Board of Directors Nominations

Updated on 9/26/2025

Nomination Period

Monday, September 1, 2025 until 12:00 PM (noon) on Friday, September 26, 2025

Qualifications

  • To serve on the Board of Directors, the nominee must have one year of Shop Steward and/or Committee experience and have attended a minimum of six (6) Regular Membership Meetings and/or Shop Steward Training Sessions and/or Unit Meetings of the contractual bargaining unit to which the nominee belongs, during the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. Special Membership Meetings are excluded for the purpose of determining qualification.
    • See below for a list of members who have so far attended a minimum of six qualified meetings.
  • When only one candidate is nominated for a position, that candidate will be acclaimed to the position even if they do not meet the qualifications outlined above (in this case, voting is not required for that position).
  • A member may seek nomination to only one position.
  • For the two available Contractual Unit Director positions (Capital Power, TELUS World of Science - Edmonton), the nominators and nominees must be members of the contractual bargaining unit in question. Only members of the relevant contractual bargaining unit may vote in the election for these positions.
  • Election officials (Returning Officer, Assistant Returning Officer, Union Scrutineers) are not eligible to be nominees or nominators.
  • Should a Discipline Committee or Grievance Appeal Committee member with a term end date beyond December 2025 be elected to the Board of Directors, their committee position must be vacated prior to serving office as a Board Member. Directors of the Board are not eligible to serve on either committee.

For more information, see: 

Meeting Attendance Qualifying Members

Members listed below, to date, meet the Meeting Attendance requirement (have attended a minimum of six Regular Membership Meetings and/or Shop Steward Assembly Sessions and/or Unit Meetings of the contractual bargaining unit to which the nominee belongs, during the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025).

Bargaining UnitLast NameFirst NameMeetings Attended
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City of EdmontonAdamsChantelle11
City of EdmontonAndersonEsther11
City of EdmontonAroraNikita9
City of EdmontonAvilaJessica8
City of EdmontonBelhumeurHeather7
City of EdmontonBoykoDarren6
City of EdmontonBrandvoldShauna-Lee8
City of EdmontonBrentSamantha6
City of EdmontonCallihooAshley7
City of EdmontonCayenElizabeth7
  • To view your own attendance records, go to My Account page > Your Activities tab > Union Meeting Attendance (within 1 year) section.

CSU 52 Bylaws Article 4.1.2:

The First Vice-President shall:

  • in general, assist the President in the performance of the President’s duties;
  • convene and preside at Board meetings at the request of or in the absence of the President;
  • in the absence of the President, assume the roles and responsibilities of the President;
  • complete other duties as assigned by the Board.

More information on this position can be found on page 7 (PDF page 13) of the CSU 52 Policy & Procedures Manual (member sign-in required).

Incumbent

Maihzabeen (Maihzy) Patel

Next Term of Office

January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028

Prospective Nominees

Members seeking to be nominated for a Board position must submit a form, using the below online form or paper Nomination Form available above, indicating that they are willing to serve in the position if elected. Once complete, the member is considered to be a “Prospective Nominee”. A member may only seek to be a nominee for one position.

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Candidates

Each candidate shown below is willing to serve as the First Vice-President if elected and was nominated by at least three Members in Good Standing.

Nominee Meets Bylaw 4.2 Qualifications Is not Term Limited Nominators Notes

PATEL, Maihzabeen (Maihzy)

City of Edmonton
yes
yes 		• Sabrina Liao
• Pierre Blanchette
• Surjit Khakh
• Adriana Lavallee
• Patrick Foss
• Marko Skendzic
• Sandra Ma

FORAN, Tracy

City of Edmonton
yes
no
See note 		• Leslee Stout
• Teresa Doblanko
• Anna Sharum
• Shauna‑Lee Brandvold
• Tony Fata 		This member has served two consecutive terms in this position, and a full term (three years) has not elapsed since they last held the position. If nominated, they will not be eligible for election unless no other qualified member is nominated (Bylaw 4.5).

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