Municipal
Councillor
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by everyone in Breton
- Exact method
- Elected at large for a 4-year term; the 5 candidates with the most votes win (Local Authorities Election Act). Council then chooses one councillor as Mayor.
- Seats
- 5
Who holds these seats now
- Heather Barrett since October 2025 Report Source: alberta.ca, checked (+1 more)
- James (Alan) Barker since October 2025 Report Source: alberta.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Robert (Bob) Parkyn since October 2025 Report Source: alberta.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Shayanne Sheaves since October 2025 Report Source: alberta.ca, checked (+1 more)
Glory Tornack, Heather Barrett, James (Alan) Barker, Robert (Bob) Parkyn and Shayanne Sheaves were acclaimed as Councillors on October 20, 2025. No vote was needed: no more people ran than there were seats.
Next vote
Sources
- kings-printer.alberta.ca · checked Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000 c M-26 (consolidated to 2026-09-01). Number of councillors, s.143; wards and divisions, s.148. For: Councillor
- alberta.ca · checked Alberta Municipal Affairs, Municipal Officials Search (published weekly; table dated 2026-10-12, read 2026-10-11 Pacific from the SAS Visual Analytics report 41a37e88-38b3-4c10-b685-50ee51675369). For: Councillor
- alberta.ca · checked Alberta Municipal Affairs, Municipal Elections dashboard (SAS Visual Analytics report 6eca308f-e78b-4b5b-99ea-11b3025518ae): Municipal Candidates 2025 and 2026, Ward/Division Information 2025, Election History; read 2026-10-11. 2025 council positions: 5. For: Councillor
- alberta.ca · checked Alberta Municipal Affairs, Municipal Elections dashboard (SAS Visual Analytics report 6eca308f-e78b-4b5b-99ea-11b3025518ae): Municipal Candidates 2025 and 2026, Election History; read 2026-10-11. Acclaimed 2025-10-20; organizational meeting 2025-10-28. For: Heather Barrett, current term, James (Alan) Barker, current term, Robert (Bob) Parkyn, current term, Shayanne Sheaves, current term
- alberta.ca · checked Alberta Municipal Affairs, Municipal Officials Search (published weekly; table dated 2026-10-12, read 2026-10-11 Pacific from the SAS Visual Analytics report 41a37e88-38b3-4c10-b685-50ee51675369). Listed as Councillor. For: Heather Barrett, current term, James (Alan) Barker, current term, Robert (Bob) Parkyn, current term
- alberta.ca · checked Alberta Municipal Affairs, Municipal Officials Search (published weekly; table dated 2026-10-12, read 2026-10-11 Pacific from the SAS Visual Analytics report 41a37e88-38b3-4c10-b685-50ee51675369). Listed as Mayor. For: Shayanne Sheaves, current term
- alberta.ca · checked Alberta Municipal Affairs, Municipal Elections dashboard (SAS Visual Analytics report 6eca308f-e78b-4b5b-99ea-11b3025518ae): Upcoming Elections and Municipal Candidates (published nominations), read 2026-10-11. Village of Breton by-election, nomination close 2026-09-21, election day 2026-10-19. For: By-election, October 19, 2026
- kings-printer.alberta.ca · checked Local Authorities Election Act, RSA 2000 c L-21 (consolidated to 2025-12-18): s.10 general election every 4th year from 2013; s.11(1)(a) election day the 3rd Monday in October; s.11(2) council may choose the preceding Saturday by bylaw passed before June 30 of the election year; s.12 summer villages: election day 4 weeks after a nomination day in June or July set by council. For: General election, October 15, 2029
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