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Byelection 2024

Chad Krahn
2024 By-Election results declared official
Results of the 2024 Municipal By-Election have been declared official by Returning Officer Jessica Robinson.Councillor for The City of Red Deer Number of positions to be filled: 1 CANDIDATEVOTES1KRAHN, Chad - 2,512 votes2TWEEDLE, Jaelene - 2,355 votes3BUCHANAN, S.H. (Buck) - 479 votes4HUIZING, Hans - 381 votes5CULLEN-S...
Apr 26, 2024
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Chad Krahn
Unofficial 2024 By-Election Results
With 100 per cent voting stations reporting, Red Deerians have elected a new city councillor during The City's first ever by-election. Unofficial results of the 2024 Municipal By-Election are as follows: Councillor for The City of Red Deer Number of positions to be filled: 1 Candidate Votes 1 BUCHANAN, S.H. (Buck)...
Apr 23, 2024
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responses not yet submitted
Candidate profile: Liam Milaney
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection. All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit. Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media. Advance voting days are April...
Apr 18, 2024
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responses not yet submitted
Candidate profile: Ashley MacDonald
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection. All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit. Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media. Advance voting days are April...
Apr 18, 2024
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Byelection 2024

city council byelection
Candidate profile: Buck Buchanan
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection.All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit.Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media.Advance voting days are April 18...
Apr 18, 2024
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Byelection April 22, 2024
Advance voting for Red Deer's byelection runs April 18-20
Three days of advance voting begins Thursday for Red Deer's upcoming byelection next week.Advance voting takes place April 18-20, 2024, from 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. at the Parkland Mall, Baymont by Wyndham Red Deer, and Prairie Pavillion nat Westerner Park.There are 10 candidates running for Red Deer's current vacant city...
Apr 17, 2024
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city council byelection
Candidate profile: Linda Cullen-Saik
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection.All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit.Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media.Advance voting days are April 18...
Apr 17, 2024
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city council byelection
Candidate profile: Chad Krahn
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection. All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit. Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media. Advance voting days are April...
Apr 17, 2024
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city council byelection
Candidate profile: Jaelene Tweedle
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection. All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit. Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media. Advance voting days are April...
Apr 16, 2024
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city council byelection
Candidate profile: Jason Chillibeck
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection.All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit.Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media.Advance voting days are April 18...
Apr 16, 2024
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Byelection 2024

city council byelection
Candidate profile: Hans Huizing
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection.All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit.Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media.Advance voting days are April 18...
Apr 16, 2024
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city council byelection
Candidate profile: Calvin Yzerman
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection.All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit.Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media.Advance voting days are April 18...
Apr 16, 2024
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city council byelection
Candidate profile: Mark Collings
This is a candidate profile for the April 22, 2024 Red Deer byelection.All 10 candidates have been asked the same three questions, and were given a 600-word limit.Responses are unedited for grammar and spelling, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of rdnewsNOW and Pattison Media.Advance voting days are April 18...
Apr 16, 2024
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Voting tabulators
City of Red Deer ensures integrity in first municipal byelection
With the City of Red Deer's first by-election less than two weeks away; some residents are questioning how integrity will be maintained throughout the process. Following the death of Councillor Michael Dawe in December 2023, 11 candidates have registered to fill the vacant seat, with the by-election taking place on Apr...
Apr 10, 2024
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April 22, 2024
Nominations are in for the 2024 byelection
Officials with the City of Red Deer say nominations are now confirmed for the historic first-ever By-Election that will take place in Red Deer on April 22, 2024."This is history in the making," said Jessica Robinson, Returning Officer for The City of Red Deer. "For the first time, Red Deer residents will...
Mar 27, 2024
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Municipal By-Election April 22, 2024
Nomination Day and Special Ballot applications for Red Deer byelection
It's Nomination Day for the 2024 Municipal By-Election and staff are onsite at Red Deer City Hall to accept nomination packages until noon. Also, starting today, officials note eligible voters can apply for a Special Ballot to participate in the by-election. The City says Special Ballots will be mailed to voters or be ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Byelection 2024

still time to join the race
Red Deer's municipal byelection nomination day is on Monday; eight candidates so far
Interested locals have until Monday to enter the race in Red Deer's first city council by-election. Potential candidates to fill a vacant councillor seat have just under a week left to get their nomination package submitted, with the deadline on March 25 at noon.READ: Red Deer to hold first council by-election in city'...
Mar 22, 2024
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Jaelene Tweedle
Red Deer city council byelection details released; one nominee already registered
Further information on service levels has been announced regarding Red Deer city council's first by-election. The by-election will take place on April 22, 2024, and, as part of budget deliberations, council approved $350,000 for the process, $100,000 less than initially planned. At council's regular meeting on Monday, ...
Feb 21, 2024
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No municipal census
Red Deer municipal byelection to be held on April 22, 2024
At their meeting on Monday, Red Deer city council confirmed that a municipal by-election will be held on April 22 this year, to fill the spot of late-councillor Michael Dawe. "The City is incredibly saddened by the loss of Councillor Michael Dawe. This has unfortunately created a vacancy on Council that we are req...
Jan 23, 2024
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Candidate qualities
Red Deer to hold first council byelection in city's history; will you run?
The City of Red Deer will be seeing their first council by-election in history this year.Following the unexpected passing of Councillor Michael Dawe in December 2023, the City confirmed the Municipal Government Act requires that a by-election be held within 120 days of the vacancy. Council is expected to decide further...
Jan 17, 2024
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moment of silence
Red Deer city council remembers councillors Michael Dawe and Frank Wong during meeting
In their first meeting of the new year, it was also Red Deer city council's first meeting without Councillor Michael Dawe sitting in his chair around the horseshoe.Council began their open portion for the public with a moment of silence for Councillor Dawe and former city councillor Frank Wong, both having passed on De...
Jan 09, 2024
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a red deer encyclopedia
Michael Dawe, beloved Red Deer city councillor and historian, passes away at 67
Michael Dawe, a sitting Red Deer city councillor, has passed away, the City of Red Deer confirmed on Boxing Day. Sixty-seven years of age, Dawe was a fifth generation resident of Red Deer and Pine Lake, Alberta. Dawe served for many years as the City's go-to historian, before being elected to city council in 2017, and ...
Dec 27, 2023
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Byelection 2024