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in the weeks leading up the election. He says when it came to Barb Higgins, he felt for the most part, Calgary voters never really got to know her. [...]

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Voters lined up to cast their ballots in the civic election right at 10 am as polls opened Monday at St. Mary's Hall in Ward 8. CALGARY - Monday's election [...]

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CALGARY - Calgary's new mayor says he hopes his election serves as an inspiration to children of all races and backgrounds. Naheed Nenshi says he hopes that [...]

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Calgary, for example, held its municipal elections yesterday, and the results were pretty stunning: Naheed Nenshi, a Harvard-educated Ismaili Muslim, [...]

8 Oct 2010 Members of a local civic blogging site have issued a challenge to the perceived top three mayoral candidates in Calgary's upcoming election. [...]

The 2010 Calgary municipal election will be held Monday, October 18, 2010 to elect a mayor and 14 aldermen to the city council, the seven trustees to the [...]

CALGARY MAYOR Calgary mayor-elect Naheed Nenshi has said he was interviewed by "the evangelical newspaper." Whatever Nenshi was referring to, his remarks - punctuated by giggles -suggest someone who sees evangelicals as an oddity to be humored. I doubt that his rendering of the questions that were p [...]

Calgary-Glenmore, formerly styled Calgary Glenmore, is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. The electoral riding of Calgary-Glenmore is one [...]

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There is always a huge knee-jerk Conservative vote in Calgary, as the city's historic provincial and federal election results clearly illustrate. But the city has also elected a series of mayors who are in effect mildly conservative [...]

(On a separate note, I'm giving a talk tomorrow at 3pm at UBC.) For those who weren't paying attention to the Calgary municipal election last night, Naheed Nenshi came out of third place and won the mayoral race. Of course, the articles are already focusing on the wrong things: he's Muslim, his a mi [...]

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Calgarians made a strong showing at advance civic election polls this weekend with nearly double the number of total votes cast, compared to the 2007 election. [...]

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The number of women candidates in Calgary's upcoming municipal election is once again disappointingly low. Just 20 per cent of candidates (19 of 95) in the aldermanic and mayoral races are women. This continues the trend of few female [...]

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2010 Election Brochures Delivered to Voters · Calgary Receives New Voting Compartments · Calgary City Council Election History - First Female Alderman · 2010 Civic Election Nominee list - Calgary's Returning Officer talks about [...]

Kids vote Global News Calgary, October 18, 2010. Kids elect Nenshi in mock election Calgary Sun, October 18, 2010. Calgary youth vote for mayor 660 News, October 18, 2010. City's youth votes for Nenshi on Monday QR77, October 18, 2010 [...]

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In Alberta, it’s all about potty politics. Crappy Cornflakes and public urination have grabbed attention in the two major cities as voters across the province go to the polls Monday to select new mayors and councillors. [...]

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It's not just here in Calgary that people are itching to vote. It's election day all across Alberta. The closest race is expected to be here in Calgary, where Ric Mciver, Barb Higgins and Naheed Nenshi are the apparent front-runners. In Edmonton, Mayor Stephen Mandel is hoping to win a third term in office. In Fort McMurray, Mellisa Blake is running again for the top job. Morris Flewwelling is [...]

Nenshi gets youth vote in mock election Metro News Calgary, October 19, 2010 Kids vote Global News Calgary, October 18, 2010 Kids elect Nenshi in mock election Calgary Sun, October 18, 2010 Calgary youth vote for mayor 660 News, [...]

Last night was a lot of fun. CTV had a cameraguy there to catch our antics, and some poor student photographers unfortunately now have to look at pictures of me. I apologize in advance. We had the good fortune to have Mayoral Candidate Jon Lord visit us and join us for a beer. We also had Danielle S [...]

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Embrace the election of a celebrity mayorCalgary HeraldOn the other hand, being a celebrity looks like one, too. I used to live in California where people [...]

Honestly, I wasn't sure he was going to win. Honestly, I thought it was going to be the closest race for mayor I'd ever seen. Honestly, tonight I said we were living in Recount City. I spent some time reading through my first posts. The ones where I thought I'd take a cue from DJ Kelly and be more a [...]

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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Oct. 15, 2010) - The Foundation for Democratic Advancement (FDA) , an acclaimed organization promoting democracy worldwide has completed a 94 page in-depth audit of all candidates running for Mayor in Calgary and Lethbridge . As an independent and unbiased organization the FDA analyzed and studied backgrounds, credentials, achievements and volunteer commitments to [...]

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From this point, I could launch into an argument about the inherent volatility associated with polling, especially in municipal elections, but I'll leave it at this: the polling in Calgary's election showed a horse race between Barb [...]

For all non-Calgary Mike’s Bloggity Blog readers, you’ll have to excuse today’s posts. They are going to mostly be about our shockingly (and Amazing Race finale-like) mayoral election that finally takes place today! I’m sure you Torontonians will know all about it, since your election is only a few [...]

Date: 10/18/10 from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Big News: There’s a big pay-per-view coming up this weekend. Also, Bragging Rights. Show Analysis: Teddy Long came out to start the show and was booed. A reference to Smackdown also got booed. The anonymous GM sent in a message and was booed. The GM [...]