EDMONTON – Edmonton City Councillor Linda Sloan announced Friday she will not seek re-election this October after serving as Ward 1 councillor since 2004.
“It has been an honour to serve Edmontonians and Ward One residents for the past nine years,” she said in a news release.
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“I take pride in our accomplishments as a Council, and am privileged to have made many good memories and friends during my tenure.”
The announcement comes less than two months after Sloan officially launched her re-election campaign.
“I am thrilled with the prospect of representing Ward 1 for another term,” Linda said on June 24.
Sloan has worked in politics in Alberta for 13 years; first as MLA for Edmonton Riverview from 1997 to 2001, and then two terms as city councillor representing Ward 1 from 2004 to 2013.
Prior to politics, Sloan worked as a Registered Nurse.
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