2017 Lethbridge municipal election

The 2017 Lethbridge municipal election was held Monday, October 17, 2017 to elect a mayor and eight councillors (at-large), the seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees, and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4’s nine trustees (as Ward 2).

From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years.[1] The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act.[2] Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle.[3] Of the 78,772 eligible voters, only 21,338 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 27%.

2017 Lethbridge municipal election
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Mayor and 8 councillors to Lethbridge City Council
 
Candidate Chris Spearman Martin Heavy Head Robert Janzen
Popular vote 14,897 3,342 1,969
Percentage 73.72% 16.54% 9.74%
Mayor before election

Chris Spearman

 Elected mayor

Chris Spearman

Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

78,772 eligible voters

21,357 voted

Voter turn-out: 27 percent[4]

Mayor

Mayor[5]
Candidate Votes %
Chris Spearman 14,897 73.72
Martin Heavy Head 3,342 16.54
Robert Janzen 1,969 9.74

Councillors

The use of Block Voting meant that each voter could cast up to 8 votes. Thus there was a far greater number of votes than voters. 21,000 voters cast 128,000 votes.

(Percentage means candidate received a vote from that portion of voters.)

Councillors[5]
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Mark Campbell 9,522 44.6 Aileen Burke 3,600 16.8
Joseph Mauro 8,891 41.6 Bruce Thurber 3,325 15.5
Jeff Carlson 8,140 38.1 Rena Woss 3,102 14.5
Ryan Parker 7,919 37.1 Zachary Gibb 3,058 14.3
Blaine Hyggen 7,438 34.8 Stephnie Watson 2,638 12.3
Belinda Crowson 7,391 34.6 Bill Ginther 2,270 10.6
Jeffrey Coffman 7,368 34.5 Raymond Hoffarth 2,250 10.5
Rob Miyashiro 7,272 34.0 Craig Burrows-Johnson 2,091 0.9
Liz Iwaskiw 5,680 26.6 John Pogorzelski 1,779 0.8
Nick Paladino 5,668 26.5 Davey Wiggers 1,532 0.7
Jennifer Takahashi 5,264 24.6 Louise Marie Saloff 1,321 0.6
Harold Pereverseff 4,759 22.3 Ross Morrell 1,056 0.4
Joey Shackleford 4,728 22.1 Kevin Mark Layton 994 0.4
David Mikuliak 3,709 17.3 Clint Germsheid 937 0.4

References

  1. ^ "1968 Bill 23". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012. [verification needed]
  2. ^ "28th Legislature, 1st Session (2012)". Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved December 9, 2012. [verification needed]
  3. ^ "Election Accountability Amendment Act, 2012 - Section 105" (PDF). 2012 Bill 7, First Session, 28th Legislature. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012. [verification needed]
  4. ^ Medicine Hat News, Oct. 17, 2017
  5. ^ a b "2013 Official Election Results" (PDF). City of Lethbridge. October 24, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.