Ward 13 increased in area by 33% with the boundary changes implemented for the 2017 election; while the ward's total population increased by 9%, from 82929 to 90372 residents (Open Calgary, n.d. a; Open Calgary, n.d. b).
Councillor Diane Colley-Urquhart was first elected in a by-election in 2000, and is the longest-standing councillor included in this project. She was reelected for her sixth (full) term in office in 2017 (City of Calgary, 2017h).
Her full councillor profile can be found here.