2021 Lethbridge municipal election

2021 Lethbridge municipal election
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Mayor and 8 councillors to Lethbridge City Council
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Candidate Blaine Hyggen Bridget Mearns Stephen Mogdan
Popular vote 11,973 11,465 2,459
Percentage 42.79% 40.97% 8.79%
Mayor before election

Chris Spearman

 Elected mayor

Blaine Hyggen

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).

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%.

  1. ^ Kalinowski, Tim (January 7, 2021). "Mayor Spearman not running in next election". Lethbridge Herald. Archived from the original on January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Dhaliwal, Taz (January 7, 2021). "What does the future of Lethbridge city council look like?". Global News. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Woodward, Dale (January 12, 2021). "Blaine Hyggen not making plans yet". Lethbridge Herald. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "Councillor Jeffrey Coffman will not seek re-election". My Lethbridge Now. September 3, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Four city councillors and one former Lethbridge mayor seeking re-election in municipal election". bridgecitynews.ca. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
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