Online Voting with eBallot

Voting opens at approximately 10 a.m. on Nov. 10 and closes at 4:30 p.m. (Mountain Daylight Time – GMT-07:00) on Nov. 17. You can vote using eBallot, an independent, anonymous online voting platform.

You will receive your voting credentials (username and password) from eBallot on Nov. 10 via your preferred email address, listed in the Lawyer Portal.

To vote in the 2026 Bencher Election, follow these steps:

1. Use the link found in the email from eBallot. Please note this link will not open the 2026 ballot until Nov. 10, 2026. 
2. Log in using your Law Society of Alberta Member ID and your eBallot-provided password.
3. Electronically mark the ballot next to the names of candidates of your choice. Please note you can vote for up to 17 candidates.
4. Follow the instructions on the page to submit your votes.

If you did not receive an email from eBallot, check your Junk/Spam folder in your email account. If you need to update your contact information, follow the instructions on the Law Society website.

Once a day, eBallot will send out credentials to any lawyer who has updated their contact information since the start of voting.

To access the 2026 ballot, you must enter your new password provided in an email from eBallot for the 2026 election. Logins using the password from previous elections will be directed to the previous ballots only.

For issues logging into your ballot, contact eBallot via email or call their Voter Support hotline at 1 (866) 984-3125.

Please note: If you do not have a copy of your email with your login credentials, click this link, enter your Member ID and click Submit. Remember to check your Junk/Spam folder in your email account.

Voting Eligibility

Active members of the Law Society of Alberta, as of 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 20, 2026, are eligible to vote. Voters who become inactive after that date, due to a change in status, suspension, resignation or disbarment, will be removed from the eligible voter list.

Contact Information

Voting information will be emailed from eBallot to the email address on file with the Law Society.

Number of Votes

As set out under s.12(4) of the Legal Profession Act, President-Elect Jim Lutz, KC is considered to have been elected.

Additionally, Suzanne M. Alexander-Smith, KC (Central District) and John D. Evans, KC (South District) have been acclaimed as their respective District Representatives. Their names will not appear on the ballot.

This leaves 17 available seats for the election. You can vote for anywhere from one to 17 candidates on your ballot. Candidates are elected from all votes cast throughout the province, not just votes from voters in their region or district.

Tabulation and Announcement

After voting closes at 4:30 p.m MDT. on Nov. 17, candidates are elected based on the total number of votes received, subject to the calculation explained below.

Once all votes are tabulated, the Law Society will identify the Northern candidates and determine who among them has the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes becomes the Northern District Representative. As described above, the Central and Southern District candidates are acclaimed and are considered elected.

All remaining candidates, including the remaining district candidates, continue to the general pool. The Law Society reviews the results for the remaining candidates and determines the candidates with the highest total votes to fill the remaining seats. The Bencher table is determined by going down the list of all remaining candidates starting from the highest number of votes until all seats are filled.

The voting results will be made public on the Law Society website shortly after all candidates have been informed of the results.