The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Edmonton currently has one mayor and twelve city councillors. Elections are held every four years. The most recent was held in 2021, and the next is in 2025. The mayor is elected across the whole city, through the First Past the Post plurality voting system. Councillors are elected one per ward, a division of the city, through the First Past the Post plurality voting system. On July 22, 2009, City Council voted to change the electoral system of six wards to a system of 12 wards; each represented by a single councillor. The changes took effect in the 2010 election. In the 2010 election, Edmonton was divided into 12 wards each electing one councillor. Before that system was adopted in 1980, the city at different times used a variety of different electoral systems for the election of its councillors: two different systems of wards, one using FPTP, the other Block Voting systems; at-large elections with Block Voting; and at-large elections using Single Transferable Voting (when Alternative Voting was used to elect mayors). In May 2019, Edmonton's Ward Boundary Commission began reviewing the city's current geographical boundaries. The final report was delivered on May 25, 2020. On December 7, 2020, Bylaw 19366 was passed which included the new geographical boundaries and new Indigenous ward names. The Indigenous ward names were determined by the Committee of Indigenous Matriarchs and came into effect on October 18, 2021, the date of the 2021 municipal election. The Committee of Indigenous Matriarchs, also referred to as the naming committee, was composed of 17 women representing communities from treaty territories 6, 7 and 8, along with Métis and Inuit representation. Councils Since 2021 In 2021, the twelve ward boundaries were modified and given indigenous names in place of numbers. From 2010 until 2021 In 2010, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which one councillor was elected from each of twelve wards. The mayor was elected from the city at-large. In 2010, council was elected to serve three years. In 2013 and 2017 they were elected to serve for four years. From 1980 until 2010 In 1980, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which two councillors (aldermen until 1995) were elected from each of six wards. These wards were more organic than the previous four-ward system. The mayor was elected at-large. Those elected