The unofficial results of the 2025 municipal and school trustee elections began appearing late Monday night and into Tuesday morning.
Changes to the Elections Act have caused all ballots to be hand-counted, unlike previous years, which used tabulators.
Results from Sexsmith and the County of Grande Prairie arrived around 11 p.m. on Monday, while the City of Grande Prairie results arrived around 3 a.m. for the mayor and 5 a.m. for councillors.
The Town of Beaverlodge and local school divisions didn’t post results until later Tuesday morning.
Official results are expected to be posted on Friday, Oct. 24.
(I) means incumbent, Bolded means elected
Town of Beaverlodge
Mayor: Gary Rycroft (I) - 399, Paul Szkopiec - 70, Terry Dueck - 45
Councillors: Trevor Bartsch - 382, Hugh Graw (I) - 353, Richard Lappenbush - 295, Tyke Longmore - 285, Judy Kokotilo-Bekkerus (I) – 266, Jennifer Wolan - 241, Cal Mosher (I) - 237, Cyndi Corbett (I) - 225, Stan Berry - 170
Town of Sexsmith
Mayor: Kate Potter Acclaimed
Councillors: Pauline Nelson - 236, Chrystal Widsten - 222, Daycie Bohning (I) - 196, Bruce Black (I) - 186, Ken Hildebrand (I) - 180, Dennis Stredulinsky (I) - 174, Jonathan Siggelkow (I) - 160, Jeremy Thorne - 101.
The Town of Sexsmith says it has a voter turnout of 17.5 per cent with 347 residents casting ballots.
Town of Wembley
Mayor: Kelly Peterson Acclaimed
Councillors: Shaun Baker (I), Dick M. Barendregt, Robert Berlasty (I), Rebecca Ketchum (I), Tanya Skinner (I) and Bailee Wills. All candidates acclaimed
County of Grande Prairie
Division 1: Amanda Frayn (I) Acclaimed
Division 2: Kurt Balderston (I) - 493, Cindy Trudel - 139
Division 3: Terri Beaupre - 387, Joel Park - 218
Division 4: Marty Tissington - 388, Steve Zimmerman (I) - 143, Lynn Driedger - 132
Division 5: Brian Lieverse - 289, Robert Hill - 55, Sonja Raven - 46, Carrie Hogg - 21
Division 6: Brian Grant - 154, Travis Lindblom - 72, Geri Blew - 37
Division 7: Brian Peterson (I) - 271, Dallas Pierson - 34
Division 8: Karen Rosvold (I) Acclaimed
Division 9: Bob Chrenek (I) - 220, Rocky Sodergren - 89, Allan Johnson - 12
The County of Grande Prairie is reporting a voter turnout of about 13.3 per cent of 3,208 eligible voters.
City of Grande Prairie
Mayor: Jackie Clayton (I) - 3,491, Kristopher Arcand - 1,220, Charlene Nelson - 1,051, James Flack - 1,046, Jason Jones - 1,041, Kristopher Kinney - 821, Bryan Petryshyn - 487, Durque Babunga - 74
Councillors: Grant Berg (I) - 4,671, Dylan Bressey (I) - 4,196, Len Auger - 3,266, Jena Flach - 3,253, Wade Pilat - 3,014, Kevin O’Toole - 2,803, Mike O’Connor (I) - 2,740, Chris Thiessen (I) - 2,727, Lionel Frey - 2,375, Gladys Blackmore (I) - 2,309, Yad Minhas - 2,293, Kendra Sledding - 2,289, Phil Troyer - 2,288, Solomon Okhifoh - 2,063, Craig Reid - 1,807, Michael Ouellette - 1,662, Waqar Khan - 1,565, J. Patrick Croken - 1,289, Juanito Bibangco- 1,218, Rob Wasylciw - 1,194, Garry Singh - 985, Lynn Hoddinott - 813, Josh Cercel - 603, Charles Poole - 386, Glyn Gruner- 324
Saddle Hills County
Division 1: Daniel Roy (I) - 81, Dwight Gulka - 45, Karolyn Kelly - 22
Division 2: Lance Hingley Acclaimed
Division 3: Blaine Rogers - 50, Sarah Weiss - 42
Division 4: Edward Armagost (I) - 67, Mandy Brandson - 20, Cindy Clarke - 13
Division 5: Shirley Klatt (I) - 80, Ralph Bolch - 17
Division 6: Gerald Richard (I) Acclaimed
Division 7: Jenn vanRootselaar - 59, Bani Morin - 52
Peace Wapiti Public School Division
Ward 1 (Eaglesham, Woking, Rycroft) - Martine Piebiak (I) Acclaimed
Ward 2 (Bonanza, Savanna, Spirit River) - Blaine Riding (I) Acclaimed
Ward 3 (Beaverlodge, Elmworth) - Lori Grant (I) Acclaimed
Ward 4 (Hythe, La Glace) - Dwayne Speager (I) Acclaimed
Ward 5 (Grande Prairie West, Wembley) - Wendy Kelm (I) Acclaimed
Ward 6 (Sexsmith, Teepee Creek) - Dale Crane (I) Acclaimed
Ward 7 (Grande Prairie East, Grovedale): Stefanie Clarke (I) - 500, Mark Klemp - 292
Ward 8 (Ridgevalley) - Cortney Lunde Acclaimed
Ward 9 (Clairmont, Bezanson) Charity Watson Acclaimed
Grande Prairie Public School Division
Trustees: Joan Nellis (I) - 2,791, Donna Koch (I) - 2,754, Saara Bain - 2,579, Chris Johnston (I) - 2,529, Dale Tiedemann - 1,908, Casey Brown - 1,836, Andrea Willman - 1,777, Jody Dryer, Lisa Petrie, Tanya Swanberg, Ainsley Miller, Ray Buziak
Grande Prairie Public School Division did not release the number of votes for those who were not elected as of press time.
Grande Prairie & District Catholic Schools
Ward 1 (Grande Prairie, & immediate county): Michelle Boisvert (I) - 997, Natalie Lemay - 727, John Croken (I) - 675, Jermiah English (I) - 649, Hervey Chabot - 640, Sherwyn Cummings, Todd Fogle, Anthony Gosse, Emilia Hovorka-Spelrem, Brett Hunziker, Kevin McLean, Beverly Silvester, Dwight Zenner (I)
Ward 2 (Beaverlodge, Sexsmith, Spirit River & immediate county): Erin Smith - 267, Michelle Gemmell
Grande Prairie and District Catholic Schools only released the number of votes for the elected trustees as of press time.