Jyoti Gondek

Prabhjote Kaur "Jyoti" Gondek (née Grewal; born 1969) is a Canadian politician serving as the 37th and current mayor of Calgary since October 25, 2021.

it offered a case study of Rocky View County, a municipality that shares both rural and urban features.

[13][14] During the swearing-in ceremony for the new City Council, Gondek refused to swear in Sean Chu, who was embroiled in a scandal following allegations of impropriety with a minor while he was a member of the Calgary Police Service.

[16] On March 29, 2022, a poll by ThinkHQ Public Affairs pegged Gondek's approval rating at 38%, with 53% of respondents disapproving and the remaining 9% unsure.

She had initially accepted the invitation but withdrew when the event was positioned in part as a show of support for Israel, a move she said politicized the religious celebration given the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

[22] On January 30, 2024, Calgary business owner Landon Johnston filed a motion of recall against Gondek, due to his frustration with the city's spending and tax increases.

[23] The recall campaign required 514,284 in-person signatures between February and April 2024 to succeed, which political analysts deemed highly unlikely.

Jyoti Gondek
Gondek delivering her victory speech after being elected mayor of Calgary