	1,568	8.81
	Independent	Shirley Brun Parungao Do	304	1.71

· City council elections › Ward 10

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Communities First	Andre Chabot (X)	8,815	54.78
	The Calgary Party	Nickie Brockhoff	3,048	18.94
	Independent	Mahmoud Mourra	2,657	16.51
	Independent	Tarlochan Singh Sidhu	1.573	9.77

· City council elections › Ward 11

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Communities First	Rob Ward	21,022	62.01
	Independent	Kourtney Penner (X)	8,392	24.75
	The Calgary Party	Alex Williams	4,489	13.24

· City council elections › Ward 12

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	A Better Calgary	Mike Jamieson	6,848	30.03
	The Calgary Party	Sarah Ferguson	6,819	29.90
	Communities First	Shane Byciuk	5,314	23.30
	Independent	Brent Curtis	2,969	13.02
	Independent	Raj-Kumar Khuttan	854	3.74

· City council elections › Ward 13

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Communities First	Dan McLean (X)	16,339	64.94
	The Calgary Party	Elliot Weinstein	8,823	35.06

· City council elections › Ward 14

Party		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Landon Johnston	9,184	31.63
	Independent	Devin Elkin	5,417	18.65
	Independent	Erin Averbukh	4,192	14.44
	The Calgary Party	Ryan Stutt	3,924	13.51
	A Better Calgary	Keener Hachey	3,667	12.63
	Independent	Chima Akuchie	1,990	6.85
	Independent	Sunjiv Raval	666	2.29

References

The mayor is a member of City Council, but for the purposes of documentation is treated as their own individual.
Includes 3% for Jeffery Clauson, who is not on the ballot.
calgaryherald
http://web.archive.org/web/20250624015034/https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/braid-jyoti-gondek-could-be-first-mayor-45-years-lose-one-term
City of Calgary
https://newsroom.calgary.ca/list-of-nominated-official-candidates--candidates-elected-by-acclamation-available-for-2025-general-election/
"Former Calgary city councillor announces he will run for mayor"
https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/former-calgary-city-councillor-announces-he-will-run-for-mayor/
"Jeromy Farkas announces 2nd run for Calgary mayor - Calgary | Globalnews.ca"
https://globalnews.ca/news/11034173/jeromy-farkas-run-calgary-mayor/
"Coun. Sonya Sharp joins race to be Calgary's next mayor"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sonya-sharp-calgary-mayor-communities-first-1.7498860
"Brian Thiessen will run with a municipal political party in 2025"
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/brian-thiessen-run-municipal-political-party-2025-mayor-election
Janet Brown Opinion Polling
https://www.planetjanet.ca/_files/ugd/586d9d_c51b9a53d3e8438f9476fc843fb037cf.pdf
Cardinal Research
https://cardinalresearch.ca/?research=calgary-election-poll-oct-2025
Western Standard
https://images.assettype.com/westernstandard/2025-10-08/qih98tfr/Sept_2025_Calgary_Survey_for_release.pdf
ThinkHQ
https://thinkhq.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Eye-on-Calgary-October-3-2025-1.pdf
Leger
https://leger360.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Media-Report-Calgary-Polling-Omni-Sep-2025.pdf
Cardinal Research
https://cardinalresearch.ca/?research=cardinal-calgary-election-poll-2025-final
Leger
https://leger360.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Draft-Media-Report-Calgary-Polling-Omni-August-2025.pdf
https://www.electionscalgary.ca/results/2025-results.html#section-public-school-board-trustee-results
https://www.electionscalgary.ca/results/2025-results.html#section-public-school-board-trustee-results