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2010 Lethbridge municipal election

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Field	Value
election_name	2010 Lethbridge municipal election
flag_image	Flag of Lethbridge.svg
type	legislative
previous_election	2007 Lethbridge municipal election
previous_year	2007
election_date
next_election	Lethbridge municipal election, 2013
next_year	2013
seats_for_election	Mayor and 8 aldermen to Lethbridge City Council
color1	DCDCDC
leader1	Rajko Dodic
popular_vote1	6,170
percentage1	25.2
image2	File:Chris_Spearman_April_2020_(cropped).png
color2	DCDCDC
leader2	Chris Spearman
popular_vote2	5,962
percentage2	24.3
color4	DCDCDC
leader4	Cheryl Meheden
popular_vote4	5,168
percentage4	21.1
color5	DCDCDC
leader5	James Frey
popular_vote5	4,911
percentage5	20.0
title	Mayor
before_election	Bob Tarleck
after_election	Rajko Dodic

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.

Results

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

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
Rajko Dodic	6,170	25.2
Chris Spearman	5,962	24.3
Cheryl Meheden	5,168	21.1
James P. Frey	4,911	20.0
Dennis Carrier	1,298	5.3
Kay Adeniyi	667	2.7

Aldermen

Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Joe Mauro	12,962	52.9	Margaret Simmons	3,985	16.3
Bob Babki*	11,440	46.7	Geri Hecker	3,728	15.2
Bridget Mearns	8,740	35.6	Melvin James Fletcher	3,667	15.0
*Ryan Parker*	8,489	34.6	Bev Lanz	3,453	14.1
*Jeff Carlson*	8,067	32.9	Lee Cutforth	3,257	13.3
Faron Ellis	7,891	32.2	Hazel Hart	2,694	11.0
Liz Iwaskiw	6,963	28.4	Joyce Van Der Lee	2,638	10.8
*Tom Wickersham*	6,803	27.7	Bob Cooney	2,470	10.1
Jeffrey Coffman	6,590	26.9	Rory Tarant	1,956	8.0
Lea Switzer	6,407	26.1	Fiona Doherty	1,953	8.0
Blaine E. Hyggen	5,867	23.9	Kris Bouchard	1,895	7.7
Bal Boora	5,773	23.5	Kris Jones	1,021	4.2
Shaun Ward	4,706	19.2	Kevin Layton	1,018	4.2
Gary Weikum	4,367	17.8	Bob Janzen	938	3.8
Ken Tratch	4,274	17.4	Rod Hoeg	539	2.2

Bob Babki died before being sworn into office.

Public School Trustees

Dennis Wickham	Acclaimed

Separate School Trustees

Ward 2	Candidate	Votes
*Sandra Dufresne*	3,054	50.5
*Bosco Baptista*	3,021	50.0
*Danny Ponjavic*	2,323	38.4
*Bob Spitzig*	2,218	36.7
Bryan E. Kranzler	1,731	28.6
Clint Germsheid	1,431	23.7

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. 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. 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. Of the 68,294 eligible voters, only 8,843 turned in a ballot, a voter turnout of 12.9%.

Candidate	Votes	%
Jeffrey Coffman	3,304	37.4
Lea Switzer	1,363	15.4
George R. McCrea	1,015	11.5
Bal Boora	944	10.7
Ken Tratch	876	9.9
Blaine Eddy Hyggen	771	8.7
Wade Galloway	237	2.7
Kay Adeniyi	231	2.6
Kevin Layton	72	0.8
Rod J. Hoeg	30	0.3

References

(October 22, 2010). "2010 Official Election Results". [[Lethbridge.
(October 31, 2010). "Sudden death of Lethbridge alderman-elect". ctvcalgary.ca.
Hector Goudreau. (November 18, 2010). "Letter from MLA Hector Goudreau to Mayor Rajko Dodic".
"City of Lethbridge: Municipal By-Election 2011".
[http://www.lethbridge.ca/NR/rdonlyres/9A0CB4D2-2EA4-43DC-9FEB-1C21E9781A24/16281/OfficialElectionResults.pdf City of Lethbridge: Unofficial Election Results]{{dead link. (December 2017)

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Ward 2	Candidate	Votes
*Sandra Dufresne*	3,054	50.5
*Bosco Baptista*	3,021	50.0
*Danny Ponjavic*	2,323	38.4
*Bob Spitzig*	2,218	36.7
Bryan E. Kranzler	1,731	28.6
Clint Germsheid	1,431	23.7