2017 Lethbridge municipal election

Local election in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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
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Candidate  | Chris Spearman | Martin Heavy Head  | Robert Janzen
Popular vote  | 14,897  | 3,342  | 1,969
Percentage  | 73.72%  | 16.54%  | 9.74%

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| Mayor before election

Chris Spearman

| Elected mayor

Chris Spearman

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## Results

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Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

78,772 eligible voters

21,357 voted

Voter turn-out: 27 percent[4]

### Mayor

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Mayor[5] Candidate  | Votes  | %

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Chris Spearman | 14,897 | 73.72
Martin Heavy Head  | 3,342  | 16.54
Robert Janzen  | 1,969  | 9.74

### Councillors

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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  | %

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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

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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.