Calgarians like their mayors young and trail-blazing.

Jeromy Farkas, 39, was officially sworn in as Calgary’s 38th mayor this week, alongside 14 city councillors, 10 of whom are rookies. Former mayor Dave Bronconnier assumed the mantle at age 39; Naheed Nenshi was 38.

In 2010, Nenshi was widely hailed as the first Muslim mayor of a big North American city. In 2021, Jyoti Gondek was elected as the city’s first female mayor. Farkas identifies as bisexual, making him Calgary’s first openly LGBTQ mayor.

His worship is still beaming when we talk; he’s been mayor for less than 24 hours and has spent very little time in his new digs at the refurbished historic city hall. Wednesday night’s swearing-in ceremony was emotional, his team reports. They necessarily held off celebrating until the con

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