2021 Lethbridge municipal election

The 2021 Lethbridge municipal election will be held Monday, October 18, 2021 to elect a mayor and 8 councillors (at-large), the 7 Lethbridge School Division trustees, and 5 of the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division’s 9 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 Spirt school board. Of the 8 incumbent councillors, only Rob Miyashiro has said he also will not seek re-election.[2][3]

During the 2017 municipal election, only 21,357 of the 78,772 eligible voters turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 27%.

2021 Lethbridge municipal election
October 18, 2021 (2021-10-18)
Mayor and 8 councillors to Lethbridge City Council
 
Mayor before election

Chris Spearman

 Elected Mayor

TBD

Candidates

Declared
  • None yet

Potential
  • Blaine Hyygen, incumbent councillor (undecided)[3]
  • Bridget Mearns, 2-term councillor and former mayoral candidate (undecided)[2]

Declared
  • Mark Campbell, incumbent councillor[2][3]

Potential
  • Jeff Carlson, incumbent councillor (undecided)[2]
  • Blaine Hyygen, incumbent councillor (undecided)[2]

References
  1. Kalinowski, Tim (2021-01-07). "Mayor Spearman not running in next election". Lethbridge Herald. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  2. Dhaliwal, Taz (January 7, 2021). "What does the future of Lethbridge city council look like?". Global News. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. Woodward, Dale (2021-01-12). "Blaine Hyggen not making plans yet". Lethbridge Herald. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
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