Election Information

Rocky View County’s next municipal election will be in 2029.

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The next General Election will take place on Monday, Oct. 15, 2029. The campaign period for the 2029 General Election will begin Jan. 1, 2026. Starting Jan. 2, 2026, candidates may submit their notice of intent to be nominated for the 2029 General Election. For a general election, the campaign period begins on Jan. 1 of the year immediately following a general election and ends on Dec. 31 after the next general election.

Municipal Election 2025

General Municipal Elections are held every four years. The last Municipal Elections was October 20, 2025. The next election will be October 15, 2029.

There are seven divisions in the County. The Reeve and Deputy Reeve are elected annually by Council at the Organizational Meeting held each October.

Key Dates for elections:

  • Nomination Period
  • Nomination Deadline
  • Advance Voting Days
  • Election Day

Council adopted an updated Election Bylaw [PDF/258KB] on October 8, 2024. The updates result in a number of changes to the County’s election processes, as well as aligns the Election Bylaw with recent changes to the Local Authorities Election Act made by the provincial government.

Both the Local Authorities Election Act and Rocky View County’s Election Bylaw [PDF/258KB] require the County to appoint a Returning Officer and a Substitute Returning Officer to conduct municipal elections. The responsibilities include: providing official election notices and communications, hiring and training election workers, booking voting stations, and coordinating election day logistics.

The County’s Returning Officer is appointed by the Chief Administrative Officer and must be independent and impartial in their coordination of municipal elections as required by the Local Authorities Election Act and Rocky View County’s Election Bylaw [PDF/258KB].

For the 2025 municipal election, Rocky View County’s Returning Officer and Substitute Returning Officer [PDF/2MB] are as follows:

Returning Officer

Tyler Andreasen, Lead Legislative Officer, Legislative Services

Substitute Returning Officer

Kirin Wrzosek, Legislative Officer, Legislative Services