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26-2025: Oil City may refer to: Canada [ edit ] Oil City (Alberta) Oil City, Ontario United States [ edit ] Casper, Wyoming , nicknamed "The Oil City" Oil City, California , community in Kern County, California Oil City, Kentucky , community in Barren County, Kentucky Oil City, Louisiana , town in Caddo Parish, Louisiana Oil City, Maryland , small community in Caroline County, Maryland Oil City, Michigan , small community in Midland County, Michigan Oil City, Missouri , community in Chariton County, Missouri Oil City, Mississippi , community in Yazoo County, Mississippi Oil City, Oklahoma , small community in Carter County, Oklahoma Oil City, Stephens County, Oklahoma , community in Stephens County, Oklahoma Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania , small community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania Oil City, Pennsylvania , city in Venango County, Pennsylvania Oil City, Texas , community in Hutchinson County, Texas Oil City, Washington , community in Jefferson County, Washington Oil City, Wisconsin , small community in Monroe County, Wisconsin [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

52-506: 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 2-seat wards to a system of 12 single-member wards. Each ward is 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 2010,

78-556: A more appealing Alberta?" Edmonton City Council 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 ,

104-474: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oil City (Alberta) In 1892, the site of western Canada's first producing oil well in Waterton Lakes National Park was named Oil City. Oil was struck just over 300 meters below the surface. Although the site was named in 1892, it was not until 1901 that extensive extraction took place under

130-522: The sociology of place identity continues to be discussed in scholarship. In a paper published in Environmental Ethics titled "This is Oil Country: The Alberta Tar Sands and Jacques Ellul's Theory of Technology," philosopher Nathan Kowalsky and sociologist Randolph Haluza-DeLay discuss the relationship between cultural identity and the oil industry in Alberta. In a section titled “I Am Alberta Oil:

156-605: The Naturalization of Technical Identity" Kowalsky and Haluza-DeLay write that in Alberta, "tar sands advocates imply that oil is a necessary component of one’s own identity." Alberta's "oil identity" has also been discussed by writers Andrew Nikiforuk and Stephanie LeMenager. In her essay, "Imaginary Alberta: Is It A More Appealing Place," Edmontonian writer Linda Goyette similarly discusses frustration while filling up with gas in Edmonton and asking oneself "why can't I write about

182-626: The WHA were absorbed by the NHL, the Oilers retained their name. Oil City Roadhouse, formerly located at 10736 on Jasper Avenue , was one of many Edmonton businesses employing the reference to Edmonton as Oil City. Oil City was owned and operated by the Oil City Hospitality Group. The Edmonton Journal wrote that "the country-themed room, located in the old Saveco building between 107th and 108th Streets,

208-503: The amalgamation agreement between the cities of Edmonton and Strathcona south of the river in 1912, council was expanded to ten members and adopted guaranteed representation, of at least two seats, for the south side. (Wards were not established, but at least two southsiders had to be elected.) The mayor continued to be elected annually through first past the post, and aldermen continued to be elected to staggered two-year terms, through Plurality block voting . Izena Ross, elected in 1921,

234-561: The change in 1964 to all seats being up for election each election. From 1912 to 1960, seats were guaranteed to southsiders. The guaranteed representation for the southside was cancelled after a 1960 referendum. (But in 1971 with the introduction of wards altogether south of the river, southside representation was re-established.) In this period, following a referendum in 1927, the city returned to using block voting to elect councillors at-large (in one city-wide district). Aldermen continued to be elected on staggered two-year terms. The mayor

260-435: The city at different times used a variety of electoral systems for the election of its councillors: at-large elections with Block Voting; two different systems of wards, using Block Voting system (when mayor was elected through First past the post); and at-large elections using Single Transferable Voting (when the mayor was elected through Alternative Voting ). In May 2019, Edmonton's Ward Boundary Commission began reviewing

286-659: The city has hosted the Oil City Roller Derby . Edmonton's historic designation as "Oil City" is also related to the fact that both of Edmonton's hockey teams are named in connection with Alberta's oil industry: the Edmonton Oilers and the Edmonton Oil Kings . The history of the team names are as follows: On 1 November 1971, the Edmonton Oilers got one of the 12 existing WHA establishments. The first proprietor

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312-425: The city) than the previous four-ward system. The mayor was elected at-large through first past the post. Those elected served for three years. In 1971, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which three aldermen were elected from each of four wards through Plurality block voting . Each ward was a north–south slice of the city so each contained territories on both sides of the river. Mayor was elected through first past

