The 2007 Medicine Hat municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Medicine Hat elected one mayor, eight aldermen (all at large), the five Medicine Hat School District No. 76 trustees (at large), and four of the Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20's five trustees (four from Ward Medicine Hat). The incumbent mayor Garth Valley, did not run. There was a voter turnout of 47.5%, and an average 5.8 aldermen per ballot.
Results
Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.
Mayor
Mayor[1] Candidate | Votes | % |
Normand Boucher | 10,551 | 55.6% |
Ted Grimm | 4,471 | 23.6% |
Bill Cocks | 2,112 | 11.1% |
Stewart Boyd | 1,580 | 8.3% |
Dave R. B. MacLean | 268 | 1.4% |
Aldermen
Aldermen[1] Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % |
Julie Friesen | 9,680 | 8.78% | Leslie Martin | 4,174 | 3.79% |
John Hamill | 9,134 | 8.29% | Desmond (Des) Grant | 3,502 | 3.18% |
Ty Schneider | 8,379 | 7.60% | Scott Cowan | 3,152 | 2.86% |
Graham Kelly | 8,102 | 7.35% | Tyler Hoffman | 2,788 | 2.53% |
Ted Clugston | 7,681 | 6.97% | Jim Ogston | 2,632 | 2.39% |
Robert C. Dumanowski | 7,592 | 6.89% | Marco Luciano Franchetto | 1,800 | 1.63% |
Jeremy O. Thompson | 7,229 | 6.56% | Stu Holland | 1,456 | 1.32% |
Jamie White | 6,141 | 5.57% | Carl Pattison | 1,448 | 1.31% |
Les Pearson | 5,964 | 5.41% | Fred McFall | 1,392 | 1.26% |
Brian Varga | 5,834 | 5.29% | Robert Tudor | 846 | 0.77% |
Betty Staples | 5,540 | 5.03% | Richard Frederick Burtt | 638 | 0.58% |
Harv Speers | 5,121 | 4.65% |
Public School Trustees
Medicine Hat School District No. 76[1] Candidate | Votes | % |
Gitta Hashizume | 7,108 | 21.1% |
Roy Wilson | 5,904 | 17.5% |
Deborah Forbes | 5,702 | 16.9% |
Terry Riley | 4,503 | 13.3% |
Greg Bender | 4,006 | 11.9% |
Tom Rooke | 3,654 | 10.8% |
Lilas Litousky | 2,862 | 8.5% |
Separate School Trustees
Medicine Hat Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 20[1] Ward Medicine Hat | Ward Bow Island |
Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % |
Stan Aberle | 3,449 | 20.87% | Kelly Van Ham | Acclaimed |
Jodi Churla | 2,180 | 13.19% |
Peter Grad | 1,935 | 11.71% |
Ken Arthur | 1,638 | 9.91% |
Mike Tivadar | 1,351 | 8.17% |
Howard Snodgrass | 1,282 | 7.76% |
Immanuel Moritz | 1,100 | 6.66% |
Mario Rossetto | 973 | 5.89% |
Anita Ross | 726 | 4.39% |
Robyn Watz | 711 | 4.30% |
Rob McCrea | 651 | 3.94% |
Maurice A. (Butch) Ganzer | 532 | 3.21% |
References
- ^ a b c d City of Medicine Hat: Overall Results Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine