Yellowknife City Council Explained

The Yellowknife City Council is the governing body of the city of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The council consists of a mayor and eight councillors originally elected to three year terms, but after a referendum in 2018 this has now been changed to four year terms.^[1]

The current mayor of Yellowknife is Rebecca Alty.^[2]

2022-2026 council

• Rebecca Alty, mayor
• Rob Warburton
• Cat McGurk
• Stacie Arden Smith
• Tom McLennan
• Garett Cochrane
• Ryan Fequet
• Steve Payne
• Ben Hendriksen

2018-2022 council

In the 2018 election, voters chose to extend the term of office from three to four years. ^[3]

• Rebecca Alty, mayor
• Shauna Morgan
• Julian Morse
• Robin Williams
• Steve Payne
• Stacie Smith
• Niels Konge
• Cynthia Mufandaedza
• Rommel Silverio

Election results (mayor)

2018

Mayoral Candidate	Vote[4]	%
Rebecca Alty	2,938	54.99
Adrian Bell	2,210	41.36
Bob Stewart	102	1.91
Jerald Sibbeston	93	1.74

2015

Mayoral Candidate	Vote[5]	%
Mark Heyck	4,479	76.04
John Himmelman	1,411	23.96

2012

Mayoral Candidate	Vote[6]	%
Mark Heyck	2,008	46.82
Tim Doyle	1,465	34.16
Paul Falvo	816	19.03

2009

Mayoral Candidate	Vote[7]	%
Gordon Van Tighem	2,497	73.77
Bryan Sutherland	592	17.49
John Westergreen	296	8.74

2000

Mayoral Candidate	Vote[10]	%
Gordon Van Tighem	1,555	37.47
Bob Brooks	1,355	32.65
David Lovell	899	21.66
Cheryl Best	341	8.22

Election Results (Councillors)

2022

2022 had 3,939 voters out of an eligible 8,190, which represents a 48% voter turnout. This is down from the 56% turn out in 2018.

Councillor Candidates	Votes[11]	%	Elected (8)
Rob Warburton	2,172	55.1%	Yes
Cat McGurk	2,132	54.1%	Yes
Stacie Smith	2,116	53.7%	Yes
Tom McLennan	1,883	47.8%	Yes
Garett Cochrane	1,831	46.4%	Yes
Ryan Fequet	1,711	43.4%	Yes
Steve Payne	1,642	41.6%	Yes
Ben Hendriksen	1,564	39.7%	Yes
Rob Foote	1,444	36.6%	No
Dwane Simmons	1,093	27.7%	No
Rommel Silverio	1,080	27.4%	No
Devon Hodder	1,059	26.8%	No
Mike Martin	1,030	26.1%	No
Beaton Mackenzie	917	23.2%	No
Stewart Pallard	691	17.5%	No
John Fredericks	623	15.8%	No

2018

2018 saw 5,354 voters out of an eligible 9,544, which represents a 56% voter turnout.

Councillor Candidates

Vote10]! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;" | %!Elected (8)|-| Shauna Morgan (incumbent) || 3,398 || 63.5|Yes|-| Julian Morse (incumbent) || 2,895 || 54.2|Yes|-| Robin Williams || 2,845 || 53.2|Yes|-| Steve Payne (incumbent) || 2,671 || 49.9|Yes|-|Stacie Smith|2,517|47.1|Yes|-|Niels Konge (incumbent)|2,459|46|Yes|-|Cynthia Mufandaedza|2,160|40.4|Yes|-|Rommel Silverio (incumbent)|2,027|37.9|Yes|-|Chris Gillander|1,968|36.8|No|-|Edwin Castillo|1,954|36.6|No|-|Dane Mason|1,741|32.6|No|-|Terry Testart|1,265|23.7|No|-|William Gomes|1,185|22.2|No|-|Josh Campbell|969|18.1|No|-|John Dalton|957|17.9|No|-|Mark Bogan|530|9.9|No|} Referendum in 2018 election to increase term of office for City Council from three to four years Bylaw 4969 to increase the term of office for City Council from three to four years Vote10]! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;" | %|-| Yes || 3,096 || 57.9|-| No || 2,013 || 37.7|-|Didn't vote|235|0.44|} External links Yellowknife City Council website Yellowknife. City Council fonds. Northwest Territories Archives }

Notes and References

1. Web site: Election referendum .
2. Web site: Elections. 13 October 2021.
3. Web site: Referendum. 13 October 2021.
4. Web site: Elections - City of Yellowknife. 2023-09-02. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20221129204301/https://www.yellowknife.ca/en/city-government/elections.aspx. 2022-11-29.
5. Web site: Results. 10 February 2021.
6. https://elections.yellowknife.ca/en/results/resources/2012-Election-Results.pdf 2012 Election Results
7. https://elections.yellowknife.ca/en/results/resources/2009-Election-Results.pdf 2009 Election Results
8. Web site: Rebecca Alty set to serve 2nd term as Yellowknife mayor . 2022-09-20 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207102559/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alty-to-serve-second-term-as-yellowknife-mayor-1.6587959 . 2022-12-07 . live .
9. https://elections.yellowknife.ca/en/results/resources/2003-Election-Results.pdf 2003 Election Results
10. Web site: OCTOBER 15, 2018 CITIES, TOWNS & VILLAGES ELECTION RESULTS. 2023-09-02.
11. Web site: 2022-11-04 . Election Results . 2022-11-29 . www.yellowknife.ca . en.