Yellowhead County 2021 Municipal Council Election Results

After polls closed throughout Yellowhead County at 8:00 p.m. on October 18, votes from the day were combined with advanced polling and special ballot results resulting in a Mayor and eight councillors. Yellowhead County would like to thank all candidates for putting their name forward in service of this municipality.


The unofficial results for Yellowhead County’s 2021 municipal Mayor and Council election are:

Wade Williams Mayor
Patrick Soroka Division 1 – Evansburg and Area
Anthony Giezen* ** Division 2 – Wildwood and Area
Penny Lowe ** Division 3 – Niton Junction/Carrot Creek Area
David Russell ** Division 4 – Shiningbank/Peers Area
Shawn Berry* ** Division 5 – Wolf Creek/Pinedale Area
Brigitte Lemieux Division 6 – Edson Area
Dawn Mitchell* ** Division 7 – Edson West
Ken Groat Division 8 – Hinton Area/Cadomin/Robb

(*ACCLAIMED **INCUMBENT)

There were 3168 valid votes cast in the Municipal Election for Yellowhead County out of the 9015 eligible voters (AB Municipal Affairs) resulting in a 35% turnout rate.

Results become official at 12:00 P.M. on Friday October 22, 2021.
The newly elected Council will be sworn in on Tuesday October 26, 2021 at the Yellowhead County Edson Administration office.

The unofficial full results for Yellowhead County’s 2021 municipal Mayor and Council election are

CANDIDATE NAME# OF VOTESRACE
Ken Bitz 57 Mayoral Candidate
Sandra Cherniawsky 591 Mayoral Candidate
Sonja Christopher 221 Mayoral Candidate
Doug Elzinga 954 Mayoral Candidate
Wade Williams 1254 Mayoral Candidate
Patrick Soroka 178 Councillor Division 1
Celine Stevenson 95 Councillor Division 1
Dale Verbeek 150 Councillor Division 1
Anthony Giezen * ** ACCLAIMED Councillor Division 2
Penny Lowe ** 178 Councillor Division 3
Ronald Rauhut 151 Councillor Division 3
Rebecca Horne 93 Councillor Division 4
David Russell ** 258 Councillor Division 4
Shawn Berry * ** ACCLAIMED Councillor Division 5
Brigitte Lemieux 301 Councillor Division 6
Wade Magneson 80 Councillor Division 6
Mark Mitchell 42 Councillor Division 6
Noel Perrin 166 Councillor Division 6
Christal Yacke 56 Councillor Division 6
Dawn Mitchell * ** ACCLAIMED Councillor Division 7
Ken Groat 255 Councillor Division 8
Lavone Olson 158 Councillor Division 8

*ACCLAIMED **INCUMBENT
Note – This list does not become official until Friday, October 22, 2021 at 12:00 noon.

Contact Us:
Returning Officer, Tracy Parker
Phone:  780-723-4800
tparker@yhcounty.ca