2010 Lethbridge municipal election

The 2010 Lethbridge municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010 to elect a mayor and eight aldermen (at-large), and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4's nine trustees (as Ward 2). The seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees were acclaimed, five being incumbents. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. Of the 69,863 eligible voters, only 24,522 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 35.1%, and an average of 5.9 aldermen per ballot. One seat was not filled at the swearing-in ceremony, as a result of Alderman-elect Bob Babki's death. The seat was filled following a by-election over three months later.

2010 Lethbridge municipal election
October 18, 2010 (2010-10-18)
Mayor and 8 aldermen to Lethbridge City Council
 
Leader Rajko Dodic Chris Spearman
Popular vote 6,170 5,962
Percentage 25.2 24.3
 
Leader Cheryl Meheden James Frey
Popular vote 5,168 4,911
Percentage 21.1 20.0
Mayor before election

Bob Tarleck

 Elected Mayor

Rajko Dodic

Results

Bold indicates elected, incumbents are italicized, and an asterisk indicates not sworn in.

Mayor
Mayor[1]
CandidateVotes%
Rajko Dodic6,17025.2
Chris Spearman5,96224.3
Cheryl Meheden5,16821.1
James P. Frey4,91120.0
Dennis Carrier1,2985.3
Kay Adeniyi6672.7

Aldermen
Aldermen[1]
CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%
Joe Mauro12,96252.9Margaret Simmons3,98516.3
Bob Babki*11,44046.7Geri Hecker3,72815.2
Bridget Mearns8,74035.6Melvin James Fletcher3,66715.0
Ryan Parker8,48934.6Bev Lanz3,45314.1
Jeff Carlson8,06732.9Lee Cutforth3,25713.3
Faron Ellis7,89132.2Hazel Hart2,69411.0
Liz Iwaskiw6,96328.4Joyce Van Der Lee2,63810.8
Tom Wickersham6,80327.7Bob Cooney2,47010.1
Jeffrey Coffman6,59026.9Rory Tarant1,9568.0
Lea Switzer6,40726.1Fiona Doherty1,9538.0
Blaine E. Hyggen5,86723.9Kris Bouchard1,8957.7
Bal Boora5,77323.5Kris Jones1,0214.2
Shaun Ward4,70619.2Kevin Layton1,0184.2
Gary Weikum4,36717.8Bob Janzen9383.8
Ken Tratch4,27417.4Rod Hoeg5392.2

* Bob Babki died before being sworn into office.[2]

By-election

The 2011 Lethbridge municipal by-election was held Tuesday, February 1, 2011 to elect one aldermen at-large. On October 18, 2010, Bob Babki was elected to the eight alderman council, in the regular scheduled municipal election. He died on October 30, from a suspected heart failure, two days before he would have been sworn into office.[2] Minister of Municipal Affairs Hector Goudreau wrote Mayor Rajko Dodic, and by extension all citizens of Lethbridge, on November 18, that because Alderman-elect Babki was declared elected, a by-election would be required.[3] The Municipal Government Act requires the City to hold a by-election within 90 days of a vacancy, since the vacancy did not occur until the new council was sworn in on November 1, 2010, it would have been January 30, 2011 at the latest, the two day discrepancy was not explained on the City election website.[4] Of the 68,294 eligible voters, only 8,843 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 12.9%.

Alderman[5]
CandidateVotes%
Jeffrey Coffman3,30437.4
Lea Switzer1,36315.4
George R. McCrea1,01511.5
Bal Boora94410.7
Ken Tratch8769.9
Blaine Eddy Hyggen7718.7
Wade Galloway2372.7
Kay Adeniyi2312.6
Kevin Layton720.8
Rod J. Hoeg300.3

References
  1. "2010 Official Election Results" (PDF). City of Lethbridge. October 22, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. "Sudden death of Lethbridge alderman-elect". ctvcalgary.ca. October 31, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  3. Hector Goudreau (November 18, 2010). "Letter from MLA Hector Goudreau to Mayor Rajko Dodic" (PDF). Retrieved January 8, 2011. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "City of Lethbridge: Municipal By-Election 2011". Archived from the original on 2005-12-23. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  5. City of Lethbridge: Unofficial Election Results
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