Yellowknife City Council

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 Ben Hendriksen. He was appointed Mayor by the council after the resignation of Rebecca Alty in 2025. She resigned due to her election victory in her bid to become the Northwest Territories Member of Parliament in the 2025 federal election.[2]

2022-2026 council

  • Rebecca Alty, mayor (resigned in 2025 after becoming the NWT Member of Parliament)
  • Rob Warburton
  • Cat McGurk
  • Stacie Arden Smith
  • Tom McLennan
  • Garett Cochrane
  • Ryan Fequet
  • Steve Payne
  • Rob Foote, (appointed to vacant seat left by Ben Hendriksen when he became mayor)
  • Ben Hendriksen, (became Mayor after the resignation of Rebecca Alty in 2025).

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)

2022

Mayoral Candidate Vote[4] %
Rebecca Alty Acclaimed

2018

Mayoral Candidate Vote[5] %
Rebecca Alty2,93854.99
Adrian Bell2,21041.36
Bob Stewart1021.91
Jerald Sibbeston931.74

2015

Mayoral Candidate Vote[6] %
Mark Heyck4,47976.04
John Himmelman1,41123.96

2012

Mayoral Candidate Vote[7] %
Mark Heyck2,00846.82
Tim Doyle1,46534.16
Paul Falvo81619.03

2009

Mayoral Candidate Vote[8] %
Gordon Van Tighem2,49773.77
Bryan Sutherland59217.49
John Westergreen2968.74

2006

Mayoral Candidate Vote[4] %
Gordon Van Tighem Acclaimed

2003

Mayoral Candidate Vote[9] %
Gordon Van Tighem Acclaimed

2000

Mayoral Candidate Vote[10] %
Gordon Van Tighem1,55537.47
Bob Brooks1,35532.65
David Lovell89921.66
Cheryl Best3418.22

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 Warburton2,17255.1% Yes
Cat McGurk2,13254.1% Yes
Stacie Smith2,11653.7% Yes
Tom McLennan1,88347.8% 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] % Elected (8)
Shauna Morgan (incumbent)3,39863.5 Yes
Julian Morse (incumbent)2,89554.2 Yes
Robin Williams2,84553.2 Yes
Steve Payne (incumbent)2,67149.9 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] %
Yes3,09657.9
No2,01337.7
Didn't vote 235 0.44

References

  1. ↑ "Election referendum |" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Elections". 13 October 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Referendum". 13 October 2021. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Rebecca Alty set to serve 2nd term as Yellowknife mayor". CBC News. 2022-09-20. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Elections - City of Yellowknife". Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  6. ↑ "Results". 10 February 2021. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. ↑ 2012 Election Results
  8. ↑ 2009 Election Results
  9. ↑ 2003 Election Results
  10. ↑ "OCTOBER 15, 2018 CITIES, TOWNS & VILLAGES ELECTION RESULTS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-01-26. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  11. ↑ "Election Results". www.yellowknife.ca. 2022-11-04. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-11-29.


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