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Local election in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2021 Lethbridge municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2021, to elect a mayor and eight councillors (at-large), the seven Lethbridge School Division trustees, and five of the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division's nine trustees (as Ward 2).
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Incumbent mayor Chris Spearman, announced in January 2021 that he would not seek re-election.[1] He served 2 terms as mayor—being first elected in 2013—after having sat for several years on the Holy Spirit school board. Of the 8 incumbent councillors, Rob Miyashiro, Joe Mauro, and Jeff Coffman declined to run for re-election.[2][3][4] Four incumbent councillors, Mark Campbell, Jeff Carlson, Belinda Crowson, and Ryan Parker stated they would run again,[2][5] and another incumbent, Blaine Hyggen, announced he would try for the mayoral vacancy left by Spearman's departure.[6]
During the 2017 municipal election, 21,357 of the 78,772 eligible voters turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 27%.
Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are marked with an (X).
81,276 eligible voters
28,348 voted
Voter turn-out: 34.88 percent [7]
Candidate[8] | Vote[9] | % |
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Blaine Hyggen | 11,973 | 42.79 |
Bridget Mearns | 11,465 | 40.97 |
Stephen Mogdan | 2,459 | 8.79 |
Sheldon Joseph Day Chief | 1,079 | 3.86 |
Gary Klassen | 687 | 2.45 |
Kolton Menzak | 321 | 1.15 |
Top eight candidates are elected at large
Candidate | Vote | % |
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Rajko Dodic | 12,079 | 7.32 |
Belinda Crowson (X) | 10,738 | 6.51 |
Jenn Schmidt-Rempel | 10,463 | 6.34 |
Ryan Parker (X) | 10,256 | 6.22 |
John Middleton-Hope | 10,046 | 6.09 |
Mark Campbell (X) | 9,117 | 5.53 |
Jeff Carlson (X) | 8,877 | 5.38 |
Nick Paladino | 7,916 | 4.80 |
Ryan Wolfe | 7,651 | 4.64 |
Bill Ginther | 6,289 | 3.81 |
Jennifer (Jenn) Prosser | 5,872 | 3.56 |
Kelti Baird | 5,785 | 3.51 |
Harold Pereverseff | 5,643 | 3.42 |
Wally Schenk | 5,574 | 3.38 |
Darcy Logan | 4,883 | 2.96 |
Marissa Black | 4,839 | 2.93 |
Rufa Doria | 4,777 | 2.90 |
Jerry Firth | 4,695 | 2.85 |
Ryan Lepko | 3,835 | 2.33 |
Shelby J. Macleod | 3,661 | 2.22 |
Suketu Shah | 3,636 | 2.20 |
Boyd Thomas | 3,083 | 1.87 |
Zachary Hampton | 2,842 | 1.72 |
Tim Vanderbeek | 2,720 | 1.65 |
Dale P. Leier | 2,333 | 1.41 |
Robin Ryan Walker | 1,884 | 1.14 |
Davey Wiggers | 1,707 | 1.04 |
Ben Christensen | 1,207 | 0.73 |
Bernard (Bernie) Mbonihankuye | 850 | 0.52 |
Chris Rowley | 763 | 0.46 |
Bradley Whalen | 487 | 0.30 |
Michael Petrakis | 406 | 0.25 |
Lethbridge's 2021 municipal election will include two plebiscite questions – one on establishing a ward system and one to construct a third river crossing over the Oldman River.[35]
Question[35] | Yes[9] | No[9] |
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"Do you support using a ward system to elect City Councillors (other than the Mayor) starting with the 2025 municipal election?" | 14,611 | 11,625 |
"Do you agree that city council should approve plans to construct a 3rd bridge prior to 2030 as a municipal capital project priority?" | 16,463 | 10,790 |
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