| Honorific-Prefix: | Her Worship |
| Gale Katchur | |
| Order: | 30th Mayor of Fort Saskatchewan |
| Term Start: | October 18, 2010 |
| Term End: | N/A |
| Predecessor: | Jim Sheasgreen |
| Birth Place: | Fort St. John, British Columbia |
| Spouse: | Wayne Katchur |
Gale Katchur is a Canadian politician and current mayor of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
Katchur was born Gale Lewchuk in Fort St. John, British Columbia, but raised on a farm near Spirit River, Alberta.[1]
Katchur served as a civil servant in the Alberta government before moving to private industry with Baker International. A few years after the birth of her second child in 1983, Katchur was hired as a civil servant for the City of Fort Saskatchewan where she worked for 17 years.
Katchur was first elected to political office in 2007 as a Fort Saskatchewan city councillor, officially resigning her job within the city government upon her election.
In 2010, she defeated incumbent mayor Jim Sheasgreen by earning 54.8% of the popular vote in the two-candidate mayoral race.[2] She was reelected in 2013,[3] 2017[4] and 2021.[5]
Katchur is the second female mayor in the history of Fort Saskatchewan. Muriel Abdurahman was the first.
In a video release September 19, 2024, Katchur mused, while laughing, about how feral cats were managed on the family farm back in the day by throwing them in the river or gassing them with exhaust.[6]
Katchur is married to husband Wayne, a retired banker. They have two children: Ryan and Erin. Both are married and have children. Ryan has 2 kids named Rune and Kaia, and Erin has 2 kids named Logan and Arianna.