With nominations closing Monday, the official list of candidates have now been released*. 

(I) means incumbent.

Town of Beaverlodge will elect one mayor and six councillors:

Mayor: Terry Dueck, Gary Rycroft (I), Paul Szkopiec. Councillors: Trevor Bartsch, Judy Kokotilo-Bekkerus (I), Stan Berry, Cyndi Corbett (I), Hugh Graw (I), Richard Lappenbush, Tyke Longmore, Cal Mosher (I), Jennifer Wolan.

Town of Sexsmith will acclaim the mayor and elect six councillors

Mayor: Kate Potter Acclaimed. Councillors: Bruce Black (I), Daycie Bohning (I), Ken Hildebrand (I), Pauline Nelson, Jonathan Siggelkow (I) , Jeremy Thorne, Dennis Stredulinsky, Chrystal Widsten.

Town of Wembley has acclaimed a mayor and six councillors:

Mayor: Kelly Peterson Acclaimed. Councillors: Shaun Baker (I), Dick M. Barendregt, Robert Berlasty (I), Rebecca Ketchum (I), Tanya Skinner (I) and Bailee Wills.

County of Grande Prairie will elect seven councillors, from which a reeve will be selected by council. 

Councillor Division 1: Amanda Frayn (I) Acclaimed. Division 2: Kurt Balderston (I), Cindy Trudel. Division 3: Terry Beaupre,  Joel Park. Division 4: Lynn Driedger, Marty Tissington, Steve Zimmerman (I). Division 5: Carrie Hogg, Robert Hill, Brian Lieverse, Sonja Raven. Division 6:  Geri Blew, Brian Grant, Travis Lindblom. Division 7: Brian Peterson (I), Dallas Pierson. Division 8: Karen Rosvold (I) Acclaimed. Division 9: Bob Chrenek (I), Allan Johnson, Rocky Sodergren.

City of Grande Prairie will elect a mayor and eight councillors:

Mayor: Kristopher Arcand, Durque Babunga, Jackie Clayton (I), James Flack, Jason Jones, Kristopher Kinney, Charlene Nelson, Bryan Petryshyn. Councillors: Len Auger, Grant Berg (I), Juanito Bibangco, Gladys Blackmore (I), Dylan Bressey (I), Josh Cercel, J. Patrick Croken, Jena Flach, Lionel Frey, Glyn Gruner, Lynn Hoddinott, Waqar Khan, Yad Minhas, Mike O’Connor (I), Solomon Okhifoh, Kevin O’Toole, Michael Ouellette, Wade Pilat, Charles John Poole, Craig Reid, Garry Singh, Kendra Sledding, Chris Thiessen (I), Phil Troyer, Rob Wasylciw.

Saddle Hills County will elect councillors for five wards, from them council will select the reeve.

Councillors Division 1: Dwight Gulka, Karolyn Kelly, Daniel Roy (I). Division 2: Lance Hingley Acclaimed. Division 3: Blaine Rogers, Sarah Weiss. Division 4: Edward Armagost (I), Mandy Brandson, Cindy Clarke. Division 5: Ralph Bolch; Shirley Klatt (I). Division 6: Gerald Richard (I) Acclaimed. Division 7: Bani Morin, Jenn vanRootselaar.

Peace Wapiti Public School Division: Ten nominations were received for the nine wards. Seven wards were acclaimed by their nominees, there will be one election for Ward 7

Ward 1 (Eaglesham, Woking, Rycroft) - Martine Piebiak (I)

Ward 2 (Bonanza, Savanna, Spirit River) - Blaine Riding  (I)                                    

 Ward 3 (Beaverlodge, Elmworth) - Lori Grant (I)

  Ward 4 (Hythe, La Glace) - Dwayne Speager (I)    

  Ward 5 (Grande Prairie West, Wembley) - Wendy Kelm (I)

  Ward 6 (Sexsmith, Teepee Creek) - Dale Crane (I)

Ward 7 (Grande Prairie East, Grovedale): Stefanie Clarke (I) and Mark Klemp

Ward 8 (Ridgevalley) - Cortney Lunde

Ward 9 (Clairmont, Bezanson) Charity Watson.

Grande Prairie Public School Division

Trustees: Casey Brown, Andrea Willman, Jody Dryer, Lisa Petrie, Chris Johnston (I), Donna Koch (I), Joan Nellis (I), Saara Bain, Dale Tiedemann, Tanya Swanberg, Ainsley Miller, Ray Buziak.

Grande Prairie Roman Catholic Separate School Division has two Wards.

Five trustees to be elected from Ward 1 (Grande Prairie, & immediate county) and one from Ward 2 (Beaverlodge, Sexsmith, Spirit River & immediate county).

Ward 1: Michelle Boisvert (I), Hervey Chabot, John Croken (I), Sherwyn Cummings, Jermiah English (I), Todd Fogle, Anthony Gosse, Emilia Hovorka-Spelrem, Brett Hunziker, Natalie Lemay, Kevin McLean, Beverly Silvester, Dwight Zenner. (I) Ward 2: Michelle Gemmell, Erin Smith. 

Amendments to the Local Authorities Election Act required voters to register to vote in a Municipal Election and for the municipality to prepare a permanent elector register. The list of registered voters is provided to the municipality under a Data Sharing Agreement with Elections Alberta.

The cut-off for advance voter registration was Aug. 15; voters who have not registered will be required to register at the voting station and must bring the appropriate identification.

Look to Town & Country News for ongoing election coverage in the run-up to the Oct. 20 municipal election.