The 2017 Lethbridge municipal election was held Monday, October 17, 2017 to elect a mayor and eight councillors (at-large), the seven Lethbridge School District No. 51 trustees, and five of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4’s nine trustees (as Ward 2).
From 1968 to 2013, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold elections every three years.[1] The Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed a bill on December 5, 2012, amending the Local Authorities Election Act.[2] Starting with the 2013 elections, officials are elected for a four-year term, and municipal elections are moved to a four-year cycle.[3] Of the 78,772 eligible voters, only 21,338 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 27%.
| Election Name: | 2017 Lethbridge municipal election |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Before Election: | Chris Spearman |
| After Election: | Chris Spearman |
| Candidate1: | Chris Spearman |
| Image1: | File:Chris_Spearman_April_2020_(cropped).png |
| Candidate2: | Martin Heavy Head |
| Candidate3: | Robert Janzen |
| Color1: | DCDCDC |
| Color2: | DCDCDC |
| Color3: | DCDCDC |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Lethbridge.svg |
| Next Election: | 2021 Lethbridge municipal election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Percentage1: | 73.72% |
| Percentage3: | 9.74% |
| Percentage2: | 16.54% |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,897 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,342 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,969 |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Lethbridge municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Seats For Election: | Mayor and 8 councillors to Lethbridge City Council |
| Mayor | |
Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.
78,772 eligible voters
21,357 voted
Voter turn-out: 27 percent[4]
| Chris Spearman | 14,897 | 73.72 | |
| Martin Heavy Head | 3,342 | 16.54 | |
| Robert Janzen | 1,969 | 9.74 |
The use of Block Voting meant that each voter could cast up to 8 votes. Thus there was a far greater number of votes than voters. 21,000 voters cast 128,000 votes.
(Percentage means candidate received a vote from that portion of voters.)
| Mark Campbell | 9,522 | 44.6 | Aileen Burke | 3,600 | 16.8 | |
| Joseph Mauro | 8,891 | 41.6 | Bruce Thurber | 3,325 | 15.5 | |
| Jeff Carlson | 8,140 | 38.1 | Rena Woss | 3,102 | 14.5 | |
| Ryan Parker | 7,919 | 37.1 | Zachary Gibb | 3,058 | 14.3 | |
| Blaine Hyggen | 7,438 | 34.8 | Stephnie Watson | 2,638 | 12.3 | |
| Belinda Crowson | 7,391 | 34.6 | Bill Ginther | 2,270 | 10.6 | |
| Jeffrey Coffman | 7,368 | 34.5 | Raymond Hoffarth | 2,250 | 10.5 | |
| Rob Miyashiro | 7,272 | 34.0 | Craig Burrows-Johnson | 2,091 | 0.9 | |
| Liz Iwaskiw | 5,680 | 26.6 | John Pogorzelski | 1,779 | 0.8 | |
| Nick Paladino | 5,668 | 26.5 | Davey Wiggers | 1,532 | 0.7 | |
| Jennifer Takahashi | 5,264 | 24.6 | Louise Marie Saloff | 1,321 | 0.6 | |
| Harold Pereverseff | 4,759 | 22.3 | Ross Morrell | 1,056 | 0.4 | |
| Joey Shackleford | 4,728 | 22.1 | Kevin Mark Layton | 994 | 0.4 | |
| David Mikuliak | 3,709 | 17.3 | Clint Germsheid | 937 | 0.4 |