Lethbridge municipal election, 2007

Lethbridge municipal election, 2007

October 15, 2007

Mayor and 8 aldermen to Lethbridge City Council   Leader Bob Tarleck Last election 15,333 Popular vote Acclamation

Mayor before election Bob Tarleck Elected Mayor Bob Tarleck

The 2007 Lethbridge municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007, to elect eight aldermen (at-large), the seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees (at-large), and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4's nine trustees (as Ward 2). The incumbent mayor had no challengers. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. Of the 65,835 eligible voters, only 14,896 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 22.6%, and an average of 5.7 aldermen per ballot.

Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

Mayor

Mayor^[1]

Candidate	Vote
Bob Tarleck	Acclamation

Aldermen

Aldermen^[1]

Candidate	Votes	%
Ryan Parker	9,899	66.5
Jeff Carlson	7,975	53.5
Tom Wickersham	7,909	53.1
Rajko Dodic	7,537	50.6
Ken Tratch	5,935	39.8
Margaret Simmons	5,928	39.8
Barbara Lacey	5,755	38.6
Shaun Ward	5,262	35.3
Michelle Madge	5,049	33.9
Blaine Hyggen	4,935	33.1
Rick Homan	4,776	32.1
Brady Hway	3,523	23.7
Lesley Ferguson	2,973	20.0
James Conners	2,893	19.4
Jeff Graham	2,871	19.3
Kevin Layton	1,976	13.3

Public School Trustees Lethbridge School District No. 51[1] Candidate Votes Lea Switzer 4,741 Gary Bartlett 4,708 Mich Forster 4,349 Lola Major 4,181 Jan Foster 4,083 Tyler Demers 3,648 Keith Fowler 2,666 Kirbey Lockhart 2,620 Brian Carlson 2,322 Dennis Wickham 2,067 Lewis Callahan 1,950 Daniel Forbes 1,620 Serge Forcier 1,353 Brooke Culley 1,298

Separate School Trustees Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4[1] Ward 2 Candidate Votes Chris Spearman 2,422 Bosco Baptista 2,138 Sandra Dufresne 1,852 Danny Ponjavic 1,625 Bob Spitzig 1,489 David Lynagh 1,392

References

1. City of Lethbridge: 2007 Official Election Results