Voter information

Election day is Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

A list of voting stations for each electoral division will be posted at a later date.

Leduc County is divided into seven electoral divisions and on election day, residents in each division elect a councillor to represent them and serve a four-year term. Mayor's are not elected by voters; the seven councillors elect a mayor (chief elected official) from amongst themselves at the annual organizational meeting held in October each year.

Advance voting stations are open on Thursday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the following voting stations:

• Coast Nisku Inn and Conference Centre (1101 4 St. in Nisku)
• Rolly View Community Hall (49402 Range Road 234)
• Thorsby Junior/Senior High School (5306 48 Ave. in Thorsby)

Leduc County is divided into seven electoral divisions. In fall 2019, council updated electoral boundaries to more evenly distribute the population and land area across the county. This resulted in changes to divisions one, two and three.

View our electoral division map to see which division you live in. 

Note: these boundary changes only impact Leduc County municipal elections; different boundaries are used in each the provincial and federal elections, as well as school board elections.

Leduc County residents are eligible to vote if they:

• are 18 years old
• are a Canadian citizen
• have resided in Alberta for the six months immediately preceding election day (Oct. 18)
• are a resident of Leduc County on election day (Oct. 18)

Rules of residence

As per section 48 of the Local Authorities Election Act:

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the place of residence is governed by the following rules:

(a) a person may be a resident of only one place at a time for the purposes of voting under this Act;

(a.1) if a person has more than one residence in Alberta, that person shall, in accordance with subsection (1.1), designate one place of residence as the person’s place of residence for the purposes of this Act;

(b) the residence of a person is the place where the person lives and sleeps and to which, when the person is absent, the person intends to return;

(c) a person does not lose the person’s residence by leaving the person’s home for a temporary purpose;

(d) subject to clause (e), a student who

(i) attends an educational institution within or outside Alberta,

(ii) temporarily rents accommodation for the purpose of attending an educational institution, and

(iii) has family members who are resident in Alberta and with whom the student ordinarily resides when not attending an educational institution

is deemed to reside with those family members;

(e) if a person leaves the area with the intention of making the person’s residence elsewhere, the person loses the person’s residence within the area.

(1.1) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a.1), a person shall designate the person’s place of resident in accordance with the following factors in the following order of priority:

(a) the address shown on the person’s driver’s licence or motor vehicle operator’s licence issued by or on behalf of the Government of Alberta or an identification card issued by or on behalf of the Government of Alberta;

(b) the address to which the person’s income tax correspondence is addressed and delivered;

(c) the address to which the person’s mail is addressed and delivered.

(2) A person who is a resident of a public school division or of a separate school division under the Education Act is deemed to be a resident of the public school division or that separate school division, as the case may be, under this Act.

Voter identification requirements

As per section 53 of the Local Authorities Election Act, voters must provide proof of identity and current residence in order to vote.

Leduc County's Voter Identification Bylaw [Bylaw 5-13] states that voters must produce, for inspection by a deputy returning officer of the voting station, the following:

• one piece of valid government-issued identification containing the voter's photograph, current address and name; OR
• two pieces from the following list:
  • Canadian military identification
  • birth certificate
  • Alberta Personal Health Card
  • baptismal certificate
  • Alberta identification card
  • Social Insurance Number card
  • certificate of Canadian citizenship
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police identification card
  • Veteran's Affairs Canada identification card
  • Old Age Security (OAS) card
  • student identification card
  • credit/debit card
  • library card
  • hospital/medical card
  • fishing, trapping or hunting license
  • marriage certificate
  • firearms license possession - acquisition
  • firearms - possession only license
  • any other piece of identification acceptable to the deputy returning officer

If the deputy returning officer is not satisfied that the identification verifies the identity and age of the person seeking to vote, they make the final decision as to whether or not the person is allowed to vote.

A person who does not meet the requirements of section 53(1) of the Local Authorities Election Act and section 2 of this bylaw is not eligible to vote.

Commencing immediately and continuing until 2 p.m. on Sept. 20, 2021 excluding Sundays and holidays, nomination papers may be filed with the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer during normal business hours at 100, 11510 Kingsway NW, Edmonton, AB T5G 2Y5, for a candidate under the Alberta Senate Election Act.

Additional information about the Senate election can be obtained from the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, at 1-877-422-8683 (VOTE) or by email at info@elections.ab.ca. You can also contact Joyce Gavan, Leduc County's returning officer, at 780-770-9259 or joyceg@leduc-county.com.