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OK gang, let's try this again. Remember, this page in the wiki space is only for government discusisons. Please don't delete ANYTHING on this page that has not been written by you. We have had some discussions but there are a lot of questions--and good ones, too! We can put guesses and research to address each question. Put your initials in the entries that you make so we know who contributed. The following are websites you may find useful in your research efforts: http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=200&PageID=0&cached=true&mode=2&userID=2

(http://dictionary.reference.con/browse/mayor). It has a historical origin with the word major. ||
 * QUESTION || GUESS || RESEARCHED ANSWER ||
 * Why is the city of Calgary separted into 14 wards? CH || Calgary is so large now that one alderman cannot represent hundreds of thousands of people at once. We separate the city into wards so that the people of the city can be fairly represented. D-M ||  ||
 * Why are some wards small and some large?CV || Ward sizes are dependant on the population, or number of people, who live in the area. Each ward is probably about the same density but not the same area. D-M ||  ||
 * Why is an election always on the third Monday in October? ME ||  ||   ||
 * Why do they call the Mayor a Mayor?EE || Because that's the name of that person in that position. || I looked this up on dictionary.com and learned that the definition of this word means the 'chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village or town."