338-541: The construction of a replica oil rig monument in memory of Oil City's historic advancement of Alberta's oil industry. Edmonton's slogan "The Oil Capital of Canada" was instituted in 1947 and is the city's only slogan to be officially adopted by Edmonton City Council . As of 2020, a number of businesses in the Edmonton metropolitan region continue to employ the oil city nomenclature such as Oil City Crane Service, Oil City Energy, Oil City Signs, and Oil City Vapes. Since 2005,

364-507: The geographical boundaries of the city's wards. 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

390-556: The leadership of Allan P. Patrick and John Leeson with the Rocky Mountain Development Company. By 1906 the oil well had stopped producing. In 2010, Ernest George Mardon wrote that "Oil City in Waterton National Park was a thriving community in 1902, but has totally disappeared." In 1968, Waterton's Oil City was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada . The restoration of the site included

416-403: The naming committee, was composed of 17 women representing communities from treaty territories 6 , 7 and 8 , along with Métis and Inuit representation. In 2021, the twelve ward boundaries were modified and given indigenous names in place of numbers. In 2010, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which one councillor was elected from each of twelve wards through first past the post. (This

442-418: The post. In 1948, the mayor began to be elected for a two-year term. the mayor was elected through first past the post. Annual elections were still used to elect half the council each year through Plurality block voting at-large (no wards). The council continued to be elected at-large to staggered two-year terms until 1963, when the council seats up for election were filled just for one year (to prepare for

468-494: The post. Still the mayor and the councillors were to serve for three years. The 1968 Edmonton city election was different from the one before and the one after. Like the 1966 election the mayor and all the city councillors were up for election, councillors elected at large through Block Voting. Mayor elected through first past the post. Unlike 1968 they were to serve for three years. In 1968 Alberta 's legislation had been changed to require elections every three years in all of

494-487: The province's municipalities. In 1964 two new aldermanic positions were added, bringing the total to twelve. As well Edmonton unstaggered its terms for city officials, meaning that all the council seats would be up for election each election, held every two years. In preparation for this, in 1964 the mayor and all aldermanic positions up for re-election were elected to one-year terms. All aldermen continued to be elected at-large through block voting , mayor through first past

520-425: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oil_City&oldid=966614643 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

546-540: Was Bill Hunter . When Hunter was deciding on a name for his WHA team in 1972, he first called it the Alberta Oilers. Oil is one of Alberta's most prevalent natural resources; the province has the world's third-largest reserves behind Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. Oilers was a nickname for Hunter's Junior A team in Edmonton, the Oil Kings. In 1973, the team's name was changed to the Edmonton Oilers. In 1979, when four teams from

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572-498: Was elected every year to a one-year term through first past the post. There was still guaranteed minimum representation for the south side of the North Saskatchewan River . This number increased over time. It was two until 1936, and three thereafter. In this period, following a successful referendum in 1922, the city used Single Transferable Voting , a form of proportional representation, to elect councillors. The effect

598-534: Was one of the most notorious venues in downtown Edmonton." In 2012, Oil City Roadhouse closed and was replaced by an establishment named Knoxville's Tavern. Business such as Oil City Press and Oil City Express have offices in Calgary . Fort McMurray has also been referred to as Oil City due to its proximity to the Athabasca oil sands . The phrase "Oil City" and its relationship to Alberta's oil and gas industry and

624-554: Was that no one party took all the seats up for election. Alternative Voting was used to elect mayors to ensure that the successful candidate had to have a majority of the votes to win (but no transfer took place if only two candidates ran for the post or if one candidate took a majority on the first count). The southside still had guaranteed representation, of at least two councillors. The mayor continued to be elected annually, and aldermen continued to be elected to staggered two-year terms, with half up for election each year. As part of

650-544: Was the first time in the history of Edmonton that councillors were elected one by one through first past the post.) The mayor was elected from the city at-large through first past the post. In 2010, council was elected to serve three years. In 2013 and 2017 they were elected to serve for four years. In 1980, Edmonton adopted a ward system in which two councillors (aldermen until 1995) were elected from each of six wards through Plurality block voting . These wards were more organic (based on natural boundaries and divisions within

676-401: Was the first woman to serve on council. Edmonton was incorporated as a city in 1904. The size of council was set at eight alderman plus the mayor, with the mayor being elected annually through first past the post and the aldermen being elected at-large (no wards) on staggered two-year terms, with half the seats filled each year through Plurality block voting . The Edmonton Town Council was

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